<p>Now HP and retailers will be selling them for $99 and $149. Hmm, I’m tempted to buy one. Any reasons why I shouldn’t?</p>
<p>Biggest problem with the HP touchpad was the lack of apps, which would have been mitigated had the touchpad stuck around for a while. But if you’re just going to use it to browse the web, seems like a great deal.</p>
<p>I’m planning on buying several at Best Buy in hopes of making a quick buck off some poor saps on Craigslist.</p>
<p>Missed the big sale 
HP put them on $99 this AM and they’re gone. I man really, at $99 how could you loose even if they weren’t supporting them with new apps.</p>
<p>HP spent a billion dollars buying Palm so it would have its own operating system. Pretty stupid given that it could get the Android system from Google for free like the rest of smarter tablet makers are doing. </p>
<p>Nokia will be the next idiot company to have problems with its operating system for its phone. Instead of getting the free Android system, it chose Microsoft’s unproven and likely unpopular mobile operating system.</p>
<p>HP isn’t dumping the operating system (WebOS) but is discontinuing the hardware. Whether developers will continue making new apps for it remains to be seen but it’s still a great deal. I couldn’t find any left at the retailers that did drop their prices this morning but ordered one on a “buy it now” through ebay as S has been wanting one anyway…and he doesn’t care about not having a gazillion apps anyway.</p>
<p>What will HP be using the old Palm WebOS for?</p>
<p>My son was one of the lucky few who snagged a touchpad late last night for $85 plus shipping. He’s the envy of his techie friends.</p>
<p>I got a 32GB off of Amazon for $149 in the 2-minute period which the lightning deals were active. The 16GB ended while I was asleep, but I’m still pretty happy ;)</p>
<p>I hear Sony still has some Betamax for all you frugal buyers…</p>
<p>the 16 GB is available on Barnes and Noble website for $101. Ordered two last night. the order went through so apparently there are still some to be had.</p>
<p>I just ordered one. It went through and I got an email confirmation. People are speculating that B&N will have to send out emails cancelling the orders. We’ll see, for $101 it’s a steal. Happy to send one with son to college and not have to worry about a $500 iPad being stolen, lost or broken.</p>
<p>To access the internet,fine deal…the main concern going foward is lack of applications and support…I thought the Flip video camera was a great product, until it was discontinued…</p>
<p>Just bought one from B&N too. Hoping it shows up.</p>
<p>Further proof that there is no “tablet market.” There is, rather, an iPad market.</p>
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<p>Likely nothing. Chances are the entire unit will be shut down.</p>
<p>Sure, HP’s executives have made vague noises about trying to license it to someone else, but get real: WebOS has completely failed in the market twice now. Palm couldn’t make the Pre work and ran out of money. HP threw billions of dollars at the TouchPad and got nothing but a pile of unsold tablets in their warehouses. It’s dead, Jim.</p>
<p>just checked B&N. Out of stock. : (</p>
<p>I am hoping that if I got an email with order acknowledgment that it was before they were out of stock. For what I want it for, the price is right until tablets actually do what I want them to, maybe a year or 2 from now. .</p>
<p>1.2 Billion paid for Palm by HP…That didn’t work out as well as HP had hoped.</p>
<p>Fire Carley. Oh, nevermind.</p>
<p>Can’t blame Carley for Palm, LOL.</p>