HP Touchpad Thread (NO Discussion Of Personal Buying/Selling)

listermint

johnmcdnl wrote: »

$400 million losses for HP actually

HP's Touchpad was almost certainly doomed from the start because its design and build quality didn't come close to those of Apple's Ipad or even Samsung's Galaxy Tab, but hopefully its failure will serve as a cautionary tale for other tablet makers that might think of emulating it.

Complete Tosh. actually the article is tosh. HP has massive losses from buying Palm. nothing to do with this tablet.

Who writes this crap.

Dman001

Hopefully with this spike in sales, we'll at least see an increase in Unofficial development for WebOS.

Charlie Haughy

Is the build quality bad on this tablet? (Not that im complaining for €99)

listermint

Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Is the build quality bad on this tablet? (Not that im complaining for €99)

No.

long_b

I've heard it only supports mp4 out of the box - any decent video player app for it ?

Stoner

bluemachaveli wrote: »

Had one reserved in Blanch Shopping Centre, but got one reserved in Limerick this morning!

First person to PM me is welcome to the Blanch one!

Gone to Standard Toaster

next in line please

Dont be at yourself

theregister.co.uk says Dixons UK will be selling them at a discount from 6pm, and in-store from tomorrow morning.

strandroad

long_b wrote: »

I've heard it only supports mp4 out of the box - any decent video player app for it ?

Google "Preware"

Inquitus

Been arsing around with mine this afternoon.

All I have learnt so far in this thread, please add to it anything you have figured out.

chris85

Where can i get this in Dublin say?

emo72

chris85 wrote: »

Where can i get this in Dublin say?

emmmm....i would say......nowhere.

Voodu Child

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

theregister.co.uk says Dixons UK will be selling them at a discount from 6pm, and in-store from tomorrow morning.

Dixons took one out of my basket a few seconds ago so I think thats right.

Price changes live on Dixons now.

johnmcdnl

sdiff wrote: »

Sounds a bit strange. Are they doing a Sony PS3 perhaps?

I really dunno tbh... i does seem a bit stupid like.. surely a gradual phase out but continue to support the WebOS for a year or two and then just ditch it would have been a better idea but then again I'm sure they had some reason for it... i dunno but hey I might be getting a tablet for €100 i'm not going to complain because I wouldn't buy one for any more than €150

a 16GB Touchpad costs $306 to make, while the 32GB model costs $318.

that was the most interesting part of the article I actually though tbh - only $12 more expensive to make yet it's always €100 give or take more expensive in the shops :rolleyes: we really do get ripped off sometimes don't we...

omerin

Any chance of someone editting the original post to give best prices with links? Too lazy to trawl over 49 pages

Better still if it could include the best prices in Ireland

TheZohanS

omerin wrote: »

Any chance of someone editting the original post to give best prices with links? Too lazy to trawl over 49 pages

Better still if it could include the best prices in Ireland

Lol

ctrl-alt-delete

Reduced to 115 pound for 32gb on dixons.co.uk,

site very slow and none in stock yet . . .

listermint

omerin wrote: »

Any chance of someone editting the original post to give best prices with links? Too lazy to trawl over 49 pages

Better still if it could include the best prices in Ireland

No, Omerin, seriously will you just read through the thread, there are people on this all day.


Best prices!! are you joking....

Saadyst

Dixons UK deliver to Ireland? What info are you using for the site? Postcode etc

Dman001

johnmcdnl wrote: »

I really dunno tbh... i does seem a bit stupid like.. surely a gradual phase out but continue to support the WebOS for a year or two and then just ditch it would have been a better idea but then again I'm sure they had some reason for it... i dunno but hey I might be getting a tablet for €100 i'm not going to complain because I wouldn't buy one for any more than €150



that was the most interesting part of the article I actually though tbh - only $12 more expensive to make yet it's always €100 give or take more expensive in the shops :rolleyes: we really do get ripped off sometimes don't we...

I suppose the price of Storage, Insurance, Security for all the Touchpads, Pres, Accessories would prove to be very expensive in the longrun so the best thing to do is sell them ASAP.

thegift06

Heres a list for you

Location: Dublin

HP touchpad 32GB €1,000,000 (best price)

no problem

omerin

TheZohan wrote: »

Lol

listermint wrote: »

No, Omerin, seriously will you just read through the thread, there are people on this all day.


Best prices!! are you joking....

For the love of God, this thread is like reading War and Peace

manu2009

Saadyst wrote: »

Dixons UK deliver to Ireland? What info are you using for the site? Postcode etc

No

"We deliver to all UK addresses (including Northern Ireland). This excludes the Channel Islands. We also exclude BFPO (British Forces Post Office addresses)"

Dman001

omerin wrote: »

Any chance of someone editting the original post to give best prices with links? Too lazy to trawl over 49 pages

Better still if it could include the best prices in Ireland

From what we have gathered throughout the day, each retailer will/should be pricing the Touchpad at €99, €129, and €179 for the 16Gb, 32GB and 64 GB respectively.

Currys/PC World have allocated so many to each store and will go on sale tomorrow.

Elara will know how much stock they will get in the morning, and will then go on sale.

Carphonewarehouse have said they are not sure what the situation is, and if they do drop the price it will not happen until September. But TBH they'll be extremely lucky to get any stock after tomorrow, unless they have stock on hand.

We assume all other retailers that have stock will go ahead tomorrow and reduce their prices.

dabl

I am at the checkout now in Dixons with a 16gb for £89 and free delivery but sadly the website can't handle the load

Edit:

Finally they sent me to an empty basket: no joy

Alfagtamini

dabl wrote: »

I am at the checkout now in Dixons with a 16gb for £89 and free delivery but sadly the website can't handle the load

i put credit card details in and then it timed out and now they are all gone:mad:

Dman001

dabl wrote: »

I am at the checkout now in Dixons with a 16gb for £89 and free delivery but sadly the website can't handle the load

I fear this will happen tomorrow with Elara!

really banking on Argos, have a reservation in Blanch and Jervis so will hopefully get at least 1 honoured. Will pass on the other one here after...

Oat23

Dman001 wrote: »

I fear this will happen tomorrow with Elara!

No doubt it will. The website was running slow after the prices were announced over in the elara.ie forum earlier. Now with a confirmed time frame of release the site will go down completely tomorrow

celj

Thank f*ck I have an Argos reservation.
Seems the best bet at the moment.
Elara will be gone in minutes!!

generalmiaow

So elara have said HP are reallocating stock to different retailers fairly. Is there any point in trying to figure out who they are allocating it all to that deliver to Ireland? We've mentioned elara, dabs, and hpshop, and amazon - CPW don't seem too interested, and I have a hard time believing it's going to brick and mortar shops. Anything else?

Might be useful in case the site gets hammered.