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

upandcumming · 2011-08-20 05:01:44

Just a heads up to people. I'm in NY for the summer and I've just ordered 2 of these for $220. HP have discontinued the Touchpad this week and are now letting them go for $99 (16GB) and $149 (32GB). I know most of you aren't in the USA but treat this as a heads up to get a very good tablet, with Flash Player, at a…

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#542 22-08-2011 03:03PM

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drunkmonkey wrote: »

if android is ported over Successfully.

that too!!

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#543 22-08-2011 03:04PM

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drunkmonkey wrote: »

if android is ported over Successfully.

WebOS is a great OS, so I wouldn't worry too much if Android wasn't ported. The only problem with WebOS is its lack of Apps.

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#544 22-08-2011 03:04PM

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how hard would it be for a pretty techy guy but with no experience of this kind of thing to put android on the touchpad after these guys release their work?

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#545 22-08-2011 03:04PM

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Id say Elara are probably getting them from the same supplier i spoke about earlier, i rang them and they are in discussions with HP about the price..

Unfortunatly they are a distributer can cant be bought from without an account..

There stock has gone up dramatically to 2000, so it looks like all these online resellers have cancelled preorders at the higher price..

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#546 22-08-2011 03:06PM

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bricky06 wrote: »

how hard would it be for a pretty techy guy but with no experience of this kind of thing to put android on the touchpad after these guys release their work?

It's speculation at this point. It'll amount to following instructions on a thread somewhere, most likely.

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#547 22-08-2011 03:06PM

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Elara stock may be back up today I hope. Credit card on the ready

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#548 22-08-2011 03:07PM

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Kenny Logins wrote: »

Picked up a 32 gig for 129 in Harvey Norman, Kinsale road Cork this afternoon. There was a steady stream of people buying and they didn't last long.

This afternoon ? , they told me at 12.30 that they were all gone! , grrrrrrrr

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#549 22-08-2011 03:09PM

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Keith186 wrote: »

Elara stock may be back up today I hope. Credit card on the ready

It says "Details of price drops to be decided by end of today" as of about 45 seconds ago. So much for getting any work done...

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#550 22-08-2011 03:09PM

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http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=WCEFB405UAABB

HP TOUCHPAD T 16GB WIFI (Back in Stock 23/08/2011 - Details of price drops to be decided by end of today)

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#551 22-08-2011 03:10PM

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I am sitting here, debating whether to go into town (Dublin) or not and look for these bad boys....Carphonewarehouse have them in stock but still listed at higher prices......

I'm afraid if I go, Ill miss an online sale. FFS :eek:

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#552 22-08-2011 03:11PM

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Rooy wrote: »

This afternoon ? , they told me at 12.30 that they were all gone! , grrrrrrrr

I went to down to little island and was told the same thing around 12.00, I asked would he check the stock to see if there was any left out in the kinsale rd store and was told they were all gone as well.

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#553 22-08-2011 03:11PM

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groom wrote: »

http://www.elara.ie/productdetail.aspx?productcode=WCEFB405UAABB

HP TOUCHPAD T 16GB WIFI (Back in Stock 23/08/2011 - Details of price drops to be decided by end of today)

Now updated to "Details of price drops for UK/Ireland to be decided by HP by end of day"

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#554 22-08-2011 03:11PM

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drunkmonkey wrote: »

if android is ported over Successfully.

There are tablets with similar hardware running android. Shouldnt be much of an issue considering other things that the android modding community (xda forums) have achieved.

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#555 22-08-2011 03:13PM

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Elara seems to be the best bet so. they might have them back up at Midnight.

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#556 22-08-2011 03:13PM

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Best buy have sold all the 250,000 touchpads that they had in stock!

http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Best-Buy-Geek-Squad-Policies/HP-TouchPad-FAQs/td-p/315434

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#557 22-08-2011 03:14PM

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Dman001 wrote: »

Elara seems to be the best bet so. they might have them back up at Midnight.

Why midnight?Surely it would be close of business today?

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#558 22-08-2011 03:14PM

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If it's not too cheeky (I got a 32GB one in HN Naas ) - anyone know of covers going for a reasonable price!

Paddy

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#559 22-08-2011 03:15PM

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Sitting at the desk pressing F5 all night so.

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#560 22-08-2011 03:15PM

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PaddyFagan wrote: »

If it's not too cheeky (I got a 32GB one in HN Naas ) - anyone know of covers going for a reasonable price!

Paddy

GO AWAY>

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#561 22-08-2011 03:18PM

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PaddyFagan wrote: »

If it's not too cheeky (I got a 32GB one in HN Naas ) - anyone know of covers going for a reasonable price!

Paddy

How much ?

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#562 22-08-2011 03:18PM

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celj wrote: »

Why midnight?Surely it would be close of business today?

According to elara, that depends on HP. If we are to believe that it depends on when HP communicates this and whether elara update their site out of hours (seems likely enough, as they have done this before).

Seems like HP would be inundated with emails from retailers asking WTF is going on.

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#563 22-08-2011 03:18PM

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banchang wrote: »

How much ?

€129 :o:o

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#564 22-08-2011 03:19PM

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celj wrote: »

Why midnight?Surely it would be close of business today?

Just a thought really, seeing as they said the Price Drop will be decided today but also saying they won't have stock until tomorrow when they actually do have stock.

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#565 22-08-2011 03:19PM

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How did HN get the drop and start selling today for the reduced price ?

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#566 22-08-2011 03:20PM

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PaddyFagan wrote: »

If it's not too cheeky (I got a 32GB one in HN Naas ) - anyone know of covers going for a reasonable price!

Paddy

Balls to you paddy.

I phone, they said they had some... yes cool.

Turned up around 12:50 Hi phoned do you have any?

No they are all sold. sold 45 in an hour......

So i assume this was all lies and they where reserved by reservists....

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#567 22-08-2011 03:20PM

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got them for 80€ from america including shipping/taxes, sold out now though
try amazon.com later, theres a website that ships american only stuff to europe

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#568 22-08-2011 03:21PM

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listermint wrote: »

Balls to you paddy.

I phone, they said they had some... yes cool.

Turned up around 12:50 Hi phoned do you have any?

No they are all sold. sold 45 in an hour......

So i assume this was all lies and they where reserved by reservists....

Not so sure - I got there around 12:30 - the place was pretty mental, but the sales guy said myself and my mate got the last two 32GB ones (one each) - I think they really did sell out fast....

Paddy

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#569 22-08-2011 03:22PM

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PaddyFagan wrote: »

Not so sure - I got there around 12:30 - the place was pretty mental, but the sales guy said myself and my mate got the last two 32GB ones (one each) - I think they really did sell out fast....

Paddy

Arrghhh dam traffic and new light sequence. You win this round Paddy, you win this round

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#570 22-08-2011 03:24PM

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There wont be many up for grabs If our company is anything to go by , The distribution channel has circa 1500 in it and we have just ordered 20 , We are IT/Professional Services provider

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#571 22-08-2011 03:24PM

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Currys/PC World info:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73956318&postcount=166

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