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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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#1022 22-08-2011 10:59PM

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Heads up, there's no stock in curry's or PC world galway, its all reserved already so therefore be none for sale unless u pre booked one.

Try Argos galway tho, got one reserved there for next Monday

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#1023 22-08-2011 11:03PM

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baz8080 wrote: »

Would that be a refund to your credit card or to your amazon account?

either will do. Just got the dispatch email :E

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#1024 22-08-2011 11:03PM

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Moyglish wrote: »

Heads up, there's no stock in curry's or PC world galway, its all reserved already so therefore be none for sale unless u pre booked one.

Try Argos galway tho, got one reserved there for next Monday

heads up waffle alert. Reservations were not allowed. Queue with everyone else

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#1025 22-08-2011 11:05PM

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32gb is now showing up as 608 euro, no sign of 16gb

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#1026 22-08-2011 11:05PM

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listermint wrote: »

heads up waffle alert. Reservations were not allowed. Queue with everyone else

Ya, he seems to be going around telling everyone that they're gone, guessing he wants to eliminate the competition.

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#1027 22-08-2011 11:06PM

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listermint wrote: »

heads up waffle alert. Reservations were not allowed. Queue with everyone else

Hopefully...
Is it limited to 1 per person?

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#1028 22-08-2011 11:07PM

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aperture_nuig wrote: »

Hopefully...
Is it limited to 1 per person?

it is, but stocks are tiny as in average of 6-7 per store.

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#1029 22-08-2011 11:10PM

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WWhatever dudes I got this info straight from the horses mouth so to speak, suit yourselves

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#1030 22-08-2011 11:10PM

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Well night night B.ie'ers. I'm off to bed so I can get up at some unholy hour to head to start queuing.

Don't panic because even if I leave as early as I plan to it'll be after 9am before I get there and the store doesnt open til 9.30 or 10. I'm expecting it to be a mostly wasted trip.

Wish me luck, because if I get one, I shall donate my Argos code to some one here.

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#1031 22-08-2011 11:14PM

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Squeeonline wrote: »

Well night night B.ie'ers. I'm off to bed so I can get up at some unholy hour to head to start queuing.

Don't panic because even if I leave as early as I plan to it'll be after 9am before I get there and the store doesnt open til 9.30 or 10. I'm expecting it to be a mostly wasted trip.

Wish me luck, because if I get one, I shall donate my Argos code to some one here.

Good luck! may the force be with you!

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#1032 22-08-2011 11:15PM

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Squeeonline wrote: »

Well night night B.ie'ers. I'm off to bed so I can get up at some unholy hour to head to start queuing.

Don't panic because even if I leave as early as I plan to it'll be after 9am before I get there and the store doesnt open til 9.30 or 10. I'm expecting it to be a mostly wasted trip.

Wish me luck, because if I get one, I shall donate my Argos code to some one here.

dibs

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#1033 22-08-2011 11:16PM

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HP Shop Ireland have just pulled their listing for the Touchpad.

It was here earlier.

http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=FB368UA%2523ABB

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#1034 22-08-2011 11:16PM

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No reservations. It'll be first come first served, when I have a tablet in my hands. I may even feel generous, go in and buy it for you and meet you to collect it (if it's more hassle for you to collect it from Jervis than me). I'm that nice a guy.

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#1035 22-08-2011 11:19PM

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I can still see it on their site .... http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=FB405UA%23ABB

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#1036 22-08-2011 11:20PM

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i want one fml

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#1037 22-08-2011 11:21PM

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Moyglish wrote: »

Heads up, there's no stock in curry's or PC world galway, its all reserved already so therefore be none for sale unless u pre booked one.

Try Argos galway tho, got one reserved there for next Monday

Everyone should just go in anyway to galway to que for one like normal, the PC world rep said galway had stock. Take posts like I quoted with a grain of salt... some people will be on the hunt to pick up a few to sell at a profit, so will want to get rid of competition so to speak.

EDIT: Seems he is trying to get people to stop going in. Hes claiming no stock in galway, but the rep here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73958485&postcount=215

said that there is stock and hes wrong. Dont be gullible and believe him. Que up in galway early like normal.

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#1038 22-08-2011 11:22PM

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@Squeeonline Dude, I'll buy you a pint!

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#1039 22-08-2011 11:23PM

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Bah! I hope no one is going to PC World Liffey tomorrow. If you are save me a seat at the front. I'll be the 15 year old vlogger with my bull horn.

Ok, I mightn't have my bull horn but if you can save me a place in the line!

kthx. Good luck everyone

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#1040 22-08-2011 11:24PM

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Price seems to have gone back up at fnac.com. Managed to get one ordered myself but no confirmation email yet.

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#1041 22-08-2011 11:27PM

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Would I be better going for the 16GB or 32GB do ye think? Planing on using it for Music, Movies & Internet.

Also whats the Battery Life of these usually?

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#1042 22-08-2011 11:28PM

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kao123 wrote: »

I can still see it on their site .... http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=FB405UA%23ABB

my bad, i got notification that the page had been changed, and link stopped working. i'm guessing they just re-arranged things

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#1043 22-08-2011 11:29PM

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thebison wrote: »

Would I be better going for the 16GB or 32GB do ye think? Planing on using it for Music, Movies & Internet.

Also whats the Battery Life of these usually?

Pretty self explanatory. 32GB is double space so double the music/movies/pictures etc. Its up to you if thats what your after.

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#1044 22-08-2011 11:30PM

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thebison wrote: »

Would I be better going for the 16GB or 32GB do ye think? Planing on using it for Music, Movies & Internet.

Also whats the Battery Life of these usually?

Around 8-8.5 hours I think. Slightly worse than Ipad at 9/10 but slightly above average overall!

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#1045 22-08-2011 11:35PM

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Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Pretty self explanatory. 32GB is double space so double the music/movies/pictures etc. Its up to you if thats what your after.

Fair enough mite just go for 32gbs to be safe!

Like many people here...I had no intention of ever buying one of these until this damn thread

In fact I had a discussion with a mate last week who was buying one & pointed out that there was no real need for these tablet yokes

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#1046 22-08-2011 11:35PM

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has anybody bought from hpshop as i see they have not reduced online price..would they honour the discounted price..

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#1047 22-08-2011 11:35PM

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For sure this will be in the papers tomorrow

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#1048 22-08-2011 11:35PM

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thebison wrote: »

Would I be better going for the 16GB or 32GB do ye think? Planing on using it for Music, Movies & Internet.

Also whats the Battery Life of these usually?

well it depends on how much music/videos you have..... I'd be leaning towards 16GB if you haven't got a huge collection but the 32GB would be nice but could be overkill if you never going to have any more than 2-3 movies and a couple hundred songs on it at a time

battery is about 8-9 hours of continuous video playback or if your just going to be doing a wee bit of browsing now and then a couple days ish.. it's a wee bit less than and ipad but mehh the difference isn't worth talking about really in fairness...

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#1049 22-08-2011 11:41PM

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sud1 wrote: »

has anybody bought from hpshop as i see they have not reduced online price..would they honour the discounted price..

Why would they honour a discounted price if they haven't discounted the price?!

Honestly, people seem to be really grasping at straws here.

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#1050 22-08-2011 11:41PM

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amazon 1-click ordering... turned on!

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#1051 22-08-2011 11:43PM

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anywhere in the airport selling these?
heading to new york tomorrow and this'd be handy for the flight

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