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

upandcumming · 20-08-2011 6:01am #1

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 knock-down price.

clacks · 20-08-2011 7:13am

Great price. Will pick one up if I can get one in Europe at a similar price. Fingers crossed.

iPhone. · 20-08-2011 7:56am

clacks wrote: »

Great price. Will pick one up if I can get one in Europe at a similar price. Fingers crossed.

Any idea if these pads can have the operating system changed to something like android for example?
Just wondering for future use as HP won't be issuing updates etc.

Inquitus · 20-08-2011 8:42am

iPhone. wrote: »

clacks wrote: »

Great price. Will pick one up if I can get one in Europe at a similar price. Fingers crossed.

Any idea if these pads can have the operating system changed to something like android for example?
Just wondering for future use as HP won't be issuing updates etc.

There is no app store, it may not get future flash updates, but for 99$ its a steal just be aware out will only really be good for the web, watching videos, listening to music and picking up emails

Darwin · 20-08-2011 9:07am

There is already a project underway to try and get Android ported to it (mentioned on XDA developers). Are there any US stores offering international shipping?

TimeToShine · 20-08-2011 9:32am

officedepot.com are all out and the HP website is gone back up to $400.

davork · 20-08-2011 9:34am

At the moment, the topic on slickdeals (a us bargain website which doesn't know about outside the us(!)) has over 500(!!!) pages of people ordering the tablets

most people seem to be ordering at officedepot (similar to staples) but the concern is that their inventory system isn't linked to their ordering system, hence the orders will be cancelled

as a result people are waiting for other online retailers to reduce the price on theirs (e.g. amazon!)

Link to the first page is below - I don't think it's against the TOS for me to link to it in these circumstances (and the fact we haven't seen any reductions in europe. yet)http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862

I'm in for two at officedepot at the moment...

davork · 20-08-2011 9:45am

word is that amazon.com's price will change at 3am pst which means I have enough time to make a cup of coffee!

I have doubts about my order at officedepot coming through - but it does say delivery in 3 days - so who knows!

Ricky91t · 20-08-2011 9:55am

davork wrote: »

word is that amazon.com's price will change at 3am pst which means I have enough time to make a cup of coffee!

I have doubts about my order at officedepot coming through - but it does say delivery in 3 days - so who knows!

Quick question, Will amazon UK change? Or will I have to go through the US site? Will they ship to Ireland?

TimeToShine · 20-08-2011 9:56am

amazon.com do ship to ireland.

iPhone. · 20-08-2011 10:06am

Anyone got any info on when this will be offered on this side of the pond, ie Europe?

brk3 · 20-08-2011 10:08am

Anyone find somewhere that ships to Ireland yet? Still high price on amazon.com

TimeToShine · 20-08-2011 10:22am

I'm hearing that they're shipping the EU stock from finland and hp UK to the US because of high demand over there...

20-08-2011 10:26am

Will give amazon a go at 3am PST

It would be fantastic to get honeycomb when the guys at XDA figure it out.

iPhone. · 20-08-2011 10:28am

TimeToShine wrote: »

I'm hearing that they're shipping the EU stock from finland and hp UK to the US because of high demand over there...

I would take that with a pinch of salt, especially as there are probably lots of stock still in the US already that has not shifted yet.... Amazon.com for example

also wouldn't they need to repackage in some way, different regulations/manuals etc required and US power adapters?

The Soup Thief · 20-08-2011 10:52am

The power adapter is easy - they have a 110volt plug stepping down to a usb cable - you'll probably have loads of mains plugs to usb kicking about - if not they're available for buttons on ebay
Would be good to pick one up on amazon.co.uk all uk/eire ready, but while there's any question that this might not happen then i'll get one from amazon.com - the $/€ exchange ain't too bad and when companies translate their headline prices they generally just change the sign and leave the digits as they were, so the $149 currently on officedepot.com for the 32gb version may well translate to €149 rather than the €110 ish that it actually is
All mere speculation, but I'm gonna be checking amazon.com in 10 minutes
Even if the gang at xda developers don't get their teeth into this, someone is bound to before too long - and webOS is sposed to be pretty slick in anycase even if it gets no android love

20-08-2011 11:03am

Not seeing the lower price on amazon but people on twitter are saying they can see it. Perhaps the price is for US customers only.

The Soup Thief · 20-08-2011 11:04am

time to proxy...
edit - bah - still no discounts on amazon.com even when viewing via us proxies
not to worry - word is they have rather a lot of stock to clear - will go about my business and check back in later...

Could always buy through officedepot.com and ship it with bundlebox - will cost about €30 to ship

iPhone. · 20-08-2011 11:07am

Still not seeing any price reduction on amazon.com even through proxy. anyone else having any luck?

Ricky91t · 20-08-2011 11:08am

According to the american deals site linked here, It was a lie.

TimeToShine · 20-08-2011 11:21am

The Soup Thief wrote: »

time to proxy...
edit - bah - still no discounts on amazon.com even when viewing via us proxies
not to worry - word is they have rather a lot of stock to clear - will go about my business and check back in later...

Could always buy through officedepot.com and ship it with bundlebox - will cost about €30 to ship

officedepot are out of stock, they have a back order service but they might cancel on you

The Soup Thief · 20-08-2011 11:40am

Since I checked a couple of hours back http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/278385/HP-TouchPad-Tablet-16GB/ have added a note - Limit 2 Per Customer - haven't tried to order one but the website indicates they have stock there
I'm guessing HP have a LOT of these devices to shift, so I suspect they may not be about to sell out this morning - even at these prices...

Curious Geroge · 20-08-2011 11:50am

The Soup Thief wrote: »

Since I checked a couple of hours back http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/278385/HP-TouchPad-Tablet-16GB/ have added a note - Limit 2 Per Customer - haven't tried to order one but the website indicates they have stock there
I'm guessing HP have a LOT of these devices to shift, so I suspect they may not be about to sell out this morning - even at these prices...

officedepot require a zip code to order, no direct shipping to ireland..

bazery · 20-08-2011 12:01pm

It must be a matter of hours before this comes to the eu

Northern Monkey · 20-08-2011 12:05pm

Going to get one of these if I can. I only want a tablet for movies and the net, so this would be perfect even without future support.

The Soup Thief · 20-08-2011 12:13pm

Curious Geroge wrote: »

officedepot require a zip code to order, no direct shipping to ireland..

That is correct, though you can (could - read on) freight them to ireland using bongous.com or similar, at pretty steep prices (€30+)
I say could, since officedepot website is no longer selling these - can only now be purchased instore
Perhaps the stock is shifting faster than i thought!

Do-more · 20-08-2011 12:44pm

According to this Best Buy got 270,000 TouchPads from HP but have only shifted 25,000 of them, so I guess that's another place to look for stock.

davork · 20-08-2011 1:14pm

TimeToShine wrote: »

officedepot are out of stock, they have a back order service but they might cancel on you

now there's a surprise!

davork · 20-08-2011 1:15pm

Do-more wrote: »

According to this Best Buy got 270,000 TouchPads from HP but have only shifted 25,000 of them, so I guess that's another place to look for stock.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computers-Promotions/HP+TouchPad+return+and+Price+Match+policy+details/pcmcat250800050019.c?id=pcmcat250800050019

Brian · 20-08-2011 2:06pm

If you know anybody in the States, apparently they're not too hard to find in Walmart.

davork · 20-08-2011 2:30pm

Baza210 wrote: »

If you know anybody in the States, apparently they're not too hard to find in Walmart.

wallyworld is selling out all over the place - at least according to the SD forum (which has over 6K comments now in < 12 hrs)

If you get someone to go to a wallyworld, their best bet is to already be there (I know, I know) or place an order online for store pickup. Thing is walmart's inventory system is updated at 5pm in the evening so things 'happen' overnight...

My order seems safe at the moment (at officedepot) but they send cancels out on Monday mornings (US time) when they mess up inventory

As for the other US stores:
Amazon don't seem to be doing anything
Staples apparently might be Tuesday (right, keep checking their website)
J&R no price change on the website

Other places are
PC Richard - most stores are O/S and online they are O/S
MicroCentre - they have removed the pages from their website
Frys - same as MicroCenter

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

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