08-19-2011, 12:11 AM
For those who haven't heard, HP is dumping WebOS and everything associated with it - smartphones _and_ the TouchPad.
Wow. For those keeping score:
July 1: launches at $599
Aug 1: first software update, and "limited time" $50 instant rebate
Aug 3: "limited promotion" at $100 off
Aug 5: Woot offers $120 off; 612 sold
Aug 11: $100 price cut made permanent - ("we were pleased with response" said HP rep)
Aug 16: articles appear saying Best Buy can't sell them, wants HP to take them back; HP "pleading for more time"
Aug 18: HP pulls the plug.
Gotta feel a little sorry for those earlysuckers customers who paid six bills or more for a tablet that got EOL'ed 49 days after launch. And you gotta wonder how many other tablet manufacturers have to run into this brick wall that is the current iPad tablet market before the rest of the industry (and consumers) decide that yet another wanabee may not be worth the risk.
Wow. For those keeping score:
July 1: launches at $599
Aug 1: first software update, and "limited time" $50 instant rebate
Aug 3: "limited promotion" at $100 off
Aug 5: Woot offers $120 off; 612 sold
Aug 11: $100 price cut made permanent - ("we were pleased with response" said HP rep)
Aug 16: articles appear saying Best Buy can't sell them, wants HP to take them back; HP "pleading for more time"
Aug 18: HP pulls the plug.
Gotta feel a little sorry for those early