The $99 TouchPad Sale is Back For a Limited Time
The $99 TouchPad Sale is Back For a Limited Time
Posted 12/07/2011 at 3:28pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Did you miss out on the HP TouchPad fire sale earlier this year? Well, buck up then. HP is telling employees that the last round of refurbished TouchPads will be going on sale on the HP eBay store at the fabled $99 price point. A $79 accessory package will also be up for order. The trigger will be pulled at 6:00PM Central time on December 11th.
The TouchPad launched last summer to lukewarm reviews. Just a few weeks later, then CEO Leo Apotheker killed the webOS program, and HP started selling off inventory. Ironically, the TouchPad sold out rapidly once it was canned and heavily discounted; it became the second best selling tablet of the quarter behind the iPad.
Small lots of the device have shown up from time to time since then, but this appears to be the last of it. HP wants these refurbs (likely returns from the original sale) off is hands. New CEO Meg Whitman is expected to announce HP’s future plans for webOS in the coming weeks. Are you tempted to pick up a Touchpad, even just to sell it?
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acidic
December 07, 2011 at 6:49pm
i personally think tablets are useless. the wife is wanting one. hopefully i can pick one of these up for her and that will free up our i7 2630qm laptop
Mikhial66
December 07, 2011 at 6:01pm
I got mine at the original sale. It was worth picking up then and even more so now with android on it (and hopefully ICS coming soon)
dedgar
December 07, 2011 at 4:01pm
If I could get one I would put some form of Linux on it first thing.
glamdring
December 08, 2011 at 9:34am
Agreed, I always wanted a tablet with a full Linux distro, not just Android.
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