HP's Discontinued TouchPad The Number 2 Tablet Of 2011
HP's Discontinued TouchPad The Number 2 Tablet Of 2011
Posted 11/22/2011 at 11:08am
| by Brad Chacos
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Here’s an amusing follow-up to the “Could Apple Surpass HP As Top PC Vendor In 2012?” article we posted yesterday. In case you missed it, here’s the Cliff Notes version: one analyst says that if you count tablets as PCs, Apple will become the world’s largest PC supplier in 2012. Now a new twist! According to the NPD Research Group, HP sold more tablets than anybody not named “Apple” so far in 2011. Before you get all worked up, that number’s not quite as exciting as it seems.
Remember that along with pondering the sale of its entire PC division, HP killed off its WebOS hardware line back in August – including the (then) fresh and new TouchPad tablet, which was hot off the metaphorical presses. In order to clear excess inventory, HP sold its tablet for the unheard-of price of just $100, hence the high sales numbers. Since the TouchPad is still officially KIA and its back stock is dwindling, don’t expect similar sales results in 2012. And while NPD told CNET that the TouchPad grabbed 17 percent of all none-iPad tablet sales, consider that all none-iPad Apple sales combined only sold 1.2 million, while the iPad sold 11.1 million.
After HP, the top tablet sales slots of 2011 (so far) go to Samsung, Asus, Motorola Mobility and Acer, in that order.
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TheKitty
November 22, 2011 at 11:36am
The TouchPad deserves every acolade. I use it daily. HP should keep WebOS, maybe dual boot with Android officially.
wcj786
November 22, 2011 at 7:39pm
I disagree. HP should open source webOS. They have already shown that they are not trustworthy by dumping the Touchpad after only a month. They can't decide whether to sell or keep their computer division, either.
Granted, there is a new CEO, but the Board of Directors are pulling the strings and they are just as culpable as the idiot Apotheker. They still have not bothered to inform their customers what they plan on doing with webOS, so that is yet another indication that they have their heads where the sun don't shine.
I originally wanted an Android tablet and was all set to buy the Samsung after testing it. But, I bought the Touchpad during the fire sale, as I planned to use it as an alarm clock/mp3 player in the bedroom. I have since been using it constantly and think that the OS is much better than Android. The only problem I have with webOS is that there are not enough apps for it. Even when going to Precentral to get HomeBrew apps, there are not enough. If webOS were to be open sourced, then I belive that more tablet manufacturers would utilize the OS and more apps would be built for it.
Since there are more Touchpads in the market than any other non-iPad tablet, it would make sense for app builders to focus on the OS for their apps, as long as they could be assured that webOS would be around. If it were open sourced, it would stay around and be upgraded even faster than it currently is.
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