HP resurrecting the Touchpad
The iPad was once called the “Jesus tablet”, but it seems now that the title firmly belongs to the HP Touchpad.
When HP killed the Touchpad a few weeks ago and dropped the prices of the 16/32GB models to $99/$149 respectively, the demand for them was extraordinary. What was once considered a doorstop was once of the most sought-after tablets in recent months. What was the reason for the demand? With the iPad in the $500 range, a $99 tablet looked like a steal. Despite the bad hardware that webOS ran on, the Touchpad is a very capable tablet, and webOS is very solid.
The problem was that HP couldn’t keep up with demand, and most stores sold out of them rather fast, including HP’s own web store. Now that HP sees the demand for the units, they’re producing one more run of them. HP stated on their blog, “More Touchpads on the Way“. What we don’t know is how much the tablets will cost, athough their FAQ leans towards the lower pricing. Knowing that the tablets were sold at a loss after the announcement of their death, it’s strange that HP is making another run at the discounted prices simply to satisfy demand for something they killed.
If HP sells these units again at full price, would people buy them at those prices? Not when you have competition from Apple and Android. While webOS gets good reviews, the hardware made the OS run sluggishly. Web sites takes several seconds to load on a Touchpad, the same sites such as apple.com and microsoft.com load almost instantaneously on iPads, there aren’t nearly as many apps for the Touchpad as there are for the other tablets, and some developers have moved over to other platforms. Where the Touchpad shines is in simple apps like slideshows and playing music.
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If you run anything more complicated than that on a Touchpad, the limitations of the hardware start to show.
This is confusing for the customers as well. If HP makes a statement saying “we’re killing the Touchpad because we can’t sell any”, and announces no more development of webOS, and then brings the Touchpads back, how much confidence will customers and developers have with these units? It seems like HP is trying to capitalize on the success of the cheaper prices and high demands, but if they think they’re going to sell them for full price, they may have the same inventory problems they did before.
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