HP TouchPad News
HP might have up to 200 000 more TouchPads for sale in late October, helping suppliers to clean inventory
This second batch won't amount to much, sources say, rather 100 000 - 200 000 units, but it will help Inventec and the other suppliers utilize their idle touch panels, batteries...
HP vows to make one last batch of TouchPads, your order not guaranteed
Perhaps feeling a bit guilty about its suppliers sitting on tons of unused but manufactured parts for future HP TouchPads, the largest computer manufacturer in the world promised one last batch for the taking...
HP spills the beans on an upcoming TouchPad OTA update
HP unofficially confirmed that a software update for the HP TouchPad is on its way. It is expected to enhance the platform and add functionality to the device. Furthermore, Quickoffice HD for the...
Official FAQ for the HP TouchPad reveals a one-per-person order limit with future availability
HP decided to put up an official FAQ regarding their beloved webOS powered tablet – and it tucks away some intriguing new information. Currently, HP is sold out of the tablet as we speak,...
HP TouchPad treated to CyanogenMod-flavored Gingerbread
With $99 firesales sweeping HP TouchPad inventories across the country, we can only envy you if you managed to snatch yours. There’s a tiny little issue with the tablet, though, it’s running webOS...
HP cancels some TouchPad orders placed through their web site?
Interestingly, one of our readers managed to inform us that a recording being played through HP’s customer support hotline is informing them about cancellations on recent TouchPad orders. Specifically, it’s played right away...
Humorous drawing of an HP TouchPad pops up for sale on eBay, bids skyrocket
If you haven't come across any wacky stories from the web lately, here is one that will likely put a smile on your face. Apparently, somebody came up with the crazy idea of drawing an...
HP TouchPad discounts continue: HP gives away 6 paid apps for free
HP’s firesale of the HP TouchPad cleared up the company’s tablet inventory but with a $99 price tag for the 16 gig model, HP can’t even pay off its expenses. Well, that doesn’t stop it from discounting…
Hulu blocks its site on the HP TouchPad
The HP TouchPad might have gotten ditched by HP in less than two months, but with firesales wiping out TouchPad inventory in hours, not even days, popular movie and TV show streaming service Hulu…
First case of Android running on HP TouchPad caught on video
What would happen if the HP TouchPad could run Android instead of its native webOS platform? Although it was not originally meant to do that, in terms of hardware, the tablet...
HP TouchPad launches straight to the number one spot on Amazon's bestselling list
Literally overnight, the HP TouchPad went from being the unknown tablet on Amazon to jumping straight to number one on their bestselling list – ousting the Kindle during the process. Not surprisingly,...
HP TouchPad Android porting project started by the Touchdroid Team
The discounted and discontinued HP TouchPad webOS slate is now in the crosshairs of the Touchdroid Team for porting Android to it - first Gingerbread and then Honeycomb or ICS...
Best Buy does a 180 degree change, will sell HP TouchPad in U.S. stores at fire sale prices
After first telling everyone that it would ship unsold HP TouchPads from its U.S. stores back to HP, Best Buy has changed its mind and Saturday night announced that it was joining those selling...
Best Buy pulls HP TouchPad from U.S. stores; HP to refund early buyers
According to tipsters for Engadget, Best Buy has decided against offering the heavily discounted webOS flavored HP TouchPad in its U.S. stores and is shipping the tablet back to HP instead; those who paid pre-fire...
HP TouchPad reduced to as low as $99.99 starting tomorrow
With HP out of the webOS hardware game, dramatic price reduction of the TouchPad tablet has started with the 16GB model reduced $300 to $99.99 and the 32GB version cut by $350 to $149.99; ironically, television ads still push the...
Tests showed webOS running twice as fast on an iPad than its native TouchPad
Not that we needed more reasons why webOS and the HP TouchPad are fading off into the sunset, but word has come out that HP tested webOS on an iPad 2, and found the OS ran twice as fast as the TouchPad...
HP to throw $100 million on soothing retailers' pain caused by unsold TouchPads
With the HP TouchPad selling considerably worse than anyone at the company would have ever imagined, one might wonder what would retail outlets do with all the leftover units taking...
White HP TouchPad is real, comes with more storage and an upgraded processor
Well, it looks like the rumors were on the right track – a white version of the HP TouchPad was indeed in the company's agenda and can now be purchased online, at least in some...
HP TouchPad sales falling short of expectations at Best Buy stores
With all these price drops that the HP TouchPad is being treated to, it doesn't take a scientist to conclude that the tablet is not selling as well as the guys at the company expected...
Radio Shack.com will give you a $75 price cut on a 16GB Wi-Fi HP TouchPad
If you like the HP TouchPad but are not satisfied with the recent $100 price cut from HP,from now until September 10th, Radio Shack.com will take an additional $75 off an online purchase of the 16GB Wi-Fi version...
