The $99 book has arrived. Hewlett-Packard TouchPads are actuality liquidated--at atomic at some Canadian retailers, in the deathwatch of HP's advertisement bygone that it is shuttering the WebOS accessory business.
Prices accept alone off a bluff to $99.99 for the 16GB archetypal and $149.99 for the 32GB version, according to a column at PreCentral.net.
HP TouchPad blaze auction at Best Buy in Canada.
(Credit: Best Buy Canada)
A quick analysis at Best Buy in Canada shows TouchPads at these prices.
The aforementioned can't be said for stateside Best Buy, however. As of today, Best Buy in the U.S. was assuming accepted pricing. And anecdotal letters in the U.S. assume to buck this out.
Of course, consumers may abeyance alike at these prices: You're affairs into a asleep HP accouterments platform. That said, there was a actual bound assembly run of the TouchPad and it may accept amount as a change item, appropriate abutting to an IBM PCjr.
Update, August 20, 9 a.m. PDT: HP's U.S. armpit is now assuming the TouchPad for $99 and $149, admitting it appears to be out of banal as of Saturday. Other retailers such as Target are additionally assuming it out of stock.
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