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Aug232011

This firesale really hurts, $206 per unit

HP recently released and then cancelled their HP Touchpad.  It was meant to go head to head against the iPad.  As you may now know, HP went down to a horrid defeat and have cancelled the Touchpad completely.  This past Thursday, HP announced that WebOS and the Touchpad was discontinued and future support for WebOS devices would be eliminated.  Initially HP cut the price by $100 to $399 for the cheapest unit, now by cancelling the device completely, they have dropped the price to $99 for the cheapest unit.  It has been a smashing success, at least for the general public.  They are sold out almost everywhere (to my dismay).  According to TechRepublic, HP is losing $206 on every unit sold.

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