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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo
IMO, The popularity of this thing at these firesale prices really shows how HP knows nothing about what they are doing.
Why launch the thing at 499, and 599?? What features did it have to try and price it the same as an iPad? If I were an HP executive, I would've gambled and offered these things at 199 and 249... they wouldn't still sold like hot cakes. They have to flood the market so there is a market for apps, then perhaps do well on a TouchPad 2.
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To the mass market, it's not the $99 price that even makes it attractive, it's the fact that it USED TO BE $399. If they opened it at $99, taking a TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR LOSS on EACH ONE, they would be REALLY fucked