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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.
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I don't agree.
You can pickup some Android tablets for $250 and they are NOT selling well. The ONLY reason this sold well cause it was $99 and people like a deal. Anyone grabbing one for $200+ is dumb, there's tablets with better support/apps that are almost as good at that price point.
Its the same reason the Kindle started selling like hotcakes when it was priced at $139 from $399, except Amazon actually figured out how to be profitable at that price.
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo
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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This I do agree with. Some manufacturers sell their hardware at a loss to make money on the software.