Just a few days ago, Best Buy offered the 32GB HP TouchPad for $149.99 if you buy an HP or Compaq laptop, desktop, or all-in-one computer. Around the same time, HP has announced that the TouchPad is already out of stock and will not be selling any more tablets directly to consumers. This week, Walmart is offering a promotion similar to Best Buy's: buy an HP laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium & add on an HP Touchpad Tablet for $149 bundle. Similar deals are also available at Sam's Club, which is owned by Walmart.
For as low as $497, you can get a laptop with a 15.6 inch display, a 2.1 GHz Intel Celeron processor, 3GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive and a 9.7 inch HP TouchPad tablet with webOS 3.0 and 32GB of storage. You can also select other notebooks but it would cost more. Complete information on other options and promo details are available at Walmart website.
HP introduced the TouchPad tablet in July but was canceled in less than two months due to poor sales. However, when HP dropped prices significantly to clear inventory, the TouchPad became wildly popular and in demand instead. HP made one more order with its suppliers this summer, but did not directly sold directly to consumers. Still, a limited supply seems to have gone to retailers.
You may now be wondering if TouchPad really is out of stock or this is just a marketing scheme to boost sales on other HP products. No store offers the 32GB TouchPad tablet for just $149. Instead, retailers like Best Buy, TigerDirect, and Walmar bundled it with other products.
HP is also offering $149.99 TouchPads to webOS developers. You can register to qualify for the Developer Device Program and order up to two devices directly from HP.
Sources: Liliputing, PreCentral
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