Of course it's a luxury item. Why else would I be installing one in my Cadillac truck? Duh.
Apple's (Doomed) Tablet - Old man yells at icloud
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Texting with both hands isn't a very good option when driving.
When I see people texting while driving I have to struggle to not run them off the road into the closest solid object. I want to carry around a fog horn, lean out the window and blast it next to the inattentive idiot's head.
I just wish there were a way to safely cause them to drive off the road without endangering the other nearby drivers.
resolution isn't the only consideration. physical screen size also relates to ease of use. when apps scale up, the buttons get larger, and as such are easier to press. There are games that i wouldn't dream of playing on my phone that i'll only play on a tablet.
which is why we're now starting to see more functionality being build into e-readers, they're going to have to compete with tablets. we may ultimately see the two product segments converge.
even if you hack it to get it to run android.... still looks like its the hardware that sucks.
WIRED article
WIRED article
i'm partially confused by everyone's burning desire to get android on it. webos is the better platform. Android just has more apps. which yea, is important long term. maybe the time would be better spent porting webos to another piece of hardware.
but yea, hp made the same mistake as palm (with the pre, pre2 and pixi), putting a great OS on underpowered hardware
At the current pricepoint its way better than anything else. The budget Chinese android tablets are junk in comparison.
It's using a standard Snapdragon SoC 1.5ghz dual core processor scaled down to 1.2ghz, and a gig of memory. It's got plenty of juice in the hardware.
Porting an OS to another device and then benchmarking it doesn't mean the old hardware sucks. There are a lot of variables, including and most especially drivers, that are involved in a port.
that's one thing i'm gonna do... figure out how to get a few more cycles per second outta that chip
putting it all in perspective:
http://gizmodo.com/5833169/the-99-hp-touchpad-is-an-amazing-deal-no-matter-what-your-nerd-friends-tell-you
where can you get a TouchPad for $100?
now, nowhere. MAYBE hp's website once they get some more returned inventory.
Sporadic. They're popping up here and there - check slickdeals.net for updates - there's a thread here but I haven't been following it:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=3220862
Keep an eye on sites that haven't dropped their prices yet, like CDW. They're probably in line to drop their price.
Also, word is HP is providing a refund for people who bought one at full price.
which is why, despite still being listed near full price, the touchpad is the #1 item on amazon right now.
i got my confirmation, supposed to ship tomorrow. Worth the wait i guess. Unfortunately I've been reading that there is no native GPS, though wifi location services are not bad, they only work in urban/suburban areas.
not to say there wont be ways to use a bluetooth gps with it, or perhaps even add in a gps module, but the full verdict isnt out on that yet.
also, they run 1.7ghz with relative ease, so the hardware, as said earlier, does not suck. It's actually fairly robust. I would have never bought one for $500, or any tablet for this matter. I was considering hacking a nook color to android, but this is cheaper and larger, so why not give it a shot.
not to say there wont be ways to use a bluetooth gps with it, or perhaps even add in a gps module, but the full verdict isnt out on that yet.
also, they run 1.7ghz with relative ease, so the hardware, as said earlier, does not suck. It's actually fairly robust. I would have never bought one for $500, or any tablet for this matter. I was considering hacking a nook color to android, but this is cheaper and larger, so why not give it a shot.
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it's #1 because HP is giving full refunds?
i got my confirmation yesterday, said it was supposed to ship today. checked my order status & hasn't shipped yet, not that surprised. be patient.
I ordered one too. Apparently it was way oversold by a lot of companies, including the one I ordered from through Amazon.
If the order goes through, it's a pretty good deal on a tablet. If it doesn't, I save $100. I can't lose.
congratulations, you were able to put 2 and 2 togetherit's #1 because HP is giving full refunds?
i got mine in saturday afternoon through hp's smb site. Heard mention online that there was a glitch in hp's backend that still allowed orders to be submitted despite a depleted inventory (possibly due to server overload). not sure if i was able to get my order in before that happened (if it's even true). Though I suspect if an order got submitted, before they shut it down, they'd fulfill orders as they were received once they take receive inventory returns.
100 what what an amazing price.
i saw a ton of them down here. i rofl'd. "Starting at $399"
Yeah, i roll my eyes.
it was funny, Liz saw one of the ads on tv, and asked me "didn't you just buy one for like half that?" lolYeah, i roll my eyes.
Canada = land of more money, less debt, and no f'n clue what's really going on...
Anybody know where I can find one for $100?
HP is supposedly getting another batch of them tomorrow.
You could watch this: http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862#edit41815736
Just about anyone who sells them immediately gets swamped. Lots of page timeouts and they sell out quickly.
Honestly I'm betting that once people get their 10, 20, 30, whatever that they ordered to resell, ebay/craigslist prices should drop accordingly. Probably not to $99/$149, but close.
Here's one from our local CL that's $149 (cash) for the 16gb one, close to $99+overnight shipping. Obviously YMMV.
edit: Of course, there are also ones on the local CL for $240 and one for $250 .
Here's one from our local CL that's $149 (cash) for the 16gb one, close to $99+overnight shipping. Obviously YMMV.
edit: Of course, there are also ones on the local CL for $240 and one for $250 .
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I picked up 3 32GB models off insight.com just before they got shut down (confirmed they shipped). One for myself, one for a coworker, and one for my girlfriend as a "Sorry I said i'd be home by 7 for dinner, but showed up at 2AM piss drunk instead" gift.
Buy.com also has the fancy leather cases for $17 shipped, instead of the usual places for $30-50 for those of you who picked one up.
Buy.com also has the fancy leather cases for $17 shipped, instead of the usual places for $30-50 for those of you who picked one up.
do you have to use it already, or are you able to save it to cash it in at a later date?
Lets just say this is her monthly scheduled gift, with the way this relationship is going.do you have to use it already, or are you able to save it to cash it in at a later date?
"I just feel like...I dunno...like you want to go riding or climbing or skiing more than you like hanging out with me"
"Ahh...yeah, well...here! Have a TouchPad!"
Let me get this straight. People are paying OVER $500 for some of these tablets? 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ot7f_the-day-after-tomorrow-death-fall_shortfilms#60:136Lets just say this is her monthly scheduled gift, with the way this relationship is going.
"I just feel like...I dunno...like you want to go riding or climbing or skiing more than you like hanging out with me"
"Ahh...yeah, well...here! Have a TouchPad!"
699 for a 64GB ipad2....Let me get this straight. People are paying OVER $500 for some of these tablets?
from hp sb:
sold out. orders placed prior to 4am aug 22 will be fulfilled.
which means i'm definitely getting mine (order placed aug 20).
sold out. orders placed prior to 4am aug 22 will be fulfilled.
which means i'm definitely getting mine (order placed aug 20).
yup (i listened to the hold messages too!) i got mine in on the 21st, well before the cut-off
the real question is, will they ship in time for me to get it this week (i paid the whopping $9 for overnight Fedex) because I'm leaving for Germany this weekend and would love to have it for the plane rides, etc... on that trip.
order status still says "ship complete: no"
my status is still pending as well. i leave for belgium next wednesday. would be nice for liz to have it so she doesn't have to take her laptop - but we'll see. i'm taking my tablet so we may just share it.
I hope it turns into being a piece of ****.
Because I did not get hold of one
Because I did not get hold of one
FedEx tracking # says mine will be here Friday. Yeaaaaaaaaah