What will happen to those thousands of HP TouchPads now obsolete?
Here's 4 things you can do with the abandoned $99 TouchPad.
Months ago, I predicted the death of the "PC keyboard" with the coming of touch screen tablets across the industry ... little did I know that HP would "throw the baby out with the bath water" and abandon the entire tablet, as well.
(See the story listed below)
http://thejobwatch.blogspot.com/2011/02/hps-touchpad-tablet-vs-radio-shack-trs.html
While there is still time.... Here's what you can do with your now obsolete HP TouchPad.
1. "Hack Your TouchPad to Run Android, Win a Prize" - See Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/touchpad-android-hack/
2. "HP TouchPad becomes a low-cost Ubuntu tablet" - See Gigaom,com
http://gigaom.com/mobile/hp-touchpad-becomes-a-low-cost-ubuntu-tablet/
3. Find applications for the HP TouchPad on the HP site. (such as Facebook Tablet, Kindle for WebOS, 7digital MP3 Music, Just Type and Web browsing.
http://www.hp.com/united-states/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad-apps.html
4. Some people are trying to resell the Touchpad for $300.00 on Ebay...but wait because the full supply of unsold Touchpads is not known. Retail stores have sold out initial supplies this weekend, at $99.00 each but that does not rule out more will be coming.
(See the story listed below)
http://thejobwatch.blogspot.com/2011/02/hps-touchpad-tablet-vs-radio-shack-trs.html
While there is still time.... Here's what you can do with your now obsolete HP TouchPad.
1. "Hack Your TouchPad to Run Android, Win a Prize" - See Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/touchpad-android-hack/
2. "HP TouchPad becomes a low-cost Ubuntu tablet" - See Gigaom,com
http://gigaom.com/mobile/hp-touchpad-becomes-a-low-cost-ubuntu-tablet/
3. Find applications for the HP TouchPad on the HP site. (such as Facebook Tablet, Kindle for WebOS, 7digital MP3 Music, Just Type and Web browsing.
http://www.hp.com/united-states/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad-apps.html
4. Some people are trying to resell the Touchpad for $300.00 on Ebay...but wait because the full supply of unsold Touchpads is not known. Retail stores have sold out initial supplies this weekend, at $99.00 each but that does not rule out more will be coming.
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