How many touchpad were sold

Apple has sold approximately It's just trying to minimize blood-loss a little. Elsewhere on the interwebs, an HP representative told CNET , "We expect that HP TouchPad owners can look forward to an over-the-air update that will enhance the platform and add functionality and a growing applications catalog. This is great news for current TouchPad owners, of course, but it raises the question: if HP is going to keep updating the software for this thing, why the hell are they going to stop making them!?

Oh, wait, maybe they won't. Now an HP exec is claiming that they could potentially resurrect the TouchPad. The TouchPad liquidation is another data point for HP critics to use. Retail partners are going to be wary of HP going forward.

Some outlets went with HP's liquidation pricing right away. Others chose to sit out the sale. Best Buy flip flopped. Amazon pulled out. In any case, HP will have to cover retailers on inventory and costs, but no future product launch from the company will be looked at the same way again.

Killing the TouchPad in a mere seven weeks will be remembered for a long time. Also: BestBuy. Tablet pricing is shot. It's no wonder retailers initially balked at HP's prices. HP has promised to honour product warranties. It also suggested that the operating system will receive some ongoing attention. In a statement, the company said: "We expect that HP TouchPad owners can look forward to an over-the-air update that will enhance the platform and add functionality and a growing applications catalogue.

However, it seems unlikely that there will be much incentive for developers to continue creating applications for WebOS, given the limited number of devices that run it, and the fact that no more are likely to appear. Some hardware hackers are already competing to be the first to put Google's Android operating system on the Touchpad.

If heavy discounts were all it took. And is. While Apple has no issue boasting of the Price is clearly on the minds of consumers. In her Forrester Research report released Monday, Epps argues that. The reason? It likely will be marketed at.

When Motorola lowered the price of its Xoom tablet, for example, it made a negligible difference in sales. The Android-based device. Sometimes, no product is worth the cost, no matter how.