HP TouchPad Bestseller on Amazon

A few days ago, HP announced the discontinuation of webOS smartphones and TouchPad tablets, and then began the elimination of inventory in the retail network. In American supermarkets and online stores, the cost of the HP TouchPad 16 GB tablet was set at $ 99. This is a great price for a device that originally cost $ 499, and whose spare parts alone are priced at $ 296 .

It is not surprising that on Sunday, 16 GB and 32 GB TouchPad tablets ($ 149) took the first two lines of the most popular products on Amazon (in the electronics section), ahead of the iPod, the Kindle 3G reader and other traditional leaders.

Apparently, people have a very high demand for cheap tablets. They can be used as additional monitors, photo frames, toys for children, you can install Android, etc.

In most online stores, stocks of cheap TouchPads have run out, but still remain in some places . On Amazon, all stocks of cheap tablets were sold out in a matter of hours.

PS Starting tomorrow (August 23), the sale of tablets will begin in the network of British Dixons stores at a price of 89 pounds for 16 GB and 115 pounds for 32 GB .

PPS Some speculate what might happen if HP set the price to $ 99 (or even $ 199) from the very first day of sales. Perhaps they could grab a large market share in a few weeks. True, it is unlikely that the sale of software would pay off such a discount.