Analysts suggest HP reconsider abandoning touchpad decision

Sina Science and technology news in Beijing September 15 night, technology research company Canalys in the report to customers that HP should reconsider abandoning the Touchpad tablet computer decision, because touchpad in the future may make HP plans to give up the value of the PC business double. In August, Hewlett-Packard announced plans to quit the fields of computers, tablets and mobile phones to focus on software development.　　As a result, the six-week-touchpad tablet and webOS-based handsets are also facing the fate of exiting the market. Hewlett-Packard then touchpad the tablet to a 99-dollar sale of ultra-low-priced PCs.　　Such attractive prices have also led to a touchpad of hot buying in North America. Canalys analysts said in the report, Touchpad sold at a high price, so the sales were poor.　　Bad sales led HP to conclude that touchpad itself was a failed product.　　The report said HP's price cut made touchpad one of the hottest technology products of the 2011. The product has sold 30 million units since Apple sold the ipad last year.　　Apple is thus the absolute hegemon of the tablet market. But the Canalys report argues that while Apple's status is temporarily difficult to shake, Hewlett-Packard is now initially showing its edge in the competition for the market's second-place position.　　If you do not grasp the opportunity will be fleeting. Canalys said HP could account for 10% of the global tablet market, thanks to a big price cut. Such a market share could increase the total volume of HP's PC business by one to twice times in the future. (Puma) to share: