HP Touchpad Price dive leads to sales blowout

Hewlett-Packard Touchpad Tablet PC Sina Science and technology news Beijing time, August 23 morning, after Hewlett-Packard announced that the price of Touchpad tablet computer to the minimum to 99 U.S. dollars, the product last weekend sales blowout. Hewlett-Packard just announced last week that it would give up its tablet and smartphone using webOS because of disappointing sales and hard to compete with Apple's ipad and iphone.　　After that, HP lowered its lowest touchpad from $499.99 to $99.99, while higher-profile products also lowered from $599.99 to $149.99. HP says it is still studying the future options for webOS.　　HP's decision to cut prices immediately became the focus of the tech media, and the major blogs listed the stores and websites that sold the product. The touchpad of big retailers such as Amazon, Target and Wal-Mart were sold out in Sunday, due to high demand.　　Touchpad, a sales person at one of Best Buy stores in San Francisco, said the Bay area was sold out late Saturday. Consumers are turning to retailers that have not yet cut prices. Barnes & Noble, America's largest chain of bookstores, is still selling touchpad at $407.95 trillion, but netizens say the company will offer a price difference if it cuts prices within 10 days.　　It is estimated that Barnes & Noble's Touchpad inventory is 14,000 units, but the company has not commented. Although prices have been so low, some consumers question whether touchpad is really valuable. "These products are worthless at the moment," commented the US it website CNET. Some other users also expressed their support. Still, many users have launched the "Save webOS" campaign through Twitter, praying that the platform continues. (Ding Macro)