Who's bought a TouchPad so far?

[SithSolo1]

Looking at the latest Hardforum posts some of the B&N orders are starting to get cancelled.

 

[Dangerer]

People who ordered from B&N really shouldn't be too hopeful. I was pre logged into the website and placed an order literally seconds after B&N went live (around 9:25 PST) and I received a cancellation around 2AM PST.

 

[finbarqs]

tube8.com works great too!

 

[HybridSquirrel]

tube8.com works great too!

:thumbsup:

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Finally got shipping confirmation from BB and have my cover ordered. I think I'm going to print up T-shirts that say I survived the HP Touchpocalypse.

Don't give up if you weren't able to snag one yet, there's still probably a few shipping containers full of these somewhere between here and China.

 

[ponyo]

http://www.androidcentral.com/and-winner-1500-bounty-android-touchpad-qualcomm

How legit does this look? Supposedly Android 2.2.1 Froyo running on the HP Touchpad.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

http://www.androidcentral.com/and-winner-1500-bounty-android-touchpad-qualcomm

How legit does this look? Supposedly Android 2.2.1 Froyo running on the HP Touchpad.

one of the guys I waited in line with at best buy had a 16g he bought 2 weeks ago running android, but he didn't say how. Its not like its impossible....

btw I still cant get the center button that is supposed to take it to card mode to work, I click it and nothing happens.

 

[OS]

nice if real

 

[sjwaste]

If I could find one in stock, I'd buy one. A 32 gig for 149 is a steal.

 

[Pliablemoose]

http://www.androidcentral.com/and-winner-1500-bounty-android-touchpad-qualcomm

How legit does this look? Supposedly Android 2.2.1 Froyo running on the HP Touchpad.

Looks legit to me, ICS will be awesome on these things.

WebOS just wasn't optimized for this application, honestly, it seems like it was torpedoed looking at the benchmarks.

BTW, XDA has a shiny new TouchPad forum

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1245

 

[ViRGE]

Yay, my Best Buy order has shipped. It will arrive in 2 days via UPS Ground, which is a great deal for free shipping.

 

[Tristicus]

WOOT for XDA forum. Excited.

 

[sjwaste]

Does anyone else suspect the fire sale could be a publicity stunt? Seems there is demand at the right price.

I'm looking for one. I'd pay $200 for a 32 gig.

 

[SandEagle]

B&N order cancelled.


Information on Your Recent B&N.com order

Dear Valued Customer,
We are writing to you regarding your recent Barnes & Noble order for "HP TouchPad Tablet with 16GB Memory".
Due to unexpected customer demand for this item, our inventory was depleted prior to your order being processed so we
are unable to fulfill this item as requested. Consequently, we have canceled your order and you will not be billed for this
amount.
You may see an authorization on your credit or debit card for the order, but please be assured you will not be charged . The
authorization will be released in accordance with your bank's policies.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience that this may have caused.
Sincerely,
Barnes & Noble
Customer Service

 

[Slufa111]

Order from bestbuy yesterday. It is shipped. Tracking numbers says it will be here Wednesday! Will update when I get it!

 

[Pliablemoose]

Does anyone else suspect the fire sale could be a publicity stunt? Seems there is demand at the right price.

No, and when you give stuff away, people line up instantly.

A significant number of the sales are going to people looking to make a few $ off a resale.

Slick Deals has people that make lots of $ off this stuff, and pickings have been slim lately.

Also, remember those "iPad induced abortions" when the iPad was released?

Think of this as an iPad induced assisted suicide.

 

[dlock13]

Damn B&N cancelling my order. It was not even a minute after it went up for sale! What the bloody hell! :|

 

[OS]

i tried to order one a couple places but nada

 

[HybridSquirrel]

it is ungodly hard to find a decently cheap case for these damn things.

 

[A5]

Does anyone else suspect the fire sale could be a publicity stunt? Seems there is demand at the right price.

I'm looking for one. I'd pay $200 for a 32 gig.

They would get sued out of business by their shareholders for lying in a financial statement. They're just dumping inventory so that they don't have to keep warehouse space for it anymore.

 

[A5]

it is ungodly hard to find a decently cheap case for these damn things.

Yeah. I'm just waiting for the inevitable accessories blowout in a few weeks - hopefully can get some cheap Touchstones and cases then.

 

[SithSolo1]

Yeah. I'm just waiting for the inevitable accessories blowout in a few weeks - hopefully can get some cheap Touchstones and cases then.

I went ahead and bought the touch stone + keyboard from amazon for $115. Even if they have a blow out I didn't want to risk not being able to snap one up.

 

[Spoooon]

They would get sued out of business by their shareholders for lying in a financial statement. They're just dumping inventory so that they don't have to keep warehouse space for it anymore.

At precentral, there are some that seem to be hoping against hope that this is all some sort of grand strategy to grab market share. I think there was a thread where someone discussed the iPad losing market share to HP.

 

[cheezy321]

Yeah. I'm just waiting for the inevitable accessories blowout in a few weeks - hopefully can get some cheap Touchstones and cases then.

Doubt it. I bet the touchstone will sell out very soon and they will become harder to get than the actual touchpad.

 

[mnewsham]

Just got a tracking number