HP to spin off its PC business?

[AgnesIO]

Searching "HP Touchpad" into Google shopping returns no results.

Price drops in Aussie and Ireland - sounds hopeful.

[triston220]

Price drops in Aussie and Ireland - sounds hopeful.

There's rumors of a UK price drop now too.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/22/h...uk-price-drop/

[Johno]

fingers crossed, got my eyes on amazon.

[triston220]

fingers crossed, got my eyes on amazon.

Same here.

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HP are no longer selling the touchpad online in the UK.

[triston220]

Dixons have confirmed a price cut for later today. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/369457/h...ed-to-89-in-uk

[AgnesIO]

Dixons have confirmed a price cut for later today. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/369457/h...ed-to-89-in-uk

Wish comet would make an announcement!

[Johno]

Since Dixons have announced, I'm keeping my eyes peeled across all the DSG websites and Amazon.

[GommeInc]

Hopefully they do not touch their PC desktop/laptop division. Big fan here Just need a 2.1/5.1 speaker system and webcam to complete my HP collection

I think it was HotelUser who mentioned this, or indeed hinted this - Windows 8 tablets maybe? If Windows 8 works well HP could just chuck that on some touchpads.

[HotelUser]

It followed this pattern here:

1. HP announced the firesale price
2. Users everywhere flocked onto the internet retailers trying to get one
3. Retailer websites removed product pages for the Touchpad or disabled the "buy now" button from some periods but kept putting it back up then taking it down
4. Everyone's websites started crashing and failing to load.

It is possible you will snag one online. HOWEVER I am telling you right now you have a 100% better chance at getting one of these if you:
A) buy multiple online from DIFFERENT sources (there were problems here where employees were taking them for themselves, and retailers sending merchandise back to HP then cancelling online orders)
B) TRY TO BUY ONE BY PHYSICALLY GOING TO THE STORE YOURSELF. GO TO TEN STORES. LOOK EVERYWHERE. BUY NOW FROM DIXONS AT FULL PRICE THEN LATER REQUEST A PRICE FIX.

p.s. people were camping out infront of stores and going as soon as they open just like a boxing day sale. If you want to be one of the lucky few who get one you might want to do this with a few friends and each take different stores.

[Chris]

Okay I didn't even stand a chance on the dixons website, they have been wiped from my basket.