Just when we thought the $99 Hewlett-Packard TouchPad was gone forever, the tablet that refuses to die is coming back for one last sale, according to online reports. A limited quantity of refurbished
Maybe last year, the iPad seemed too new and exotic to be on your holiday wish list. Maybe you were hesitant to buy the first generation of a new type of device. Maybe
Published on: November 28th, 2011
Philip Michaels
@itbusinessca
While the iPad continues to be a big success, the tablet market offers a harsher climate to vendors other than Apple -- and pricing strategies may be an important factor in their difficulties.Last
From note taking, music downloading, events scheduling, client data collection, PowerPoint presentations, linking to cloud services and even resume writing, ITBusiness.ca readers are reporting myriad uses for their tablet devices. Now on its
Published on: October 14th, 2011
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
If you didn't manage to get a price cut HP TouchPad, Android manufacturers are now offering a range of budget tablets that will cost you up to half as much as an iPad.
Published on: September 6th, 2011
Daniel Ionescu
@itbusinessca
Hewlett-Packard is planning one last, glorious ride for the HP TouchPad by manufacturing an unspecified amount of the devices "to meet unfulfilled demand" for the discontinued webOS slate. Although HP's tablet never fared
Published on: September 1st, 2011
Ian Paul
@itbusinessca
HP may have announced it is abandoning its TouchPad tablet late last week, but it wasn't long ago that it was promoting the tablet as it hit retail store shelves.We gave the TouchPad
Published on: August 23rd, 2011
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
HP's TouchPad fire sale could drive low-volume tablet makers out of the market, further padding Apple's market share and reducing consumer choice in the long term.Here's the scenario that's developing.Suppose HP sells half
Published on: August 23rd, 2011
John P. Mello Jr.
@itbusinessca
Some retailers sold out remaining Hewlett-Packard TouchPad tablets in just a few hours on Saturday after heavily discounted prices attracted buyers to the last remaining units of the soon-to-be defunct tablet. The TouchPad
HP believes that tablets have a promising future, but company officials said Thursday the reaction to their first tablet, the TouchPad, was so negative that it didn't make sense for the company to
Published on: August 19th, 2011
Nate Ralph
@itbusinessca
My first review of the HP TouchPad said it and many others agreed: This tablet was terribly slow. Even HP promised there would be a firmware update to improve performance issues. More than
Published on: August 8th, 2011
Melissa J. Perenson
@itbusinessca
Research in Motion will launch seven BlackBerry phones this year to meet its financial goals, but don't expect these new handsets to turn the company's luck around.At the Canadian company's annual shareholder meeting
Published on: July 14th, 2011
John Cox and Jared Newman
@itbusinessca
HP's TouchPad, the company's response to the Apple iPad, is hitting stores tomorrow and the first reviews are in. The TouchPad is the first iPad competitor to adopt Apple's screen form factor (4:3,
Published on: July 4th, 2011
Daniel Ionescu
@itbusinessca
When Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet based on webOS 3.0 hits stores July 1, it will face the same fate as every other tablet being released to market – a comparison to Apple's iPad. But
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