After the death of the HP TouchPad was announced, it seems all anyone is talking about these days in terms of tablets is, yes, the HP TouchPad.
The company lowered the price of the tablet from $500 to only $99 earlier this month and they went fast. So fast, they are almost impossible to find right now.
In an interview with Reuters, HP executive Todd Bradley said there is a chance the TouchPad could be resurrected.
Bradley said the company could resurrect HP’s short-lived TouchPad tablet computer, which was introduced on July 1 before being terminated only about six weeks later.
“Tablet computing is a segment of the market that’s relevant, absolutely,” Bradley said.
He continued on saying “regardless of what happens, we’re the largest PC company in the world. We need everybody energized, and while this isn’t business as usual, we need people to go out and sell products every day.”
The biggest question right now is, will HP release any more TouchPads? Mark Budgell, HP’s PR Manager for Social Media Strategy, answered a few consumer questions in this blog post yesterday (August 29th).
In regards to the release of more TouchPads he said, “We will have more information available in the next few days about whether or not more will be available and if so, what the details will be about the situation.”
If HP does release more TouchPads, will you run out and purchase one? Some don’t see the point, while others want one as soon as they become available again.
I just really hope that HP will do great in Android tablet market in the near future. Hopefully this holiday season. I know that HP products are great, so i believe that their homemade tablets will be great as well, in term of quality and hardware. But i think they need to act fast and bring their A-game to their tablets. Because many laptop manufactures have already jumped to tablet market and do pretty well there, like Asus.