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rbanffy
on Aug 26, 2011
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After firesale, now HP Touchpads get 6 free apps f...
Quick guess: Best Buy had 270,000 unsold units. Assuming they have 10% of all the market, there would be now 2.7 million Touchpads out there.
All Pre 3 inventory in Europe will get sold the same way.
Raphael
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"HP’s initial order from its Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Compal, was for between 500,000 and one million units."
http://allthingsd.com/20110822/how-much-did-hp-lose-on-the-t...
rbanffy
on Aug 27, 2011
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So, best buy had more than 50% of the lot? That's surprising.
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Is there a store in Europe with this cheap touchpads?
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All Pre 3 inventory in Europe will get sold the same way.