Thinking Of Buying A $99 Touchpad? Don't

Brian Caulfield, Forbes
Sat, 08/20/2011 - 10:43pm

The TouchPad is dead, but Hewlett-Packard is giving it a hell of a wake. HP has slashed the price of its $399 tablet computer to $99 after killing the product on Thursday, sparking a buying frenzy. Finally, an Apple competitor has found a price low enough to start a shopping stampede.

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