HP Surrenders the Mobile lineup....

[KingIsaacLinksr]

I find it funny that we're saying they should basically sell it even lower.  Even the iPad is just barely making a profit.  And compared to most new technologies, its already cheap and we're saying it should be even cheaper.  :P

King

[Rico]

Tim - why do you think the iPad is barely making a profit?!?  They are making good money off the hardware and a TON of money off every app sold.

http://mashable.com/2010/04/07/isuppli-ipad-cost/

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Tim - why do you think the iPad is barely making a profit?!?  They are making good money off the hardware and a TON of money off every app sold.

http://mashable.com/2010/04/07/isuppli-ipad-cost/

I was strictly talking from the hardware side, not the iTunes area, which I know they are making a killing off of iTunes thanks to the iPad.  The only other company right now that can compete with iTunes is Amazon and their entire store + cloud.  That's the downside to Droid, there isn't much of an "iTunes" store for them.

Btw, that article is talking about the iPad 1, I'm sure the iPad 2 is a little more expensive due to its slimmer form and I also heard a different, more expensive figure for the iPad so maybe I'm wrong. 

King

[Rico]

Tim - they are still making a nice profit off the hardware.  A LOT more than an average laptop or PC maker makes off their hardware.  And also a lot more than many makers of any electronic device makes percentage wise off their gear.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Oops....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/09/08/customers-complain-hps-undead-99-touchpad-developing-cracks/

Not so great news if you bought an HP Touchpad: tl;dr: it might develop cracks. 

King

[Rico]

Another shot at a cheap Touchpad coming up this weekend.

The HP TouchPad flew off shelves when the company slashed the base price of the tablet from $400 to $99. The company promised that there would be a final run of the tablet, but TechCrunch is reporting that the company will be selling its 16GB and 32 GB models at firesale prices on its eBay store this Sunday. The sale is set to start at 7 p.m. Eastern time, 6 p.m., Central.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/report-hps-99-touchpad-to-return-again-in-hp-ebay-store/2011/12/08/gIQAqprHfO_story.html

[Bryancd]

Tim - they are still making a nice profit off the hardware.  A LOT more than an average laptop or PC maker makes off their hardware.  And also a lot more than many makers of any electronic device makes percentage wise off their gear.

Yeah, the margins on the iPad are very healthy, Tim. Amazon is taking a lose on the Fire, however, but that's their business model.

[Jobydrone]

I might have to pick one up just as a backup.  Great value even if the functionality isn't all there.