So with the strike of a pen, or a a long winded email from the CEO, the fancy new HP Touchpad was given a death sentence.
Originally marketed as a competitor to Apple's Ipad, its adoption failed to materialise leaving egg on the face of those within HP who had back it. Then came the extraordinary news that was music to the hears of consumers: the quick fire sale of HP Touchpad 16Gb and HP Touchpad 32gb. Within hours, stock was snapped up by eager bargin hunters who managed to get them at $99 a pop. A fraction of its $599 price tag when launched a couple of weeks earlier. According to sources within the larger retailers in Ireland, queues formed from 6am to try and nab the cut price Touchpad.
For the company, this is definitely not the kind of publicity they want or need, and their share price over the past 24 hours has reflected this.
