HP Touchpad at Sharaf DG

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So everyone knows by now that HP has pulled the plug on their Touchpad tablets only a month after its release. A 16GB Wi-Fi version used to retail for $400 but the same model is now being sold for $99.

Given this crazy sale price, everyone wants one now (as expected). It's impossible to get one in the States or UK (I didn't even know they sold these in the UAE). I took this picture at Sharaf DG and those guys have NO idea about the price cut. I feel sorry for the sales guy who spent about 5 minutes explaining the OS on the device (WebOS) and how this will be a strong competitor for the iPad. He thought I was joking when I told him that HP is discontinuing the device, even the manager confirmed that he had no idea about the price drop.

$99 roughly converts to AED 365 and would be an AMAZING price for a home tablet given the specs (scroll down and select "TECH SPECS"). Also, I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are working on Honeycomb to be ported to the device.

Now I gotta call them up every single day and hope for a price drop soon.