SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. technology giant Hewlett-Packard on Thursday lowered the price of a new tablet computer TouchPad launched in an effort to create attraction in a market dominated by Apple iPad.
Touchpad with 16 gigabytes of memory offered in the website of HP for 400 dollars and a model with 32 gigabytes can be bought for 500 dollars which means there is a difference of 100 dollars compared to the original price.
Touchpad was first launched in the U.S. in early July when Android devices and iPad tablet was in the fast-growing market, and sold by major U.S. retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart and on Amazon.com.
Unlike the iPad, TouchPad supports Adobe Flash video format. The tablet using the operating system webOS, developed by Palm, a pioneer device "mobile" which HP acquired last year with the price of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.
TouchPad debut raises a variety of studies, who argue that the device will face a rising iPad and other devices. Appel admitted that he had sold 25 million iPad device since the first version was released in April 2010. The company released the second generation iPad 2 in March.
In addition to the iPad, a tablet computer market is now also enlivened by the Galaxy Tab, BlackBerry Playbook, Motorola Xoom and dozens of devices that run Google's Android operating system.
HP shares plummeted since the beginning of the year amid investor concerns that the Palo Alto, California-based company is being overtaken by a younger rival firm and agile like Apple and Dell.
Touchpad with 16 gigabytes of memory offered in the website of HP for 400 dollars and a model with 32 gigabytes can be bought for 500 dollars which means there is a difference of 100 dollars compared to the original price.
Touchpad was first launched in the U.S. in early July when Android devices and iPad tablet was in the fast-growing market, and sold by major U.S. retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart and on Amazon.com.
Unlike the iPad, TouchPad supports Adobe Flash video format. The tablet using the operating system webOS, developed by Palm, a pioneer device "mobile" which HP acquired last year with the price of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.
TouchPad debut raises a variety of studies, who argue that the device will face a rising iPad and other devices. Appel admitted that he had sold 25 million iPad device since the first version was released in April 2010. The company released the second generation iPad 2 in March.
In addition to the iPad, a tablet computer market is now also enlivened by the Galaxy Tab, BlackBerry Playbook, Motorola Xoom and dozens of devices that run Google's Android operating system.
HP shares plummeted since the beginning of the year amid investor concerns that the Palo Alto, California-based company is being overtaken by a younger rival firm and agile like Apple and Dell.
source: republika
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