HP’s announced on Thursday that it would be shutting down operations for its webOS devices.Best Buy, Future Shop, The Source, London Drugs, and Staples will be selling the 16GB TouchPad for $100, and the 32GB version for $150 starting tomorrow. Well, in Canada at least.
The newly lowered prices are not yet widespread on U.S. retailers’ websites. At the time of writing, a visit to BestBuy.com indicated that both versions of the HP TouchPad are selling for their standard retail prices. However, as of 10:43 p.m. ET, prices on stateside Amazon.com momentarily dropped to $100 for the 16 GB TouchPad and $149.99 for the 32 GB TouchPad. However, the devices’ prices now seem to be bumped back up to $299.99 and $399.99 respectively, with Amazon claiming that only one or two of each TouchPad is left in stock.
According to PreCentral.net, HP reportedly sent a memo to its affiliates, saying that the company would be lowering its price for the TouchPad on Saturday, August 20. The memo seems to have included the $99 and $149 price points, according to PreCentral.net. If reports of the memo are true, it seems some retailers decided to get a slight head start by lowering prices Friday.
The HP TouchPad’s liquidation, as well as the HP announcement regarding the shuttering of webOS operations, comes approximately a month and a half after the device originally went on sale.
