HP WebOS Touchpad tablet Australian launch date

According to the following article it appears the Australian launch date for the HP WebOS Touchpad tablet is the 15^th of August.

The device is set to launch on Monday 15 August. ... Read More

I do think HP needs to sharpen its pencil. If they can sell the Touchpad for $100USD less in the States they really should reduce the difference. Charging Australians 25% more isn’t going to win friends in a very competitive market.

I’m still not sure where the HP tablet will fit in. I’ll check one out to see what I think but only time will tell if it will succeed. There may be a couple of aspects which will give the HP tablet an advantage and I’ll be interested in finding them.

- Kelvin Eldridge
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