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I wonder what they're going to do with the hundreds of thousands of unsold units. Bury them next to the pile Atari E.T. cartridges, I suppose.

msie 15y ago
Or next to the Apple Lisas. Or the EV1s.:-(
- thought_alarm 15y ago
  Actually, Apple sold out their Lisa stock after they rebranded it "Mac XL". Turns out there was a market for a "professional" Mac with an internal hard drive back then.
aninteger 15y ago
They could try selling them. They never even released the Pre3 in the USA. I'm still waiting to buy.
- tiles 15y ago
  I was. Are you still planning on getting a Pre3 in spite of the announcement? I could deal with a smaller number of apps; but now I'm worried there simply won't be any apps at all for the ecosystem.
  - aninteger 15y ago
    I'm still sort of considering it. I already knew there wouldn't be many apps. That's actually fine for me because I'm buying it for the sole purpose of developing for. I use C/C++ and libSDL (which has support on all the major phone systems) for development. I don't use that many apps actually. Typically I just use a web browser, an ssh client (yes I actually SSH out from my phone often), and the odd solitaire card game every once in a while.
georgemcbay 15y ago
Landfills are so 80s. woot-offs are where not-so-successful consumer electronics go to die these days (and I say this as a big fan of woot, and bargain basement priced semi-abandoned technology).
- reemrevnivek 15y ago
  If these things came up on Woot, I would buy three. Might get a few friends to buy some more. The hardware is fine, and the open-source software that would surround such a release would, I'm sure, be awesome. Please, HP?
ChuckMcM 15y ago
They could do something exceptionally creative, they could sell them at half-cost with full schematics and data sheets for all of the parts. Plus documentation on the boot process, identify jtag/test ports, maybe boot rom source code. This would save them from an expensive e-recycling bill. It would put a lot of now 'open' tablets on the market which would give a huge cadre of people who would give it a shot a chance to do something amazing. It could change the world. Its a shame that winning the lottery is more likely than this outcome.
- ChuckMcM 15y ago
  In an interesting test of Google+ I shared an open letter to HP with this suggestion to 'Public.' Since I don't think anyone from HP follows me it probably won't get anywhere but if you see it and reshare it, perhaps it could increase the odds.
  - mmastrac 15y ago
    Do you have a link to your Google+ post?
illumin8 15y ago
I'd like to pick one up for $50 or less and try to shoe-horn Android on there.
xp84 15y ago
They'll be on Woot by the end of the month. Mark my words. Maybe September. Estimated price point $219 for 16GB.

msie 15y ago

Or next to the Apple Lisas. Or the EV1s.:-(

thought_alarm 15y ago
Actually, Apple sold out their Lisa stock after they rebranded it "Mac XL". Turns out there was a market for a "professional" Mac with an internal hard drive back then.

aninteger 15y ago

They could try selling them. They never even released the Pre3 in the USA. I'm still waiting to buy.

tiles 15y ago
I was. Are you still planning on getting a Pre3 in spite of the announcement? I could deal with a smaller number of apps; but now I'm worried there simply won't be any apps at all for the ecosystem.
- aninteger 15y ago
  I'm still sort of considering it. I already knew there wouldn't be many apps. That's actually fine for me because I'm buying it for the sole purpose of developing for. I use C/C++ and libSDL (which has support on all the major phone systems) for development. I don't use that many apps actually. Typically I just use a web browser, an ssh client (yes I actually SSH out from my phone often), and the odd solitaire card game every once in a while.

georgemcbay 15y ago

Landfills are so 80s. woot-offs are where not-so-successful consumer electronics go to die these days (and I say this as a big fan of woot, and bargain basement priced semi-abandoned technology).

reemrevnivek 15y ago
If these things came up on Woot, I would buy three. Might get a few friends to buy some more. The hardware is fine, and the open-source software that would surround such a release would, I'm sure, be awesome. Please, HP?

ChuckMcM 15y ago

They could do something exceptionally creative, they could sell them at half-cost with full schematics and data sheets for all of the parts. Plus documentation on the boot process, identify jtag/test ports, maybe boot rom source code. This would save them from an expensive e-recycling bill. It would put a lot of now 'open' tablets on the market which would give a huge cadre of people who would give it a shot a chance to do something amazing. It could change the world. Its a shame that winning the lottery is more likely than this outcome.

ChuckMcM 15y ago
In an interesting test of Google+ I shared an open letter to HP with this suggestion to 'Public.' Since I don't think anyone from HP follows me it probably won't get anywhere but if you see it and reshare it, perhaps it could increase the odds.
- mmastrac 15y ago
  Do you have a link to your Google+ post?

illumin8 15y ago

I'd like to pick one up for $50 or less and try to shoe-horn Android on there.

xp84 15y ago

They'll be on Woot by the end of the month. Mark my words. Maybe September. Estimated price point $219 for 16GB.