As we get closer to the debut of the 7" TouchPad, I've started to wonder how the heck is HP going to handle this one?
I mean, the shabby handling of the 10" TP pricing affair (and less-than-stellar software configuration for the multi-day July 1 and July 17 launch) is not really in the rearview mirror yet.
The price -- assuming HP stays with a config similar to the ten-incher... one camera, no HDMI out, etc. -- has to come in south of the current $399 for the 16GB TP. Nobody will touch it if they pull the July pricing nonsense -- start out absurdly high, then come back closer to reality, when under fire -- again.
Now, Acer is out there in recent days with a seven-incher that has two cameras and HDMI-out for around $329. Is this the neighborhood where HP has to play?
I think the answer is "yes", but on the south side of that figure.
Bottom line... I think that HP has plenty of rope here to hang themselves. The question is will they repeat their all-too-recent TP blunders or will they spare us all of the angst this time around?
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