Tej Kohli technology blog helps you keep tabs on the latest events in the gadget and technology industry. Even before the $99 TouchPad fever was over, Lenovo launched a tablet PC of its own for users. Read the complete report by Tej Kohli below…
After HP discontinued its recently launched TouchPad, which continues to sell at deeply reduced prices, its now Lenovo which just released its ThinkPad tablet device.
The ThinkPad by Lenovo features a 10.1 inch screen and is only available at lenovo.com as a part of pre-sales. Priced at $499 for a 16 GB model, the device is powered by the Google’s android OS. However, it could slip through the cracks while HP sells its discontinued 16 GB and 32 GB TouchPads at the highly slashed prices of $99 and $149 respectively.
Touted for increased productivity, the Lenovo ThinkPad runs on Android’s Honeycomb OS and features front and rear cameras, HDMI-out, a 3-in-1 SD card reader, and Gorilla Glass.
Some of the models of the ThinkPad available are: The Wi-Fi only, 16GB model is priced at $499, the 3G and Wi-Fi 32GB model is $569 and the 3G/Wi-Fi 64GB model is $669. Other accessories, like the keyboard and pen, are also available for purchase.
The sale of the TouchPad started as large retailers requested to clear out stockpiled inventory. According to the reports, Best Buy sold less than 10 percent of its inventory, sending back nearly 250,000 TouchPads to HP.
The TouchPad sale also comes amidst a change in plans for HP, which said recently that it would discontinue all webOS-powered devices in an effort “to optimize the value of webOS software going forward,” according to an HP representative.
Responding to this, HP instructed retailers through a memo to offer TouchPad at hevily discounted prices of $99 for 16 GB and $149 for 32 GB, a far cry from $500 and $600 launch price in July.
Although most vendors, including the manufacturer itself, declared to be out of stock of HP TouchPads during the fire sale, HP’s social media manager Bryna Corcoran tweeted that more TouchPads should be available this week.
“Home and Home Office Store: Confirmed they are definitely getting more. But not in stock just yet. Any day now. Stay tuned for more info,” she tweeted.
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