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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by DeafFlyer
How many have sold so far? If it's really good didn't they just become a player? Yeah, they lose a lot of money, but now they're out there. Obviously, I'm not much of a business man, but it just has me wondering.
From what I've heard, it costs HP $300/unit to manufacture, so they're taking a pretty significant loss dumping them at these prices. However, this also shows the magic number for a decent tablet -- at $99, it seems that everyone would buy one.
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