Originally Posted by PTravel

I think the secret here is economy of scale. If sales go up by an order of magnitude, cost-of-goods should fall dramatically. Though $99/149 might not be feasible, perhaps $199/249, or $249/299 would. What the fire sale has proven is that, at a low enough price point, a lot of people will want to buy a tablet of this quality that otherwise would not. WebOS is supposed to be a pretty decent tablet/phone OS. Perhaps HP could follow Microsoft's model and charge for new releases. Or, perhaps it could make its money on accessories -- the HP Touchpad and most WebOS phones use a handy wireless charger.