Originally Posted by
Letitride3c
Stampede, I don't think so. You meant get ready for the next wave, LOL, for the rollout of the just announced HP Slate 2 Tablet PC, starting price of $699 and available worldwide later this month. Gooood luck to those HP shareholders.
The HP Slate 2 has gotten rather poor reviews -- it may wind up being closed out, though I doubt it as Microsoft has a stake in having it run Windows. It's not really designed as a personal tablet (and therefore not as good, i.e. useful, as the Touchpad) but more as a point-of-sale device.
Plenty of brand new, factory sealed TP's being offered on eBay (+ local CL's) - avg. asking around $220 or less shipped (no return accepted, however.)
Those are the 16 GB units. They're fine but, because there is no
easy way to add storage to a Touchpad, the 32 GB unit is a better choice. Those are running around $280-300.
Coming next January, I would not be surprised to see more inventory sales to clear out these WebOS-based TP's (it's rumored that newer ones has Android on it, unconfirmed) as more tablets hit the retail channels.
The Slate 2 isn't a WebOS tablet. And, though there have been 3 verified reports of Android-installed TPs coming from HP, HP claims that they were released in error. The newer ones do
not have Android.
A Samsung Galaxy 7" WiFi only tablet is going for $289 or less this week (with coupon code) - much easier to root & upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread OS, and, wide choice of custom ROM on xdadevelopers.
Cyanogenmod has indicated that it will probably release Icecream Sandwich within a few months. Once the developmental work on the HP TP is finished (and I already use the Alpha 2.1 release on a daily basis -- it's stable and full-featured), it's easy (according to Cyanogenmod) to release OS upgrades for all supported Cyanogenmod implementations.
Plus, the Galaxy is very portable with a good proven track record - no lines, no wait, no rush, and full warranty & exchange policies and OEM support ....
It's also a 7" tablet. I bought my HP for the larger screen so that, among other things, I can watch movies and television shows and read books.