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by diminish 5405 days ago
i am curious now how much share this firesale gives the touchpad got in q3 2011.
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rbanffy 5405 days ago
Quick guess: Best Buy had 270,000 unsold units. Assuming they have 10% of all the market, there would be now 2.7 million Touchpads out there.

All Pre 3 inventory in Europe will get sold the same way.

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Raphael 5405 days ago
"HP’s initial order from its Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Compal, was for between 500,000 and one million units." http://allthingsd.com/20110822/how-much-did-hp-lose-on-the-t...
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rbanffy 5405 days ago
So, best buy had more than 50% of the lot? That's surprising.
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base 5404 days ago
Is there a store in Europe with this cheap touchpads?
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