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I think that's the key; new hardware. If HP relies on the TouchPad for any more than 6 months, a year tops, they'll completely lose out on all their efforts. They need someone else to make better and still cheap hardware to keep people interested and buying. There are simply too many Android devices coming out, each one better than the last (forcing a price reduction of the last), to ride their current wave for any longer than that.

It's still very curious why they called an end to the hardware production BEFORE they had someone lined up to make new devices though.