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The HP TouchPad is a tablet computer that was developed and designed by Hewlett-Packard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hp.com/united-states/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad.html )〕 The HP TouchPad was launched on July 1, 2011, in the United States; July 15 in Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany; and August 15 in Australia.〔(How Green Is The HP TouchPad? ), by Scott Belmon, August 18, 2011, Belmonster〕 On August 18, 2011, 49 days after the TouchPad was launched in the United States, HP announced that it would discontinue all current devices running webOS. Remaining TouchPad stock received substantial price reductions, and quickly sold out. ==History== The HP TouchPad was announced on February 9, 2011, at the webOS "Think Beyond" event held at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco alongside the HP Veer and HP Pre 3. Initial sales of the device sold 25,000 of 270,000 units, and did not meet HP's expectations, rapidly becoming overshadowed by the launch of the iPad 2 in March. On August 16, 2011, it was reported that Best Buy refused to pay HP for any more TouchPad stock. In Europe, the TouchPad was estimated to have sold 12,000 in its first month of release. In Australia, Harvey Norman who was the exclusive retailer sold about 1,200 units in the four days it was on sale. Industry commentators suggested that the lack of apps for the platform and lackluster advertising was hindering sales. On August 18, HP announced that it would discontinue all webOS devices.〔(HP Confirms Discussions with Autonomy Corporation plc Regarding Possible Business Combination; Makes Other Announcements ), Aug. 18, 2011, News Release, Hewlett-Packard Development Company〕 HP CTO Shane Robison noted that the TouchPad "was half a generation or a generation behind the iPad and so that wasn't going to drive volume." Some years later, a member of the development team described the device as being made from "cast-off reject iPad parts." On August 19, 2011, HP announced a substantial price drop on the TouchPad. In Canada and the USA, the price was $99 for the 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB model and quickly sold out.〔(HP Issues TouchPad Liquidation Order – Get Yours Now For $100 ), By Devin Coldewey, August 19, 2011, TechCrunch〕 Large numbers of buyers acquired the TouchPad at these "firesale" prices. Most brick-and-mortar retailers reportedly sold out their entire inventories within hours the morning of August 20.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HP TouchPad Sells Out, Gadhafi Whereabouts Unknown: Daily Scoop )〕 Online retailers, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and Best Buy, took orders on August 22 that rapidly exceeded their inventory, and were forced to cancel many orders.〔(TouchPad Backlash: Retailers Say 'Sorry' For Order Errors ), By David Daw, Aug 23, 2011, PCWorld〕 A similar sale was held in Australian Harvey Norman stores, with several stores selling out their inventory within an hour.〔Chris Griffith, August 22, 2011, (Harvey Norman sells HP TouchPad at $100 ), The Australian〕〔Moses and Grubb, Aug 22, 2011,(HP TouchPad fire sale: slashed from $499 to $99 in a week ), The Border Mail〕 Similar sales took place in the UK with several stores reducing prices (£89 for the 16GB and £115 for the 32GB), and the HP TouchPad became the tablet with the highest approval rating.〔The Lonesome Success of the HP TouchPad Aug 9, 2011,(TouchPad fire sale: slashed from $499 to $99 in a week ), Andrew Savory〕 HP TouchPad stock immediately sold out domestically and overseas from consumers rushing to take advantage of the price promotion. Following this successful sale,〔(), By Brian Heater, Aug 22, 2011, Engadget〕 and to clear out their component suppliers' inventories of touch panels, batteries, and chassis,〔(Digitimes: HP to produce 100,000–200,000 TouchPads to clear out supplier inventories ) Yenting Chen, Sept 2, 2011〕 HP announced on August 30 that it would make another production run of the TouchPad.〔(), By Mark Budgell, Aug 30, 2011〕 These units were used to fulfill existing orders to businesses like Tiger Direct and Best Buy, in bundles with a set price of $249.99 and $299.99. Following Meg Whitman's appointment as CEO of HP, in conjunction with an announcement of the company's plans to continue developing webOS as an open-source operating system, she said that the company would continue using the OS in devices, specifically resuming its use in tablets. She said this would not happen in 2012, but would probably take place in 2013.〔(HP’s Whitman: We’ll Make WebOS-Powered Tablets In 2013; December 9, 2011. )〕〔(HP May Make webOS Hardware, Current Devices to Get Updates; December 9, 2011. )〕 In February 2013, HP sold the source code and transferred the remaining webOS team to LG, so it is unlikely there will be a HP-produced webOS tablet.〔(HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale, and LG doesn't rule out a phone ). The Verge (2013-02-25). Retrieved on 2013-08-28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HP TouchPad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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