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HP TouchPad: The postmortem

19 August 2011 • 3 min read

HP accused of a lack of investment after underwhelming sales, but was canning it a month after launch a rash move?

Industry onlookers have lambasted HP for a lack of investment in the doomed TouchPad tablet PC, but some have questioned the wisdom of the decision to can it just a month after launch. The Touch...

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