HP TouchPad Slashed to $149 and Below — In Canada

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Update, 11:51 p.m. ET: The HP TouchPad now appears to be sold out on Canada’s Best Buy site, while U.S. Amazon still says it has some in stock.

It looks like Hewlett-Packard TouchPads are starting to be sold at drastically lower prices at some Canadian outlets, following HP’s Thursday announcement that it would be shutting down operations for its webOS devices.

Best Buy in Canada is presently selling the 16 GB TouchPad for $99.99, compared to its previous price of $399.99. The 32 GB version of the device has had its price cut from $499.99 to $149.99. The site notes that the sale ends August 22.

The newly lowered prices are not yet widespread on U.S. retailers’ websites. At the time of writing, a visit to BestBuy.com indicated that both versions of the HP TouchPad are selling for their standard retail prices. As of 10:43 p.m. ET, prices on stateside Amazon.com momentarily dropped to $100 for the 16 GB TouchPad and $149.99 for the 32 GB TouchPad. However, the devices’ prices now seem to be bumped back up to $299.99 and $399.99 respectively, with Amazon claiming that only one or two of each TouchPad is left in stock.

According to PreCentral.net, HP reportedly sent a memo to its affiliates, saying that the company would be lowering its price for the TouchPad on Saturday, August 20. The site says the memo included the $99 and $149 price points. If reports of the memo are true, it seems some retailers decided to get a slight head start by lowering prices Friday.

The HP TouchPad’s liquidation, as well as the HP announcement regarding the shuttering of webOS operations, comes approximately a month and a half after the device originally went on sale.

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