H-P to Make More TouchPads

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(1) Ian Sherr, Losing $207 a Pop, H-P Brings Back the TouchPad. Wall Street Journal, Aug 31, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903352704576540982671537062.html
("Hewlett-Packard Co said it will temporarily resume manufacturing of its ill-fated tablet computer * * * H-P didn't say what it would charge for the new batch of TouchPad, but cautioed potential buyers there might not be enough to go around. * * * The decision to manufacture a second run, however, left analysts scratching their heads" because it is estimated H-P lost $207 for every TouchPad sold (cost to make $306 minus retail price $99)

(2) HP’s grand vision |  Aping IBM; HP needs to transform itself if it is to avoid becoming obsolete. Economist, Aug 27, 2011
http://www.economist.com/node/21526920
(paragraph 1: "WHEN the board of HP, the world’s largest computer-maker, unveiled plans to restructure, it expected the company’s shares to suffer; but not to crash by 20%. HP’s bosses thought investors would love their plan to spin off the firm’s low-margin personal-computer (PC) business, but be wary of their plan to buy Autonomy, a British software-maker, for a handsome $10.3 billion. In fact, they hated both ideas. On August 19th, the day after the announcement, they wiped $12 billion off HP’s market value.")


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