HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads

Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by nkassis on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @07:33PM (#2943667)

I wonder why it's so expensive to run the thing? I mean, it should be pretty cheap to deliver small applications like that. Maybe the labor to check all the new apps?

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by throwaway32 on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:07PM (#2943714)

i frankly wonder if there isnt some form of holywood accounting going on so their 30% cut can be "justified".

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by caf on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:36PM (#2943774)

As an example of how this could be done, the App Store business could be internally charged a large license fee for the use of the Apple brand.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by rodh257 on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @01:42AM (#2944476)

also to deter competitors from undercutting at hoping to make it up on apps (just as we are discussing about HP here). If they see that even Apple supposedly couldn't make a profit from its app store, they might be deterred.

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Re:HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads by jestar_jokin on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @01:29AM (#2944456)

Probably licensing for all the ridiculous patents (see: Lodsys et al)

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