The official TouchPad launch date isn't even a date per se, but a season:
summer. So we're surprised to see
DigiTimes reporting that HP will take delivery of shipments in March with the TouchPad going
on sale in April with plans to ship 4 - 5 million units from the TouchPad "
series" in 2011. Based on what we know, both from
using the software-incomplete pre-production tablet and from our
detailed discussionswith Jon Rubinstein, an April retail date would be
extremely aggressive to say the least. And
DigiTimes' accuracy with regard to rumors for companies located outside of its home country of Taiwan is spotty at best. Nevertheless, HP's new CEO Leo Apotheker did say originally, that products announced at the
February 9th event would be on sale just a few weeks later. Unfortunately, only the wee
Veer handset got an early spring promise with the
Pre 3 joining the TouchPad for a summer launch. Perhaps this will be a case of HP under promising and over delivering? We can't say for sure. But with any luck, HP could bring some clarity to the matter on
March 14th -- a day Apotheker had promised a big reveal regarding a "secret answer" and "vision of what HP is capable of in the future... the starting point". Why so mysterious, Leo?
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