Tablet Wars

SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, 2011 (AFP) - US technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday cut the price of its freshly-launched TouchPad tablet computers in a bid to gain traction in a market dominated by Apple's iPad.




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TouchPads with 16 gigabytes of memory were offered on the HP website for $400 and models with 32 gigabytes were available for $500 in what amounted to lopping $100 off the original prices.

TouchPads made their US debut in early July as HP took on iPad and Android devices in the fast-growing tablet market, and are sold by major US retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart as well as on Amazon.

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Unlike the iPad, the TouchPad supports Adobe's Flash video format.

It runs the webOS operating system, developed by Palm, the mobile-device pioneer that HP acquired last year for $1.2 billion. The TouchPad debuted to mixed reviews, suggesting it will face an uphill climb against the iPad and other devices.