£89 HP touchpad

mjsonline

After seeing the post here last week about Dixons/PC World I dived in to order a 16GB version at around 2pm in the afternoon but almost immediately received an e-mail saying it was likely to be delayed to I also ordered a 32GB version.

Earlier today the 16GB order was cancelled, but the 32GB version was dispatched this evening...

elysia2003

That's great - still waiting for mine.

shasblue

Hi all

I managed to get a 32gb one a few weeks ago and keep reading about people who have modified theirs to go faster and do more things, is it easy to do?

seems a shame for me to have it and not use it to its full capabilty but not being computer minded I dont have a clue where to start

x

elysia2003

Oh yes please everyone, do tell. Mine will be here tomorrow. I've just had my tracking number - YAY!!!

room512

shasblue wrote: »

Hi all

I managed to get a 32gb one a few weeks ago and keep reading about people who have modified theirs to go faster and do more things, is it easy to do?

seems a shame for me to have it and not use it to its full capabilty but not being computer minded I dont have a clue where to start

x

Don't know if this is what you meant but this is what we followed to speed ours up

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3443221

gilesdavies

Carphone Warehouse - HP Touchpad Stock

Good luck guys if you can get an HP Touchpad from the CPW!!!

It only seems to be the larger stores that are stocking them... When they do arrive in stock, the staff will only have snapped them up!

Finished work at 5pm and nipped over the Centre MK in Milton Keynes and went to larger of the two stores in the centre, they just laughed at me and said the 12 they received about hour earlier had already gone...

The guy told me only their store had them in stock and the smaller one in the centre will not stock them... It was only a 5 minute walk away and decided to try any way.

Went down there and the guy in the smaller store was like a bear sore head when I mentioned the word "HP Touchpad". Not because people had been annoying him asking for them.

He confirmed they didn't sell them there, but was fully aware the stock had arrived at the other store. He made a point of saying, how the manager and staff at the larger store had reserved them all for themselves, friends and family. He was peeved, because they never offered to reserve them one!

This is going to be the story across the whole CPW shop network!

My search for the HP Touchpad has now come to an end, I've had enough of all this searching now and I quit! I will wait for when a cheap Android 3.0 tablet becomes available!

tamalyn

shasblue wrote: »

Hi all

I managed to get a 32gb one a few weeks ago and keep reading about people who have modified theirs to go faster and do more things, is it easy to do?

seems a shame for me to have it and not use it to its full capabilty but not being computer minded I dont have a clue where to start

x

i follwed the directions here to speed mine up http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/293028-new-touchpad-heres-your-get-started-guide.html

mine didnt need updating tho as it was uptodate already.

KrispiiDuck

Don't give up. I had a call from a lovely young CPW chap that I spoke to yesterday, saying that some Touchpads had been reserved but not collected and did I still want one???


Mine is reserved until close of business today.

tifo

KrispiiDuck wrote: »

Don't give up. I had a call from a lovely young CPW chap that I spoke to yesterday, saying that some Touchpads had been reserved but not collected and did I still want one???


Mine is reserved until close of business today.

They're not meant to reserve any stock, it's against company policy.

This prejudices against customers of those stores that won't reserve or call.

But it's good that you've found one.

Most staff seem to be taking them and openly telling customers, because there is no company policy against staff purchases on these items, but CPW usually stops this by applying the 'walk in customers first' policy, as they did with iPhone.

KrispiiDuck

tifo wrote: »

They're not meant to reserve any stock, it's against company policy.

This prejudices against customers of those stores that won't reserve or call.

But it's good that you've found one.

Most staff seem to be taking them and openly telling customers, because there is no company policy against staff purchases on these items, but CPW usually stops this by applying the 'walk in customers first' policy, as they did with iPhone.

Every shop I spoke to that had stock, told me that they were all reserved awaiting pick up.

Since I have to go to work, I'm grateful that they reserved one for me. Was quite amused to have to produce ID to make sure I was me before I was allowed to have it !