Acer's Iconia Tab Honeycomb tablet drops to $399 at Best Buy.ca

It seems that the tablet wars are in full effect and the good news for consumers is that prices are coming down, fast. Acer's 16GB Iconia Tab is now selling for $399 at Best Buy. This is the most recent new tablet to receive a reduction in price shortly after launch. The HP TouchPad had a similar price slash (from $515 to $449 for the 16GB model) and the 32GB Motorola XOOM  is now $499. Is the price drop going to help sales of these devices, well we didn't see anyone lining up but time will tell. 

HP TouchPad is available in Canada today for $449

Palm, HP and webOS enthuiasts waiting to get on the 10" inch bandwagon will be happy to know that they can run out and get HP's TouchPad tablet (or Russell Brand's 'li'l robot butler'). Now retailing for $449 (16GB) and $549 (32GB) from Best Buy Canada and Future Shop, this is the first of many non-smartphone webOS devices from HP which promised big things for the mobile platform including shipping it on every PC in the coming year and even on its printers.

Read our full on HP TouchPad review to see our impressions. Feel free to shoot us any questions about the device or its accessories as we have one in house to test.

Review: HP TouchPad 32GB webOS Tablet

Text and Photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Hewlett-Packard's first webOS 3.0 tablet, the HP TouchPad, which ships this week in Canada, will compete for the hotly contested  10" inch tablet space. Offering true multitasking, in-app notifications and innovative features such as Touch to Share, wireless docking and charging as well as HP Synergy's cloud savvy integration it seems to have a lot to offer, but is it enough?

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Video: David Pogue's take the on HP TouchPad and Apple iPad

Eminent New York Times technology columnist David Pogue produced a comical comparison between the iPad 2 an the HP TouchPad. Pogue pokes fun at the similarities between both devices and the fact that the TouchPad lacks a few of the iPad's features but then also points out the TouchPad's innovations in Touch To Share, wireless charging as well as Flash capability and HP Synergy plus the possibility that with HP's will and determination, webOS will transcend mobile and make it to PCs and printers.

Source: New York Times

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