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HP TouchPad

HP, touch, touchpad, notepadHP launched its TouchPad in July 2011, but discontinued the product in less than seven weeks. The TouchPad ran on HP’s webOS and had several notable features which allowed the users to multitask. The TouchPad could also receive calls and text messages forwarded to it from a webOS powered phone via the Skype application. Best Buy refused to pay HP owing to the fact that it was not able to sell even half of the inventory of the TouchPad that it had stocked. The TouchPad was criticized for a lack of apps, which hit its sales. In August 2011, HP announced to discontinue all webOS devices and focus on its personal computing units.