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Black Friday app sales published - 18 apps at least 50% off 49

by Derek Kessler Fri, 25 Nov 2011 3:26 pm EST

HP’s App Catalog Black Friday sale is upon us, and if you’re looking to pick up some TouchPad apps at a discount, this weekend is the time. A total of 18 apps have been discounted by at least 50%, with the savings to last through Monday. The apps run the gamut from fun time killer games like Quell Reflrect HD and Big Boss to productivity apps including Smart Office and Splashtop Remote Desktop HD to a pair of holiday books to get the kids in the spirit of the season. Here’s the full list:

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49 Comments

Posted by speedygodzilla on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 3:40 pm EST

Looks like some great apps. Only problem is my TouchPad is being serviced. Ubuntu install gone bad. Any way to buy apps without TouchPad? Can I sign onto emulator with palm profile to buy apps?

Posted by Derek Kessler on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 3:51 pm EST

Nope.

Posted by speedygodzilla on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 3:52 pm EST

Darn, thanks for the reply. I'll be happy to able to buy them at full price in the coming months.

Posted by sanaking on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 4:10 pm EST

there's got to be a way, i have the feeling that nobody has tried hard enough to get this to work..
It might be hard to figure out w/o a touchpad in hand tho.. ;^)

Posted by jbond48 on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 4:50 pm EST

Looks Like Smart office is $4.99 today

Posted by teejay69 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 3:53 pm EST

Big fat hairy deal!

Posted by jonstone4 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 3:53 pm EST

Smart Office is still coming up at $9.99. Any idea if there is an error?

Posted by toburg on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 4:01 pm EST

Yeah. I noticed that too.

Posted by PreDogs on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 5:58 pm EST

Docs To Go, full with edit was the free Android app of the day at Amazon this week. That was the right price for me after Dataviz and HP jerked us around for so long.

Posted by nobodhi on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:40 am EST

as of 8 a.m. (pacific standard) saturday morning too ... wazzup w/ dat ?

Posted by Adora on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 4:03 pm EST

Hang tight, there's a slight delay with Smart Office that we're working on.

Posted by SilvrDrgn on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 4:47 pm EST

Crud, I guess I should have checked here first. I purchased and got charged the $9.99 price. Oh well.

Posted by preandpixifan on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 4:49 pm EST

The Berenstain Bears book is coming up as $5.99 not $.99

Posted by FON on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 5:00 pm EST

Rudolph is showing $2.99, not the $0.99 sale price.
11/29 update - Rudolph shows as $4.99 today so maybe the $2.99 was the sale price, not the advertised $0.99. Poor HP has such a tough time with the most basic things.

Posted by stewart1 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 5:27 pm EST

I purchased Smart office and it said $9.99. Will that show on my credit card statement as $4.99.

Posted by johnsonx42 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 7:34 pm EST

no

Posted by ineedihelp on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 5:53 pm EST

Yup- I was all about smart office, and it has yet to change over.

Posted by Dic Doc on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 5:55 pm EST

I came here to see if others had the same full prices still listed. I'm not going to buy until I am certain the sale price is in effect.

Posted by sharkey0903 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 5:55 pm EST

Berenstain bears, Rudolph and smart office are not showing as reduced.

Posted by johnsonx42 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 7:41 pm EST

I'd like to get Berenstain Bears and Rudolph for my kids, but the price still isn't reduced as of 4:40pm pacific. Those Oceanhouse Media books look pretty neat (certainly nicer than plain kindle books), and may even be worth the full price but I'd like to try couple for $1 first.

In the meantime I got Quell and Quell Reflect for my touchpad and Pre3. I must say it's really nice when apps & games work on both devices with a single purchase.

Posted by topkick78 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 6:17 pm EST

Big Boss, Quell HD and WordBook come up at the right discount price.

Posted by woollee on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 7:42 pm EST

I would like to purchase Rudolph $.99 but as mentioned already it is coming up at $2.99 still...

Posted by bleeding-edge on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 8:03 pm EST

Do the sales apply to us Canucks... None of the ones I have my eye on have a sale price as of 19h00.

Posted by ewl88 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 8:18 pm EST

Great, now let us know if webOS has a future. (or what's the point of investing further?) Though I did get Rudolph to show my neice and nephew.

Posted by Midway99 on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 8:46 pm EST

nothing here for me. Thought it was going to be a bug deal. Oh well

Posted by bdbr on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 9:01 pm EST

I was really hoping to see the Kalemsoft player, as it's a little pricey. I got the dictionary/thesaurus and it's pretty nice - it works without an internet connection.

Posted by bmacfarland on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 9:09 pm EST

I would have liked to see Kalemsoft player or something else that I would use. I'm not a big gamer and prefer apps that really increase the functionality of my TouchPad.

Even though I already have it, something like Glimpse would have a good fit.

Posted by travellor on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:22 pm EST

I purchased SmartOffice today thru the HP App Catalog and it billed me $9.99 plus NOT the $4.99 as shown. How do I gat a $5 credit?

Posted by Berith on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:45 pm EST

I downloaded smart office app and it charged me full price. I called up HP support and they took my info and kicked it on to the central office or something. It seems many people are being charged full price for the discounted apps. HP said they'd be in touch sometime next week when everyone gets back to work. I expect everyone will be given the lower prices when this all gets resolved but it seems like poor planning/execution to me.

Posted by Cantaffordit on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:50 pm EST

HP really struggles with execution. Hopefully we will still have the chance to execute HP.

Posted by PreDogs on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 4:04 pm EST

They need to hire a consulting service. Someone that know hardware, internet and commerce software. Dont need to pay them a lot, just enough to teach HP the very basics.

Posted by brum on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:55 pm EST

Sc rew promocodes, THIS is how you do sales! Worldwide access. Thank you HP :)

Posted by PreDogs on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:00 am EST

So, while you're waiting for them to discount the $5 software, why not log into HP.com/enterprisesolutions and check out their business/internet applications. Surely they have some $50,000 software apps/services that they tell you will only cost you $19,900 for a limited time only.

HP Inept

Posted by scooby79 on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 1:20 am EST

still no discounts, not sure why this was posted.

Posted by snwynkoop on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 1:41 am EST

Just spent nearly an hour chatting online with HP support about $9.99 Smart Office. All that work resulted in a promise to "escalate" the issue. Oh well. I thought my time was worth more than $5 an hour. Goes to show me!

Posted by red_sun99 on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 2:37 am EST

smart office is still 9.99. Yet another HP **** up.

Posted by dagnabit1 on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 3:58 am EST

No discounts here in UK :-(

Posted by rlopin on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 9:22 am EST

I already own almost all of these apps :-(

Posted by TPadDay14Me on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00 pm EST

Still have a balance remaining on my $50 app credit from HP. Used it on the Thesaurus and Splashtop for now. When Smart Office drops, I'll get that too. At my folks place for the holidays. Nice knowing about Splashtop through this BF sale; would've been handy to have had earlier. There's a letter on my computer at home that I forgot to email to a volunteer list. Would've loved to have accessed my iMac at home from this TouchPad and gotten it out when I remembered. Aw, well, least I have it now.

Posted by jonstone4 on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:02 pm EST

On Splashtop Remote, it makes my keyboard on my PC all messed up, even after I close the Splashtop session. The only way that I can figure out how to get my keyboard back is to restart my PC. What am I doing wrong?

Posted by sanaking on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 4:11 pm EST

Silly me, at first glance i thought those were all regular prices..
I guess i forget how much some apps cost sometimes!

Posted by jdod on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:43 am EST

Still no Smart Office discount.

Posted by dslunceford on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 9:19 pm EST

Rudolph still shows @ $2.99

Posted by toymaker on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 4:24 am EST

I hope HP straightens this out. I hope HP sells webOS to someone who will treat it right.

Posted by vivajay69 on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:28 am EST

NO SMART OFFICE DISCOUNT EVEN ON CYBER MONDAY WTF!?!?!?!?

Posted by toymaker on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 4:00 pm EST

Who do we call about this? No, not Ghostbusters. Who at HP do we need to light a fire under?

Posted by DJSANDS on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 9:23 pm EST

I think smart office being 4.99 was a sham to get people to pay 9.99. I emailed Picsel on Friday and they still have not responded.

Posted by cycling-rules on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 8:28 am EST

Smart Office is $4.99 finally!! Says "Black Friday Weekend Promotion, 50% discount" in the description.

Posted by Madhatterpa on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 9:38 pm EST

Now if they would also fix Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer which the article said was on sale for $0.99 but was listed for $2.99. Checking today I see it's listed for $4.99... So it really was on sale but the question is was it on sale for the wrong price, or was the article listing of $0.99 wrong? Bottom line I would of bought it for the on-sale price but thought the $2.99 was the full price. In the future I would suggest that the full AND sale price be listed so that developers don't get burned on lost sales because of either article errors or perception by the community that the HP App store has the wrong price listed.