HP TouchPad pre-order in Singapore comes with prizes, packages, and easy monthly payments 30

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 1:19 pm EDT

HP TouchPad pre-order in Singapore come with prizes, packages, and easy monthly payments

HP continues to fulfill their promise to spread the TouchPad love around, and it looks like Singapore might be next on the list. While we don’t yet have a release date for Singapore (perhaps sometime around neighboring Australia’s August 15th release?), HP has at least put up the inaugural webOS tablet for pre-order there.

What you’ll see for pre-order in Singapore is different than what you saw here, however. The 16GB and 32GB TouchPad are available for SGD 699 and SGD 799, respectively ($80 and $60 higher than US conversion rates), but you’ll also be able to order the TouchPad on a monthly payment plan of SGD 30 for the 16GB and SGD 34 for the 32GB version. Both payment plans are interest free over a 24-month period. Your preorder in Singapore, however, also comes with freebies – the 16GB TouchPad comes with the HP case, and the 32GB throws in the case and the Bluetooth keyboard. There are also available bundles with HP ePrint printers and/or Beats headphones.

Additionally, if you’re one of the first 50 to pre-order a 32GB TouchPad (with or without any of the bundles) in Singapore, HP will throw in a “mystery gift” valued at SGD 342. Freebies, prizes, and easy monthly payments? That ought to help push the product, and we’re surprised HP didn’t do the same elsewhere – we Americans are suckers for saving even just a few dollars by buying a bundle (even if it includes things we weren’t planning on buying).

Source: HP Singapore; Thanks to whemix and JM8753 for the tips!

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Posted by Juan_Ponce_de_Leon on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 1:36 pm EDT

I would have been all over this on launch day if it had happened in the US.

Yet here i remain, TouchPadless.

Posted by OldSkoolVWLover on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 1:45 pm EDT

I would have been all over this too, but I can't complain got on a decent payment plan interest free and got some accessories discounted... still lusting after the BT keyboard though.

Posted by Juan_Ponce_de_Leon on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 1:53 pm EDT

I gotta know: where did you go to get this and get financing?

Posted by mikah912 on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 2:09 pm EDT

QVC, probably.

Posted by OldSkoolVWLover on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 2:51 pm EDT

Yup 5 payments, lets me stretch it out over my B-Day and Christmas, while getting it early enough to quali for the $50 rebate from HP.

Plus still had the 30 day return policy if I was unhappy.

Couldn't pass it up.

Posted by Smartfah on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 1:50 pm EDT

Can't wait until they offer some bundles like that here in the states. I'm pretty sure they'll have epic bundles during black Friday & the holidays.

Posted by mikah912 on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 2:09 pm EDT

Looks like the installment payments are linked to specific credit card lines, so it's not like they're giving away away interest free financing to anybody for the asking.

If that's a big deal to you, there's always QVC. But logistics probably make this tricky to do in the States, and I personally think it'd be a bad idea anyway. T-Mobile dropped their FlexPay option that had similar functionality for good reason.

Posted by OldSkoolVWLover on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 2:52 pm EDT

Also Best Buy does their 12 month no finance charge.

Posted by Rnp on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 3:20 pm EDT

Some times, I believe that the HP'll gonna launch in Moon before here, in Brazil... :.(...

Best Regards... B)

Posted by autodidact on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 3:42 pm EDT

We need some (TouchPad) love here in Norway too!

Posted by janter on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 4:24 pm EDT

The Touchpad is so awesome. it's totally worth the $500, $80 touchstone and $40 cover.
YA!

Posted by k4ever on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 5:17 pm EDT

Derek,

Looking at that picture I thought the story was about a release in Japan. The Touchpad looks like Godzilla coming out of the water to attack the folks on the mainland.

Posted by Diesel Donkey on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 5:34 pm EDT

That's exactly what I thought!

Posted by SnotBoogie on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 6:15 pm EDT

Derek (or anyone else):

Does anyone know if the Touchpad is now or will be on sale in China? That's a rather large growing market. Any other webos devices in china yet?

Posted by stvechen on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:31 pm EDT

HP need to come up with language support first before they can sell over there. Unless it is already here, then please send it my way.

Posted by SnotBoogie on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:21 am EDT

I see. Curious is that a very difficult thing? How come that wouldn't be as simple as just changing the language when you set up the phone? I guess there's more to it then i understand.

Posted by mtv757 on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 7:03 pm EDT

hey why isnt hp doing this?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-ipads-lake-minneola...

Posted by janter on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 8:26 pm EDT

Probably because they don't have the apps to support it yet.

Posted by UntidyGuy on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:23 am EDT

Forget textbooks: It's iPads for all at Lake high school
Lake Minneola High has purchased iPads for all of its students as part of a state pilot program.

I'm guessing that "all of the apps that most people use most of the time" becoming available in coming months isn't' good enough for a high school. Their requirements for app compatibility are probably more like "If it's for education and it's available in tablet form then it needs to be compatible with our system, preferably, with a couple of competitive options."

You're simply not going to be able to sell a third tier tablet platform like webOS to this kind of customer at any price. The physics teachers need these apps; the English teachers need these apps; the Spanish teacher needs these apps, and so on.

This UBS analyst just released a tablet sales projection that predicts that HP will sell less than 1 million tablets this year: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/27/ubs_ups_2011_ipad_estimate...

Posted by The Bard on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 9:50 pm EDT

It's time for Asia market to save WebOS... ^_^

Posted by Lansing2002 on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:44 pm EDT

.
Read a fair share of comments here, but haven't heard any chatter about the padpivot - a universal tablet holder designed for both table and knee (leg) use.

http://www.padpivot.com/

Great product for HP to get behind, or maybe not. Stay tuned.
.

Posted by ju5tme on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:02 pm EDT

12th August is the release date in Singapore.

Promotion come along with Singapore national day on 9th August.

http://www.hp.com.sg/touchpaddeals

Posted by Fatfool on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 1:41 am EDT

WOO hoo!

It's finally here.

I'm pretty sure most don't know where Singapore is though. (hard to find on the map)

Anyway, generally, unlike Americans, we don't get financing for such discretionary purchases. There's a good reason while Obama's going out on a limb while the Singapore Treasury is silently going out and snapping up foreign companies without the population's approval ;)

You can expect that most people who pick one up, will have cash upfront.

Bah, The prices are higher than US prices as usual and will only look more expensive as the USD continues to drop. (Sheesh, cost of living's higher than the US.)

I'm going to guess the reason why they're throwing in a bundle is because this is pretty common here since competition's high.

Posted by Trick504 on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 3:18 am EDT

Love the Plancastic Promo! I'm Getting SecuStore 2 right now. Can't wait to have these 3 new Apps on my TP! Thanks MakleSoft!!!

Posted by jeffyen on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 6:24 am EDT

I absolutely LOVE the Singapore skyline photoshop! Thank you to whoever did it.

Posted by scaramanga89 on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 9:46 am EDT

Where are the **** updates? It's the 28th.

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Posted by zak on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 2:15 am EDT

Wow great news guys!!!

I live in Singapore, and after seeing this topic i ordered HP Touchpad 32 GB online at HP Direct and you know what i'm on the first 50 customer list :)

Recevived the email confirmation on my Mystery gift :)

I'm so happy thank you Precentral :)

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