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by Tim Stiffler-Dean Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:02 am EDT

HP Academy, a division within Hewlett-Packard that was created with the purpose of offering college students discounts on computers and electronic devices, is looking to give away an HP TouchPad on July 1st to twitter users who help those students "Catch a Break". By tweeting out a pre-defined message with the #CatchABreak hashtag and a link to their details page, you'll be automatically entered to win that free TouchPad, and you'll also be saving those poor college students a few bucks on new computers that they buy through the HP Academy store.

Check out the details by clicking the link below, and start spreading the word for your chance to win. You can also follow @HPAcademy on Twitter or do a search for the hashtag #CatchABreak to see what else is being said about the giveaway. Two things you should know: You must be 18 years or older (or have an adult represent you) and live in the United States to enter and win the TouchPad. To our friends across the big ponds, sorry. Maybe you can score a TouchPad through some other contests that HP will inevitably have in the future.

Source: HP Academy TouchPad Giveaway; Via: Twitter; Thanks, Eli!

10 Comments

Just a shame that this deal isn't open to anyone outside of the US :( [the giveaway of the student discount]

Free Touchpad?! Might have to sign up for a Twitter account! (I'll get to Facebook later..)

What's the best way to sign up? Thanks!

you have to be a public school student or teacher or college student or teacher

No. You have to be one of those to take advantage of their discounts. You just need to send a tweet out to be entered to win the TouchPad.

I think there's one problem:
The TP will launch worldwide, but there is no PR outside of the USA. Germany for example: Nothing, zero, less than that. How's that supposed to work?

HP does not have the PR problem they have in the states. Leo was able to deliver on HP promises in Germany, but didn't make the same effort in the USA.

Boy, I know this will sound dumb (because it is!): O.K., so I signed up for Twitter and tweeted my first tweet with the required message from the link above.

So how does HP know I tweeted? I don't have any followers or anything yet etc.

Don't worry, HP can see it. That's why you use the hashtag, so that HP can do a search and find all entries.

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