RUMOR: HP TouchPad to start at $699, launch in June

“It’s been communicated to us that HP is (or was — it’s not clear if things have recently changed) planning on having the TouchPad in market before the end of June,” Jonathan S. Geller reports for BGR.

“We’ve also been told pricing should be $699,” Geller reports.

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MacDailyNews Take: Too much money and too late, especially since it’ll be going against Apple’s next-gen iPad and its attendant ecosystem, of which HP has none to speak. And, yes, Apple should sue HP for trade dress infringement for the principle of it, at the very least.

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