HP killed its webOS hardware division — the TouchPad is dead in the water — and Harvey Norman is offering refunds. So what should HP do with the stockpile of tablets? Here are 10 suggestions.
10. Bundle one for free with every HP printer purchase, two with each computer purchase
This is boring and uninspired, but likely the easiest way to get rid of those excess TouchPads.
9. Donate them to a local school and write it off as charitable donation
Reminder to HP, give them away without a service or support package. Otherwise, they will come back to haunt you.
8. Mount them on the walls and use them as fancy wall clocks
That’d be a fancy, schmancy way to tell time now wouldn’t it.
7. Rebrand them and sell them during the holiday season as a fancy photoframe
Everyone loves to buy a photoframe for a relative during the holiday shopping season. They are like the fruitcake of the 21st century. So why not convert the lovely tablet into a lovely photoframe.
6. Install remote camera software and use them as a cheap surveillance system
Who needs expensive surveillance cameras when you have 300,000 Touchpads lying around. Plug them in, mount them up and start spying on employees.
5. Employee end of the year bonuses!
Don’t give out extra money as a bonus for employees’ hard work, give your employees a Touchpad instead.
4. Relieve employee stress by incinerating the excess TouchPads
Forget counseling, let employees vent their anger and frustration by tossing TouchPads into a fire and watching them burn.
3. Go viral by creatively destroying 100 of them at a time and put the videos on YouTube.
Drop them from a plane, crush them with a truck, or shoot them with a gun. The sky’s the limit when you have so many of them to destroy.
2. Use them as serving trays for holiday Christmas parties
The Touchpad is flat, well-balanced and servers can use them to play cheerful holiday music. Win, win and win.
1. Split the profits!
Last but not least, HP can encourage employees, their families and friends to Gazelle the tablets and split the proceeds.
If you have any suggestions for HP (or really anyone with a TouchPad at this point), leave your ideas in the comments.