Last Thursday HP announced a special deal for TouchPad owners. For a limited time, a limited number of TP owners could download any of 6 free apps for the TouchPad. HP underestimated the demand, and that offer ran out in less than 12 hours, much to my dismay.
Now I have some good news for you. HP had planned to do another 6-pack in September, and they moved it up to today. You can now get 6 more free apps for the TouchPad (links at the end of the post). Like the last offer, this is only open to US and it has an upper limit on the number of freebies.
They didn’t include Glimpse, the app I wanted most. It allows you to have more than one window open at a time and that would have been the killer feature. Still 6 free apps are 6 free apps.
Anyone care to guess how quickly this offer will run out? I’d say that the Angry Birds Rio will go first.
Update: The offer ran out within a couple hours, according to one commenter. While I don’t know the exact time, a Twitter friend said it was gone within 4 hours.
- Big Boss (Fair Play Labs, $1.99, rlhul24446cnvjo): Design your “Boss” – a gigantic monster – and attempt to defeat the brave heroes and powerful wizards of WackyLands.
- Camera for TouchPad (Keen Studios, $0.99, qnauu98845swgrt): Start snapping away, with options for managing your photos and using them with other TouchPad apps.
- Angry Birds Rio HD (Rovio Mobile Ltd., $1.99, xsgsc06319eeqrk): The original Angry Birds are kidnapped and taken to Rio de Janeiro, where they eventually escape their captors and set out to save their friends, Blu and Jewel.
- Quell HD (Fallen Tree Games, $1.99, urber52865hgtqc): A unique puzzler that is sure to test your brain with 70-plus levels of game play.
- Pennant (Vargatron, $4.99, ltrns51564vabdu): Got historical pennant fever? Get the scoop on over 115,000 games with this interactive statistical treasure trove of baseball from 1952 to 2010.
- FlightPredictor HD (gregstoll.com, $1.99, htukc87057kxshv): Powered by FlightCaster.com, you’ll get timely notifications before air travel glitches get in your way.
Thanks, Daffy, for tipping me to the new offer!
via Palm blog
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all codes are used up. Only took 2 hours.
Yes, I just heard that. Thanks!
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