one comes to the theaters. that's what happened with hp and its touch pad. it bought palm a couple of years ago for $1.2 billion. it took its operating system from the palm called web os. it made a smartphone and a tablet. we were there when they unveiled this thing a few months ago. take a look. >> this is the hp touch pad. [ applause ] the touch pad is all about you. how you want to work, how you want to play and how you want to connect to the things you value the most. >> reporter: well, no one wanted to connect. everyone liked this product except the public really got lackluster reviews as well. one of the big problems, you know, for hp is when they made this thing, there were only 300 apps available for the hp touchpad and you compare that to the ipad. they have 90,000 apps. hp saw the writing on the wall and pulled the plug on this project two months after the launch. >> dan, it's incredible. they spent millions and millions of dollars on this product. it looks exactly like the ipad from far away. hp is really taking a hit. it's the biggest dragon the dow today. stock is down about 20%. this is on the news that it's thinking about selling off its pc division. wh