Hewlett-Packard introduced its HP Tablet a few years after Apple launched its original iPad, about the same time Apple introduced its next-generation iPad2. HP Tablet sales were very disappointing, and Hewlett-Packard eventually killed the product. According to the text, the primary reason for the HP Tablet’s failure was due in large part to: a. poor product quality
b. not satisfying customer needs on critical factors.
c. an insignifanct point of difference
d. bad timing

d. bad timing

Explanation:

Remember the principle of first entry advantage which says that the first entrant to a market has better advantage of gaining more market share over late entrants.

This was true in the Tablet market which saw Apple's iPad been the very first commercially sold tablet devices. Because of wrong/late timing when Apple introduced its next-generation iPad2 the HP tablet came in struggling to get a part of the already captured tablet market by Apple's iPad.