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To say that CES 2011 was tablet mania would be a bit of an understatement. In fact, it would probably take us less time to list off the companies that weren’t showing off an Android powered slate, but even in a crowd the Motorola Xoom stood apart. While the competition was stuck running video of pre-rendered Honeycomb screens, Motorola was bragging about its limited exclusive, announcing they would be the first to market with Google’s new tablet optimized OS. Q1 2011 was the only word they would give at the time, but according to an Engadget tipster the hard launch is now set for February 17th at a Best Buy near you.
In addition to being the first tablet to offer Honeycomb, Engadget has also confirmed that the first shipping models will come with 32GB of onboard storage and will be priced at $699. That’s a pretty good bargain when you consider it is also packing a dual core Tegra 2, and features support for Flash 10.2 right out of the box. If you’re looking for an iPad alternative things are finally starting to look up, but if the price sounds just a bit too steep, try to hang in there until Q3/Q4. By then there will be so many Android tablets on the market they will probably give them away in the mail along with samples of Tide.
Are you going to be first in line for the Xoom?
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EdnaM
July 12, 2011 at 5:10am
Well,I read more than one Xoom review and all the facts point to a clear advantage for Xoom.Perhaps the most important part of the Xoom is not the hardware, or even the apps, but rather the OS. Android 3.0 Honeycomb is the first version of Google's Android operating system that comes properly optimized for tablet devices.I think the Xoom takes on IPad 2 if one takes into consideration the cameras, the superior web browsing client and the added processing power.
Strhopper
January 24, 2011 at 3:38pm
I thought the Ipad was over priced when it first came out(and yes a bought a 16gb wifi version, no other choices at the time)
But this is to much for this hardware and OS, these are just glorified netbooks and I won't buy another one until the price is more in line with netbooks
Wily_One
January 24, 2011 at 12:40am
I don't care about the Xoom - I want to know when the Atrix will be out.
Fecal Face
January 23, 2011 at 11:33pm
Hey look, another great tablet that costs too much for me to even consider. Sweet :D
aviaggio
January 24, 2011 at 9:57am
Yup. I really don't know what these companies are thinking. Why would I buy a tablet for the same or more than I could get a full-fledged laptop? Who wants to pay more and get less?
I can buy almost 3 Nook Colors for this price. It's pretty stupid.
