Motorola Plans to ship Up to 800,000 Xoom Tablets in Q1

[fish1552]

Here is the article about plans for the Wi-Fi verssion:
http://www.androidcentral.com/wifi-only-xoom-coming-april

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[Ohyea!]

WiFi! Good to know. I'm back and forth on getting a Xoom, but a WiFi version cast another vote in the get one column.

 

[ArrTooDeeToo]

Don't forget that there's a XOOM forum here now. It's kind of buried close to the bottom of the forum, but it's there. I posted a thread there yesterday regarding the price, but it's a speculative one from a UK site that's offering pre-orders. I wouldn't read too much into it, and I'm betting it will be lower than what they are asking (between $800-1,000 US!).

 

[Malvado]

Does this device have gorilla glass? Kinda random but important.

yea it does =]

 

[Valvoline]

i cant wait. my laptop has been collecting dust for a while now. just to big and inconvenient. this tablet looks like the one for me. bring it on. Wifi only would be nice since i'll just use my rooted droid x with wifi thethering for signal, oh yeah!!! sign. me. up!:icon_ banana:

 

[Malvado]

no 4G, now that's bozo

you been missing some info...it is 4g capable after a software update

 

[Dusty]

I'm picking this thing up as soon as it drops.
I've been waiting too long for this EXACT thing.

 

[bazar6]

I WANT ONE!!!! or two..... maybe three...... haha, jk. But definitely want one. Hope it has an unlocked bootloader. I need a price asap tho. Need to know how much to put away to drop on this

 

[bazar6]

Everyone keeps saying after the software update... Why is that? Is 4G not going to be ready when the XOOM drops? or is honeycomb 3.0 not built for it, but 3.0.1 or something like it will? And how long after the drop will the update be available?

Most of these questions probably won't have answers just yet, but that's what I'm questioning

 

[djchon661]

If it doesn't cost to much more than $300 dollars I see myself getting one as soon as I can

 

[ArrTooDeeToo]

I doubt it will be that cheap. I'm optimistic for a $500-$600 price range for the wi-fi only version. That's the amount I have stashed away to buy the thing, so anything more and I might have to wait until the price comes down a little.

 

[Ellectronico]

Everyone keeps saying after the software update... Why is that? Is 4G not going to be ready when the XOOM drops? or is honeycomb 3.0 not built for it, but 3.0.1 or something like it will? And how long after the drop will the update be available?

Most of these questions probably won't have answers just yet, but that's what I'm questioning

it will be 3g at launch and then you will have to send it in to Verizon to have it upgraded to LTE later on.

 

[gadgetrants]

I doubt it will be that cheap. I'm optimistic for a $500-$600 price range for the wi-fi only version. That's the amount I have stashed away to buy the thing, so anything more and I might have to wait until the price comes down a little.

+1 very realistic guess, given the hardware. Last year I anticipated $400 (before the flood of cheap "imported" tablets arrived) but now that we're seeing much better hardware, I think a tablet in the $300-$400 range is gonna look pretty undesirable.

-Matt

 

[DroidMastar2]

i still havent decided if i want the Xoom or the eee slider

 

[ArrTooDeeToo]

i still havent decided if i want the Xoom or the eee slider

Just keep in mind that the XOOM is the flagship tablet for Android which means it will be like the Nexus 1. Any other device will have the manufacturer's own UI to deal with. XOOM will probably get Android updates first. At least I hope so.