Can't decide whether or not to go by one of these bad boys, I was looking at paying full price the the 3G/Wifi version and just not using the 3G just yet. Not sure if it would be better to hold out a little longer for a better tablet to come out cause I am sure if I did that another is going to come out a few months after that even better than the one I wait for. So might as well get this one now and ride it out to see what they start coming up with.
Question I have is without rooting the update to activate the SD card is not out yet right? And it still does not have full flash support? I also read reports that the screen is kinda washed out on watching videos and the speakers are ill placed and not that great.
Can anyone give me some feedback on this thing, I have read through this whole forum and seen some positive feedback. Just wondering if there is something out there I am not taking into account. Or if someone has heard rumors I have not seen that a new better tablet is moments away.
I would go with the WiFi only version if you never plan on using the 3G. Why pay the extra money? And I believe that the 3G had a requirement that you get 1 month of service before having it turned off for WiFi only. Not sure if that is still in effect or not, but that's another waste of money if so.
As far as waiting for something better, there will always be something coming out soon that you could wait for, but if you waited, you'd be waiting forever for the "next better thing".
Yes, the SD Card is still inactive unless you root and load one of the 3 or 4 custom kernels. All of them have that and many also have USB support for external HDD so storage issues go away. As far as Flash, I know I have Flash 10.3 installed, but website still aren't 100%. I just checked & I still can't play things on sites like albino blacksheep or jib jab which are heavy on Flash.
Videos playback on mine is BEAUTIFUL. No washed out videos. Might be the video that people were trying to play. I read about a player called QQ Player that lets me play video in more than just the MP4 format. Now I can load my AVI files on there and save at least half the space since the MP4 files ranged from 1.5GB to 4 GB. My AVI files range around 750MB. But like I said, with the USB external drive support in the custom kernel, I only have to wait for my USB Host cable to arrive before that isn't an issue any longer.
Yes, the speakers aren't the best, but for the most part, I've never had a portable device where the speakers were great. The HD Dock from Motorola has GREAT speakers on it and with the HDMI output on the back, I highly recommend you spend the extra bucks to get it.
Overall, I think you'll be happy with the Xoom. I rooted mine after about 2 weeks and it was really easy. The hardest part was setting up ADB and with the tutorial, even that was easy. If you go that route, I suggest this thread:
[How To] Root The 3G/4G And Wifi-Only Xoom (Stock 3.1)
Much like the Droid 1, there are still some bugs to work out on the new device. But with the update to 3.1 earlier 2 weeks or so back, a lot of the issues were resolved - even though the Flash thing is still a bit off.
