Comments on: WiFi-only Motorola XOOM Headed for April Release?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:22:00 +0000

The £499.99 is inclusive of 20% UK VAT, so before tax it’s £400 = $650 USD (which is still to high but closer to what it should be).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:20:00 +0000

Dang…why you hating? That Xoom you’re about to shell $800 for would not be here today without “Crapple” blazing a trail for it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:20:00 +0000

Dang…why you hating? That Xoom you’re about to shell $800 for would not be here today without “Crapple” blazing a trail for it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:52:00 +0000

If that’s the case, Motorola picks a hell of a fight.

Try going out and ask a Joe/Jane this: “Are you gonna buy the 32gb Motorola Xoom for $599 or the 16gb Apple iPad 2 for $499?” I bet most of your answers would be the iPad 2. Some people might think about $100 vs 16gb more, but general population aren’t like that (Can I justify 16gb for $100 more? Do I really need that 16gb?) The general people would think Apple is cheaper, why would I buy Motorola.

Even though the spec sheet is better on Xoom, it is like what it actually like when trying it out in hands. I really need try another demo Xoom again. Last time I tried it, it (the UI) was cool and nice; but, it is not snappy at all. It went more like, I clicked that apps, waited a few seconds, nothing happened, clicked again, waited another few seconds, and it eventually popped up (happened to the Map, Youtube, and something else too).

By: RaymondK

RaymondK — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0000

I don’t really see how you can hope 499$ will be the price point, because it just isn’t possible. Beyond the fact that the guy above mentioned the fact that the same storage wifi-onlyiPad will also cost $600, the Xoom is also a better tablet. It has a bigger screen with a better resolution. It has more RAM. It has an micro-SD slot, meaning up to 64MB of storage. It has HDMI out (that doesn’t require a dongle!), and a micro-USB port. Comparing the 32GB wifi only Xoom to the 32GB wifi only iPad, the Xoom is clearly the winner with far superior hardware, so to get that tablet at the same price as its lesser competition would be a steal in my mind.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:59:00 +0000

good point…. Where the heck is Netflix?

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:47:00 +0000

They will fail, which is the same as missing the huge market opportunity.

By: Headbanger51

Headbanger51 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:21:00 +0000

I have to say that this Xoom unveiling experience has put me off so badly, and the seemingly endless degree of clusterf&ckery surrounding its release so annoying, that I may be not only switching to the ipad2, but may end up just switching everything over to Apple. I’m sick and tired of seeing a device that could be so much more hampered and hamstrung by companies that don’t have their act together. Android could be so much more, but Moto locks it down with the ridiculousness of Motoblur. I’ll take iOS over Motoblur. Honeycomb, great as it may be, was never released to developers in advance so the Xoom would have a great deal of apps upon release and still renders webpages like a mobile phone. There is no wifi only verison as of yet. Only one available with a contract or wicked expensive. The wifi only version is in the friggin UK (and it’s wicked expensive) and STILL not even a mention of a wifi only version in the US. Verizon just gets their grubby mits around it and tries to suck more $$$ out of customers. The whole Xoom experience and its release to the public has been such a disappointment, that when I watched the ipad2 unveiling yesterday, I saw a company that actually gets it. And whatever shortcomings iOS has, they’re more than outweighed by the positive aspects of a company that has their act together.

By: Zaire2005

Zaire2005 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:12:00 +0000

I will get my ipad2 on launch wifi lmao! You bought the wrong tablet xoom silly head lmao!!

By: Michael Scrip

Michael Scrip — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:07:00 +0000

Best comment!

By: fish1552

fish1552 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:30:00 +0000

I don’t see him saying that. I see him saying that Apple sells that same iPad for $499 here in the US. If the wi-fi Xoom can’t beat that price….etc. etc.

He wasn’t using that UK price, but using the existing iPad price here in US dollars.

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:20:00 +0000

I really want a Xoom but, I simply can’t justify spending the extra $300 for one. If Motorola cant release a Wifi only version and price it competitively with the ipad 2 then, if and when I buy a tablet Apple will probably get my money.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:52:00 +0000

Good call on the GBP, too bad it only makes it worse… ya I really hope that they discount the price for a wifi version but the way i see it and this is just a guess is that when the wifi only version comes out it will see pretty much the same $800 price tag due to the fact that once they have sold the tablet they will no longer be making money off it, unlike the 3/4g XOOM’s on contract @ $599.

By: Smeckle

Smeckle — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:17:00 +0000

It’s Europe, dude. 9/4/11 = April 9, 2011.

By: Muddy B00ts

Muddy B00ts — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:57:00 +0000

They do dates opposite of how we do it. This listing is European. That makes it april 9th.