Oh well, so much for the Xoom...
"Gizmodo - The First Good Android Tablet Has Locked Down Wi-Fi and Costs $800, Ughhhh
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Originally Posted by Gizmodo
The First Good Android Tablet Has Locked Down Wi-Fi and Costs 0, Ughhhh
The Motorola Xoom sure has a lot of whizbang stuff inside: Crazy dual-core processors! Nvidia graphics! HD camcorder! 1GB RAM! Front camera! 3G that's somehow magically upgradeable to 4G! But, uh, it's eight hundred dollars. And it gets worse.
The worse being fine print in the leaked Best Buy ad that says:
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To activate WiFi functionality on this device, a minimum of one month data subscription is required.
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Like Engadget, we can't figure out any other way to translate that besides the Xoom's Wi-Fi is locked down until you activate a data subscription with Verizon. They're requiring you to buy at least one month of data service to a basic feature of the hardware? What. The. Balls.
The pricing is horribly wrong for a couple of reasons on top of that. One, there isn't a cheaper option. While the most expensive iPad with 3G and 64GB of storage was $830, people still had the option to purchase a bunch of cheaper models, down to $500. In other words, the iPad cost as much as a netbook; the Xoom costs as much as a laptop.
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So. Will HP & RIM be more competitive than Motorola? Hopefully...