$799 for the xoom

[dsignori]

Oh. Now I might just wait. The Tegra 3 is ready. There might be something better.

Yeah, saw that too. Impressive. But I wouldn't go as far as to say they are "ready". They are a good 9-12 months away from any retail device you can buy, so to me that's not an alternative.

I'm sure you would agree too that there is ALWAYS going to be something newer, better, faster just around the corner in technology products, particularly in Android. The Tegra 3 specter won't hold me back at all from purchasing much at this point....

 

[tangomonky]

Im using a Nook color with a 1.1ghz kernel and am expecting a 2.2 or 2.3 ROM port any day now. Think this 250$ tablet is going to hold me off till legitimate tegra 3 tablets start hitting market.

 

[Baconator]

Yeah, saw that too. Impressive. But I wouldn't go as far as to say they are "ready". They are a good 9-12 months away from any retail device you can buy, so to me that's not an alternative.

I'm sure you would agree too that there is ALWAYS going to be something newer, better, faster just around the corner in technology products, particularly in Android. The Tegra 3 specter won't hold me back at all from purchasing much at this point....

Yeah. Your right. By the time the Tegra 3 comes out I think I will be due for an upgrade. Thanks. Now I changed my mine. Thanks!

 

[splmonster]

The $799.99 at Verizon and $699.99 at Best Buy are the unsubsidized prices everyone, and will be cheaper with a contract.

 

[Auzo]

The $799.99 at Verizon and $699.99 at Best Buy are the unsubsidized prices everyone, and will be cheaper with a contract.

I'm sorry but this is false. Unfortunately too many people fall for it. It will be cheaper up front with contract. But you better believe that the carriers aren't trying to do you a favor, they are making out like bandits over the course of 2 years.

 

[tntdroid]

The $799.99 at Verizon and $699.99 at Best Buy are the unsubsidized prices everyone, and will be cheaper with a contract.

Who wants another contract? I don't mind paying 600 700 but I don't want to pay 800. With the contract you will pay so much a month over 2 years but then again you always have your data to use. I'm lost and need the final prices to make a final call on it.

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[Chris Kerrigan]

I'm sorry but this is false. Unfortunately too many people fall for it. It will be cheaper up front with contract. But you better believe that the carriers aren't trying to do you a favor, they are making out like bandits over the course of 2 years.

I think he did mean up front, but yes you're absolutely right. You'll pay well over that unsubsidized price over the course of a contract.

 

[splmonster]

I'm sorry but this is false. Unfortunately too many people fall for it. It will be cheaper up front with contract. But you better believe that the carriers aren't trying to do you a favor, they are making out like bandits over the course of 2 years.

I said exactly what you said.. Those are the unsubsidized prices, and the subsidized price will be cheaper with contract UP FRONT. Nothing I said was false, I said the exact same thing you did. You just didn't read it correctly.

 

[leemarkin]

I'll pay 599 at most, I don't know whether this is google or motorola's idea but it's way too expensive compare with ipad, not to mention google charges no fee for the software and android positions itself as for low end users. You are no apple google.

 

[Maikai.Guy]

I'll pay 599 at most, I don't know whether this is google or motorola's idea but it's way too expensive compare with ipad, not to mention google charges no fee for the software and android positions itself as for low end users. You are no apple google.

Yeah, thank G-d they are no Apple. Apple forbids Flash and Java... arbitrarily. They are afraid allowing Flash apps will bite into their precious money stream from their store. ...and you guys imply Google or Mot are greedy?!

All I'm hearing in the press is how Apple dominates and nobody has a chance. Isn't this exactly what was said last year, about the time the HTC Incredible and EVO were announced? I seem to remember the most aggressive prognosticators saying Android "might" catch up to Apple in 18 months to 2 years. Well... only 8 months later, Android caught up and surpassed.

It will be the same thing with tablets.

There is an old saying "You can't keep a good man down." The same goes for operating systems. "You can't keep a good OS down." Android is that good OS.

At $700, the XOOM is now CHEAPER than the 32GB iPad. And it has far more hardware installed. Stop the crying already. The cup is half full, not half empty. Heck, I feel like my cup runneth over. I'm giddy at the idea of getting my hands on this thing.

 

[quetzalcoatl]

Yeah, thank G-d they are no Apple. Apple forbids Flash and Java... arbitrarily. They are afraid allowing Flash apps will bite into their precious money stream from their store. ...and you guys imply Google or Mot are greedy?!

All I'm hearing in the press is how Apple dominates and nobody has a chance. Isn't this exactly what was said last year, about the time the HTC Incredible and EVO were announced? I seem to remember the most aggressive prognosticators saying Android "might" catch up to Apple in 18 months to 2 years. Well... only 8 months later, Android caught up and surpassed.

It will be the same thing with tablets.

There is an old saying "You can't keep a good man down." The same goes for operating systems. "You can't keep a good OS down." Android is that good OS.

At $700, the XOOM is now CHEAPER than the 32GB iPad. And it has far more hardware installed. Stop the crying already. The cup is half full, not half empty. Heck, I feel like my cup runneth over. I'm giddy at the idea of getting my hands on this thing.

I agree but I think there needs to be a wifi only version and maybe even a version with less storage. We are coming up on the 3 week to lanuch time and there is not a solid price, there is no confirmation that there will be a wifi only version. And this is the best of the tablets imho that were announced at CES. And it will only get around 2 weeks in the spotlight before the apple machine goes into full force with the iPad2. And that takes the media. If we don't believe it will look at what the iPhone 4 announcement did. It overshaddowed what was happening at CES at times.

 

[dsignori]

Yeah, thank G-d they are no Apple. Apple forbids Flash and Java... arbitrarily. They are afraid allowing Flash apps will bite into their precious money stream from their store. ...and you guys imply Google or Mot are greedy?!

All I'm hearing in the press is how Apple dominates and nobody has a chance. Isn't this exactly what was said last year, about the time the HTC Incredible and EVO were announced? I seem to remember the most aggressive prognosticators saying Android "might" catch up to Apple in 18 months to 2 years. Well... only 8 months later, Android caught up and surpassed.

It will be the same thing with tablets.

There is an old saying "You can't keep a good man down." The same goes for operating systems. "You can't keep a good OS down." Android is that good OS.

At $700, the XOOM is now CHEAPER than the 32GB iPad. And it has far more hardware installed. Stop the crying already. The cup is half full, not half empty. Heck, I feel like my cup runneth over. I'm giddy at the idea of getting my hands on this thing.

I am with you on all of the above, referencing the future of Android tablets, vs the iPad. Android is not only a good OS, it is a great OS IMO, and Honeycomb looks amazing to me. And probably looks great to all of us Android fans ...

About the iphone/Android sales you noted though ... Obviously Android's many many phones are starting to outsell Apple's one, single phone. Obviously Android's many, many tablets will outsell (combined) Apples one single tablet eventually.

The point may be that this 1 single tablet, the Motorola XOOM, at this high of a price, which will have comparable or lower specs than the iPAD 2 in a few months most definitely will NOT sell better than the iPAD or iPAD 2 at this price. We are not the general public. The general public loves Apple, loves the iPAD and needs some sort of motivation to move away from what they are comfortable with - and what gets drilled into their heads from the news, blogs and ads. I am going to buy a XOOM. Many here may too. At $700 or $800, I bet it will do maybe 10% of the business that the iPad or iPad 2 does. It needs to be priced better to gain a foothold with the public, period

 

[Maikai.Guy]

IMHO, Motorola is not intending to sell more XOOMs than Apple sells iPads. That would be folly.

I would think they are trying to establish themselves as a high profile supplier of the highest quality / highest capability Android devices. They need to do this, because the market is already thick with good competitors and getting thicker.

Producing a low performing bargain tablet, which could be panned by the press/blogs as too little to effectively compete, would be a significant mistake in my humblest opinion.

I think you'll see the major vendors going after mid to upper end platforms, leaving the low end to the wannabes. The profit margins in those lower levels are awful, again due to the thick competition. Making money at that level will be tough... too much effort for too little reward.

 

[dsignori]

IMHO, Motorola is not intending to sell more XOOMs than Apple sells iPads. That would be folly.

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Producing a low performing bargain tablet, which could be panned by the press/blogs as too little to effectively compete, would be a significant mistake in my humblest opinion.

...

Folly to want to outsell the competition? I'm not sure I follow. To me it would be folly to NOT want to outsell the competition.

Also, no one is saying they want Motorola to change the tablet and lower the specs, just that they should sell this device as is for cheaper. If i were them, I would want as many of these as possible in the hands of consumers, even if I had to break even to do it. To me that will ensure they gain a loyal following and a more vast base of customers gauge with future tablets . Only 1/2 kidding about the last part ...

 

[Maikai.Guy]

Folly to want to outsell the competition? I'm not sure I follow. To me it would be folly to NOT want to outsell the competition.

It's folly in that it's impossible. The market won't support it. Apple fan-boys (and fan-girls) will not migrate from Apple to Android. We're talking about two related markets, not one unified market. The vast majority of the SAM for Apple and the vast majority of the SAM for Android are two separate populations. The intersection of sets, people who could go either way, is very small.

The Android market is already thick with competitors. Motorola's competition is other Android tablet makers, not Apple. Android's competition is Apple.

Also, no one is saying they want Motorola to change the tablet and lower the specs, just that they should sell this device as is for cheaper. If i were them, I would want as many of these as possible in the hands of consumers, even if I had to break even to do it. To me that will ensure they gain a loyal following and a more vast base of customers gauge with future tablets . Only 1/2 kidding about the last part ...

Again, there is confusion between Android and Motorola. Google wants as many of these things in front of customers. Which is exactly what they are doing by making it open and inviting in every Tom, Richard and Harry to make Android based phones and tablets. This is exactly how Google has displaced Apple as the number 2 installed mobile phone base.

And the exact same game plan is being followed for tablets. In a very short time, Android will displace iOS as the number one platform.

Motorola wants to make a profit for it's shareholders. They have no interest, nor should they have any interest, in a break-even business model. They are not here on this Earth to promote Android. They are here to make a buck. The same reason Apple is here. The more bucks they make by bringing us the very best in equipment, the more they will be driven to bring us ever more incredible equipment in the future. That, my friend, will create a loyal following. ;-)

 

[AZDROIDX]

It's folly in that it's impossible. The market won't support it. Apple fan-boys (and fan-girls) will not migrate from Apple to Android. We're talking about two related markets, not one unified market. The vast majority of the SAM for Apple and the vast majority of the SAM for Android are two separate populations. The intersection of sets, people who could go either way, is very small.

The Android market is already thick with competitors. Motorola's competition is other Android tablet makers, not Apple. Android's competition is Apple.



Again, there is confusion between Android and Motorola. Google wants as many of these things in front of customers. Which is exactly what they are doing by making it open and inviting in every Tom, Richard and Harry to make Android based phones and tablets. This is exactly how Google has displaced Apple as the number 2 installed mobile phone base.

And the exact same game plan is being followed for tablets. In a very short time, Android will displace iOS as the number one platform.

Motorola wants to make a profit for it's shareholders. They have no interest, nor should they have any interest, in a break-even business model. They are not here on this Earth to promote Android. They are here to make a buck. The same reason Apple is here. The more bucks they make by bringing us the very best in equipment, the more they will be driven to bring us ever more incredible equipment in the future. That, my friend, will create a loyal following. ;-)

Well said, want a $300-$400 Android mid-level tablet ... there are plenty out there to choose from.

 

[qnet]

I've already made up my mind that whatever the price is, $699.00 or $799.00 I'm getting it.

 

[Maikai.Guy]

I've already made up my mind that whatever the price is, $699.00 or $799.00 I'm getting it.

I'll second that! I'm jonesing for this thing!

I only hope they don't ask for my first born. ...I'd really miss him. ;-)

 

[tntdroid]

I'll second that! I'm jonesing for this thing!

I only hope they don't ask for my first born. ...I'd really miss him. ;-)

haha. Me too I just want the thing now. I have newborn twins if that gets me one early.

 

[ckeegan003]

Just curious, but how can some of you justify the Xoom at a price of $599. It makes no sense, especially when you consider that the Droid X is $579 off contract. So, you want the Xoom off contract for $20 more than the X? Seriously?

Gotta side with the last three posters on this one, I'm getting the Xoom on launch day. Hopefully the 2/17 date sticks, since waiting for the next 22.5 days is gonna suck as it is. If there's another leak in 2 weeks with a later date, my head will probably explode.