When do you Xoom?

[ckeegan003]

The off contract price is mostly a lie, be aware of this. For example, look at the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch 4th Gen. The only real differences between them are cell phone radio and cameras. A new 16gb iPod touch costs $299. A new 16gb iPhone costs $599, and I know the difference in parts doesn't cost $300. It is a little gimmick done by cell phone companies and manufacturers to "encourage" you into contracts.

Also, motorola knows their main competition with the wifi only device is the iPad 32gb which costs $599. My bet is that the Xoom wifi only will clock in at $549-599. I would be happily surprised by $499 or lower.

I know it's mostly fake, but Moto still has to keep it in line with their phones, otherwise it's like movie theater popcorn prices where you can have a small for $4, or quadruple the amount for $5. Everbody knows the small doesn't actually cost them $4.

It's really hard to compare pricing structure to Apple, since they do things totally different than everyone else. You'll never see an Apple product with an AT&T or Verizon logo on the iPhone or iPad.

Anyway, I still say you won't see a Wi-Fi only Xoom for sale in the US before July at the absolute earliest. It wouldn't make any sense for Verizon to allow it, and obviously they're the ones who negotiated exclusivity for the Xoom.

 

[mrslifer]

So it will have WiFi, just not WiFi only ? it will be Wifi/3G, i'm very interested on this device and when it will come out, i been waiting on student loans, and was eyeballin' the samsung galaxy tabs, but i would choose an iPad over that, but this Xoom seems to blow iPad out of the water. Anyone have any suspected release dates, or any pros cons/tips on iPad VS Xoom? Although there's info and statistics i can read all over the net, i figure hearing it from actual people well help influence my decision, but i say Xoom so far, just hope it's released soon! Thanks.

 

[Auzo]

So it will have WiFi, just not WiFi only ? it will be Wifi/3G, i'm very interested on this device and when it will come out, i been waiting on student loans, and was eyeballin' the samsung galaxy tabs, but i would choose an iPad over that, but this Xoom seems to blow iPad out of the water. Anyone have any suspected release dates, or any pros cons/tips on iPad VS Xoom? Although there's info and statistics i can read all over the net, i figure hearing it from actual people well help influence my decision, but i say Xoom so far, just hope it's released soon! Thanks.

Yes 3G and WiFi. They just haven't yet announced WiFi only version.

Right now the strongest rumor is February 17th, but moto has said that there is a very slight possibility that it would get pushed into march.

The 1st gen iPad doesn't even come close to the Xoom in functionality. Really the only reason you should buy it over the Xoom is if you are already locked into the apple ecosystem, or if you absolutely don't want to spend 700 and are willing to give up 3g(not a big deal), extra storage, and added functionality for a couple hundred bucks. Actually not even then, just wait a few months and some cheaper android tablets or potentially the iPad2 (wouldn't buy it personally but I would be remiss not to include it since its possible that Apple puts out a proper full functioning tablet)

 

[Maikai.Guy]

...the iPad2 (wouldn't buy it personally but I would be remiss not to include it since its possible that Apple puts out a proper full functioning tablet)

Possible, but improbable. ;-)

But the general advice is good. If you don't see the benefits of the Android platform over iOS (something I can't personally wrap my brain around), then waiting for the iPad2 and it's specs to be officially announced would be prudent.

 

[mrslifer]

I hear that, i love the iPad, but yet, it don't support Flash ? so if i buy the Xoom off contract, i can just tether my phone to it couldn't i ? instead of getting service with verizon which i already have, i wouldn't have to pay for it twice, not sure if that would work, but if it does great, i can tether my phone to the xoom and use WiFi where available.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Yep, you should be able to tether. You *may* need to root, but I'm sure it won't be long before a root method pops up

 

[mrslifer]

yeah, as of right now i'm tethering my Incredible to my Desktop PC so i should be able to do this on the Xoom, especially if i buy it at full price and walk out the door..

 

[coldconfession13]

I might wait till the lte comes out or just go with wifi only, of course if I win the contest no need to save up lol. I'm definately getting it for deployment

 

[Cyber Warrior]

I want some kind of wifi tab already. Whether it's the Xoom or Galaxy tab. I'm becoming impatient and might just pick up an iPad for now and then sell it once an Android tab with wifi only is released.