Motorola Xoom Tablet Sales 'Underwhelming'
“Xoom sales have been underwhelming. While marketing has just started we believe MMI will likely have to cut production if it already has not done so. We believe the device has been a bit buggy and did not meet the magic price point of $500. We believe management knows this and is hurrying development and production of lower cost tablets. Importantly we believe management will likely have to make the painful decision to accept little to no margin initially in order to match iPad 2’s wholesale pricing.”
If the report is true no surprises here. Horrible marketing, horrible P.R., high price, partnership with Verizon, No flash at launch, no 4G (upgrade process a terrible joke), non functioning sd card slot, no wifi version, the suprise would have been if it were selling well.
Let's hope that other manufacturers get their Android Honeycomb tablets to the market quick. Android's strength is in it's numbers, multiple manufacturers working consistently to improve the platform.
“Xoom sales have been underwhelming. While marketing has just started we believe MMI will likely have to cut production if it already has not done so. We believe the device has been a bit buggy and did not meet the magic price point of $500. We believe management knows this and is hurrying development and production of lower cost tablets. Importantly we believe management will likely have to make the painful decision to accept little to no margin initially in order to match iPad 2’s wholesale pricing.”
If the report is true no surprises here. Horrible marketing, horrible P.R., high price, partnership with Verizon, No flash at launch, no 4G (upgrade process a terrible joke), non functioning sd card slot, no wifi version, the suprise would have been if it were selling well.
Let's hope that other manufacturers get their Android Honeycomb tablets to the market quick. Android's strength is in it's numbers, multiple manufacturers working consistently to improve the platform.
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