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Motorola XOOM $800 plus minimum 1 month service?
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Problem is the nook has no where the specs....
The Xoom spec's blow the iPad out of the water....
I was very very excited about this product. I had been touting Android laptops to all my iPad crazed friends since it's release. This looked to be the one that I'd take the plunge to purchase as it was the most polished. This price tag however is just outragous in my eyes. $800 w/ data on top? Sorry but that's just not reasonable in my eyes. I can go purchase a iPad for what? $500? Yes then there is the data, but there's data on top of the $800 price tag as well. I think Motorola had an oppurtunity to really make a splash here. If they came in with a sub $500 price tag they could of stolen the show from Apple. Oh well looks like no tablet in my future which I must say leaves me very dissapointed.
I'll wait til the new iPad comes out, then Moto will pull their thumb out of each others a**** and drop the price. They have the Moto logo on it: +$200. I'm sure it has the Verizon logo on it: +$300. Then it has the best specs of any tablet when it comes out, including "upgradeable to 4G," which makes up the other $500. Until they have competition the consumer can threaten to go to (and not the first gen iPad), they can set the price however much they want. And they'll get that price from those of us who hate the iPad and love Android. You won't see me even thinking about a wifi Xoom until that price drops to around $500.
I really wanted to buy this...but I just can't justify that price. Also, that WiFi clause just adds insult to injury. Definitely right on waiting for more competition to make the price come done. I wonder if they are "punishing" consumers now who want a pure Google experience device so they can later slap on MotoBlur and price it cheaper wig different models. Meh, that's probably to cynical of me.
What is the estimated battery life on a xoom?
I just need one to get in on the initial pad app market and to be overall more productive, if I can get 8+ hours of life on a single charge using this thing in my normal fashion I'm sold....unless new iPhone activations ruin Verizon's data network (yes I'm actually worried).
I suppose you could take a Nexus One and build a touchscreen dock for a similar amount of money, coolness factor would be there but the power wouldn't.
I just need one to get in on the initial pad app market and to be overall more productive, if I can get 8+ hours of life on a single charge using this thing in my normal fashion I'm sold....unless new iPhone activations ruin Verizon's data network (yes I'm actually worried).
I suppose you could take a Nexus One and build a touchscreen dock for a similar amount of money, coolness factor would be there but the power wouldn't.
I have the money to buy it.
I really want it.
But I don't see the value.
This has buyer's remorse written all over it.
They've priced themselves out of the market. It's a beautiful device, but the cheapskate in me keeps saying, "NO". They'd better have a wifi only model at $599 or I'll just get myself the base model iPad2. For what I'd use it for that would fit the bill. The only way they'll crack the market is with "bang for the buck"... and this isn't it.
I really want it.
But I don't see the value.
This has buyer's remorse written all over it.
They've priced themselves out of the market. It's a beautiful device, but the cheapskate in me keeps saying, "NO". They'd better have a wifi only model at $599 or I'll just get myself the base model iPad2. For what I'd use it for that would fit the bill. The only way they'll crack the market is with "bang for the buck"... and this isn't it.
No need for that. The tech blogs will take care of the website part, and poor sales will take care of the rest.
It is saddening to see that they overpriced it. As far as the WiFi bit, that just adds insult to injury to those who do shell out for it.
I'm sure the modding community will hack around the WiFi bit itself, but the device doesn't deliver the bang that I will expect / demand for the cost.
IMO again moto figures to rest on it's laurels and brand and inflate the figure, like Sony ...
Thing is, I already have a decent laptop, so right now, unless that broke in a way I can't repair it myself, I've no need to get a tablet.
I believe there are a lot of us in that situation
and right now with the economy as it is IMO I couldn't justify spending that much on the thing to myself, let alone to my wife (who wouldn't stop me BTW). Just don't have that much disposable income anymore.
I'm sure the modding community will hack around the WiFi bit itself, but the device doesn't deliver the bang that I will expect / demand for the cost.
IMO again moto figures to rest on it's laurels and brand and inflate the figure, like Sony ...
Thing is, I already have a decent laptop, so right now, unless that broke in a way I can't repair it myself, I've no need to get a tablet.
I believe there are a lot of us in that situation
and right now with the economy as it is IMO I couldn't justify spending that much on the thing to myself, let alone to my wife (who wouldn't stop me BTW). Just don't have that much disposable income anymore.