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There are reviews out there by people who have actually used one. The only thing we don't know for a FACT is the price... there have been two ads leaked that show it at $400 for the 16GB wifi model... and Asus said they would sell between $400-$700 depending on the model... but until I see something official, I will wait and see on that. |
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I assume these don't include marketing, distribution, or development costs either, which could be substantial. But still, they are amazing numbers.
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Eeesh. The Xoom looks like a colossal failure. Only 100,000 units sold? Apple sold that many iPad 2s in a matter of minutes...
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BUT as I said, 100k units isn't out of the realm of possibility... for something with such awful disjointed marketing (thanks Motorola)... it just means the SALES were a failure not the device itself. Try again fanboi. |
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383201,00.asp
Samsung gets the price right... but unfortunately it's the 7" tablet with Android 2.2.. blah. If they could offer their 8.9" wifi model for that same price with Honeycomb.. they'd have a hit. |
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I've said for a long time that there's no way I'm paying more than $500 for one, and I think that $400 is more reasonable. Hopefully they'll be able to get it down even lower than that, but we'll see. Just depends on how hot the competition gets. (That said, I don't expect any individual device to ever sell as well as the iPad. The only question is whether the collection of Android tablets will sell more. I think it'll happen, but I'm not going to go making bets on it. ) |
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Remember that Apple has to develop iOS in house and also spends money developing quality apps for the iOS system, while Motorola...doesn't. Apple's marketing is also far more extensive and impressive than Motorola's.
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The fact is.. Motorola had a perfect chance to position themselves well with a low cost, high quality iPad alternative... and instead went for a money grab... idiots...
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