Jan 25, 2011

Motorola Xoom to Cost $800?

A leaked Verizon product slide reveals the Motorola Xoom Honeycomb tablet could cost a hefty $800 at launch. The slide, obtained by Android Central from a tipster, lists that the "Minimum Advertised Price" (MAP) for the Google Android Honeycomb tablet as $799.99, along with other, more reasonably-priced smartphones, including the HTC Thunderbolt, which has a MAP of $250.
In another slide, Verizon clearly states that "MAP relates to advertising of the device," and that "You are always completely free to sell the device at any price you choose." Also, it probably refers to the the unsubsidized price, and not the price with a carrier agreement.

The 10.1-inch Motorola Xoom will run Android Honeycomb, Google's tablet operating system. It will sport a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor running at 1 GHz and have 32 GB of onboard memory and 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, along with SD card support. The battery will be good for up to 10 hours of video playback, which includes 1080p. It will have a five-megapixel rear camera and a two-megapixel front-facing camera, a built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer and light sensor.  For connectivity, it will support Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR +HID, 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n, as well as both 3G and 4G LTE.
The Xoom will launch in Q1, but the 4G update won’t be available until Q2, at which point previously-purchased Xooms will be upgradeable. At CES, both Motorola and Verizon declined to offer details on how early-adopters can upgrade their device other than stating the 4G update involves components and users will have to bring their Xooms in to either Motorola or Verizon for the update.

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