Mar 16
Xoom Wi-Fi Coming This Month for $599
Posted in: motorola, Today's Chili, xoom
Motorola’s finally offering up word on the Wi-Fi-only version of its Honeycomb tablet. The less pricey Xoom will be hitting stores on March 27. The tablet will run $599 for the 32GB model (versus $799 and $599 subsidized for its 3G counterpart) and will be available through a number of major retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, Radioshack, Sam’s Club, Staples, and Walmart.
The 3G version of the Xoom hit stores on February 24th. Despite earning raves at this year’s CES and receiving generally positive reviews from the press, the Xoom has had a pretty lukewarm reception, thus far, thanks to some technical limitations (including the lack of promised Flash compatibility at launch) and the announcement of the iPad 2, which was unveiled by Apple on March 2nd.
The pricing puts the Xoom on par with the iPad 2, which runs $599 for a 32GB Wi-Fi version (the 16GB version is $100 cheaper) and $729 for 32GB with Wi-Fi + 3G.
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