$800 will buy you an Android 3.0tablet: the Motorola XOOM

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if you can ’ t wait to get your hands-on the world ’ s first Android 3.0 tablet, the Motorola XOOM, Best Buy will be offering it up for in-store purchase beginning February 24th The Motorola XOOM sports Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), a 10.1 ″ HD screen, Adobe Flash Player, 3G (upgradable to 4G LTE), front (2 MP webcam) and rear-facing (5 MP) cameras, and more. The only drawbacks I ’ ve found so far with the Motorola XOOM is its price and connectivity requirements. Being that it’ s the world ’ s first, it’ s priced at $799.99. That’ s a good chunk of a change for a tablet, that’ s basically untested at this point. As for connectivity, you must subscribe to at least a month of service from Verizon. The pros, however, do seem to outweigh the cons, with the XOOM being upgradeable to LTE, coming with both Wi-Fi and 3G access (via Verizon ’ s network), a dual-core processor (NVIDIA ’ s Tegra T20), and a 10.1″ screen. Aside from the price, it seems like it could take away some of the iPad ’ s marketshare, that is until the next version of the iPad (iPad 2) ships. If you want to guarantee that there will be a XOOM with your name on it, head over to a Best Buy store on February 24th

if you can ’ t wait to get your hands-on the world ’ s first Android 3.0 tablet, the Motorola XOOM, Best Buy will be offering it up for in-store
purchase beginning February 24th


The Motorola XOOM sports Android 3.0
(Honeycomb), a 10.1 ″ HD screen, Adobe Flash Player, 3G (upgradable to 4G LTE), front (2 MP
webcam) and rear-facing (5 MP) cameras, and
more.

The only drawbacks I ’ ve found so far with the Motorola XOOM is its price and connectivity
requirements. Being that it’ s the world ’ s first, it’ s priced at $799.99. That’ s a good chunk of a change for a tablet, that’ s basically untested at this point. As for connectivity, you must
subscribe to at least a month of service from
Verizon. The pros, however, do seem to
outweigh the cons, with the XOOM being
upgradeable to LTE, coming with both Wi-Fi and
3G access (via Verizon ’ s network), a dual-core processor (NVIDIA ’ s Tegra T20), and a 10.1″ screen. Aside from the price, it seems like it could
take away some of the iPad ’ s marketshare, that is until the next version of the iPad (iPad 2) ships. If you want to guarantee that there will be a
XOOM with your name on it, head over to a Best
Buy store on February 24th