Google tablet Motorola Xoom selling poorly

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Google's latest attempt to take a bite out of Apple has so far been unsuccessful. The Motorola Xoom tablet has sold only about 100,000 units. Compare this to Apple 's iPad2, which has sold about four to five times that amount, and you will notice that the future for the latest Android tablet does not look good. There are several reasons why the Xoom is suffering, foremost among them being the considerable price tag, which is $800 with no contract. Add in a two-year contract and the price lowers to the still significant $600 level. Being that the iPad2 is cheaper and has a big head start in tablet apps, consumers are flocking to the new Apple tablet. While most reviewers are impressed with the new Honeycomb 3.0 operating system, feedback from tech sites is mixed due to the sparse number of Android tablet apps. While this all appears to be bad news for Google and Motorola, it is still too early to give up just yet. Android phones did not get off to the greatest start either, but Google kept working at them until now they are big sellers. Perhaps with time they will be able to do the same with a tablet.

Google's latest attempt to take a bite out of Apple has so far been unsuccessful. The Motorola Xoom tablet has sold only about 100,000 units. Compare this to Apple 's iPad2, which has sold about four to five times that amount, and you will notice that the future
for the latest Android tablet does not look good.
There are several reasons why the Xoom is suffering, foremost among them being the
considerable price tag, which is $800 with no contract. Add in a two-year contract and
the price lowers to the still significant $600 level. Being that the iPad2 is cheaper and has
a big head start in tablet apps, consumers are flocking to the new Apple tablet. While most reviewers are impressed with the new Honeycomb 3.0 operating system,
feedback from tech sites is mixed due to the sparse number of Android tablet apps. While
this all appears to be bad news for Google and Motorola, it is still too early to give up just
yet. Android phones did not get off to the greatest start either, but Google kept working
at them until now they are big sellers. Perhaps with time they will be able to do the same
with a tablet.