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boswd · 04-13-2011, 12:42 PM

5 day report

The xoom and the Asus are in a tight horse race so far with the Asus with a 12 to 9 lead.
I think this may be due to it's rumored afforadable price of $550 with keyboard and $400 without (Prices are not yet confirmed US pricing). but with AmazonUK showing the Asus at a very affordable 429 pounds for tablet with keyboard and 379 pounds without, it seems the US pricing rumor should be right. Plus Asus marketing the laptop feature/keyboard with the tablet as one device is a very smart move that I think has peaked many, including myself, interest.

glad to see the Xoom holding strong.

Other so far is your leader I'm guessing its a combo of many from the Nook color, htc, Sony's, LG and maybe some other lower end tablets.

The one that is shocking to me so far is the lack of love for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab (honeycomb) which will be just as featured rich as the xoom and Asus but also coming in as the thinnest, and even thinner than the iPad 2.
I have a watchful eye on that one as well, if they throw in a Super AmoLED screen on this, this would be very tough to pass up. I'm surprised this hasn't generated that much buzz around this forum.

04-13-2011, 12:42 PM	#27
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	5 day report The xoom and the Asus are in a tight horse race so far with the Asus with a 12 to 9 lead. I think this may be due to it's rumored afforadable price of $550 with keyboard and $400 without (Prices are not yet confirmed US pricing). but with AmazonUK showing the Asus at a very affordable 429 pounds for tablet with keyboard and 379 pounds without, it seems the US pricing rumor should be right. Plus Asus marketing the laptop feature/keyboard with the tablet as one device is a very smart move that I think has peaked many, including myself, interest. glad to see the Xoom holding strong. Other so far is your leader I'm guessing its a combo of many from the Nook color, htc, Sony's, LG and maybe some other lower end tablets. The one that is shocking to me so far is the lack of love for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab (honeycomb) which will be just as featured rich as the xoom and Asus but also coming in as the thinnest, and even thinner than the iPad 2. I have a watchful eye on that one as well, if they throw in a Super AmoLED screen on this, this would be very tough to pass up. I'm surprised this hasn't generated that much buzz around this forum.