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Originally Posted by covfam
I agree with boswd, the 2 year contract AND $800 is a bit much even the $600 and the contract is a bit much. the device manufacturers are selling devices at mid ranged laptop prices and expecting people to sign a long contract.
Yesterday i was at verizon looking at the xoom with the new 3.1 Os (pretty slick btw) xoom without contract actually costs $200more than the 3g version with 2 year contract. Not that apples products are cheap they are overpriced too but at least you can order a wifi version of the ipad2 for $129 less than the 3g model. Does Motorolla still think they are selling $199 phones here?.
so basicly its Xoom with contract $599 +monthly data plan or $799 without contract.
Ipad 32gig with contract $729 + monthly data plan or Without contract wi fi = $599
Yes the ipad is overpriced but at least you actually have the option to get a no contract version for cheaper.
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you can get the wifi only Xoom at Best Buy and staples and few others for $599. Verizon I don't believe does sell the wifi only version
Motorola's big mistake was getting into bed with Verizon on this. This is just a guess though but it seems Moto has signed some certain first rights and some exclusivity deals with Verizon.
if the xoom launched the wifi only at $599 at launch, something tells me it would have sold very well