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Originally Posted by monkeyluis
Leave us monkey's alone.
Going back to the price though. Do you really think it costs that much now-a-days to manufacturer an SD card reader into a device. I don't think the addt'l cost of a NC or NC 2 is because of an SD card reader. I just find it hard to believe. Then again, i'm not a manufacturer, so I have no idea.
Kenny, did they ever fix, or allow, the issue with the SD card reader in the Xoom? Is it functional now?
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Well, they certainly seem to "price" for most portable electronics based on internal memory and things like card slots, connectors, etc. I've seen a lot of arguing back and forth on the topic though.
The Xoom was released with two major discrepancies - a promise of upgrade to 4G and a non-working SD-Card slot. They took forever to "fix" the card slot, releasing in Europe before in U.S.A. and are right now doing the (free) upgrades to 4G which I'm likely to pass on as I simply don't use 3G that much but primarily used as a wi-fi device.
I can't say I'm happy with the implementation of the SD-Card and memory management as it does not connect as a DRIVE but as a device which makes it difficult to do certain things. (like sync/compare directories). In addition the SD-Card must be "Mounted" and "UnMounted" in order to see/use new content. It's pretty much a pita! (but yes it does work)