Xoom costs more than the iPad, so what?

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There's a reason why the Wii did so well out of the gate, despite being far behind technically. With an $800 price point and a data plan attached, the Xoom is a non-starter.

The difference is that Wii, PS3 and Xbox360 were all islands of software support, tightly controlled by their respective platform owners. The Xoom is just one Android tablet of many and appears to be targetting the high-end. It's hardly a ridiculous strategy, more like Alienware gaming PC's than your analogy.

I think we'll better wait for iPad 2, I'm sure it will be way useful than Xoom.

The only interesting thing about Xoom, from a programming point of view, is that it lets you code in Java, if you are so inclined.

Unfortunately I see no viable alternative to iPad today; unfortunately because competition will push Apple to make a more user friendly tablet.

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