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  • Totally right. Motorola wouldn’t be able to trademark the Droid part anyways, so Droid Xoom seems about right.

  • I beleive this is going to be one of the best tablets around for the next 2 months. The fact that they allow flash to run + they have tabbed browing should make it a killer especially if the Ipad 2 doesnt allow flash off the bat. Flash is the one thing that can offset not having a super App store since you can play all those flash games without needing an App store.

    I sincerely hope that they have the price under $500 or maybe verizon brings down the price to 200 with a 2 yr data agreement – this should give the tablet a fighting chance against the marketing machine that is the Ipad2 🙂

  • what the hell…. this isnt a 4G LTE tablet? missed opportunity. I was going to buy this but now im just going to wait for a 4G tab in 3 months. smooth move moto

  • Unless there is some crazy new innovative feature, I'll pass.

    Just like my Droid 2, I am sure this thing is going to be locked down beyond belief, and I'm sick of it.My GTablet has pretty much the same hardware and no locked down bootloader.

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  • I have no problems with LTE not being included because I still must have a Droid phone. I don't want to pay for 2 data packages. Plus that's what my 3g hotspot (with work around) is used full.

  • Given the outrageous price for data plans, I could care less if a Tablet is 4G or not. My Tab works great on wi-fi, and I am not paying another $30 for a second data plan for a tablet.

  • I believe that Verizon significantly and intentionally down played the Galaxy Tab, to favor the iPad, (to be in good graces with Apple for the inevitable upcoming Verizon iPhone) it will be interesting to see exactly how Verizon handles this Motorola Xoom, price and promotion wise.

  • Kellex, I think you're going to the Moto event at CES. If the no-LTE thing is true, during the Q&A, please ask Jha (or whoever) why they are stupid, and then punch him in the face. Thanks.

  • Im glad there's no LTE. LTE prices suck! Is this tab going to have a 3G radio in it or just be wifi? I'd personally prefer only wifi, my cell bill is ridiculous already!

    • How does lte pricing suck?? Is actually cheaper than the old 3g pricing, plus the tab pricing will prob be diff. read..

  • I don't think this thing will sell if it doen't have a wifi only model, especially since it won't have LTE. However, I don't see Verizon letting this happen.

  • So after talking all that smack in the teaser video.
    They didnt even get 4G into the tablet, thats pretty lame.
    Most people with half a brain will get the wi-fi version anyway.
    and use their rooted ANDROID phone hotspot feature anyway.
    Nobody wants to signt YET ANOTHER contract with Verizon. I know I dont.

  • All I care about is what makes this different from a phone. The iPad and all these other Android tablets IMO are just larger versions of your phone.

    Show me something that makes this worth carrying around BESIDES the larger screen.

  • I personally think it will be LTE, and I don't care what your sources say. Honestly, the rumor of the Stingray being LTE has been around since the very first Stingray rumor. Why in the world would Moto/Verizon make this relatively ground-breaking device, that they're going to launch during the biggest consumer electronics show in the world, and not have it take advantage of the brand new network that Ivan will be making such a big deal about during the freaking keynote of said event? It makes no sense. A USB modem would be equally idiotic, because (correct me if I'm wrong), the only ports are located on the “bottom” of the device. How would you hold it if there's this big stick sticking out?

    PS – The people whining about a Wi-Fi only version live in a dream world.

  • Oh great, they're back to the 4-letter word they tried to avoid by switching the product line-up names to Droid… FAIL!!! Also // 4-letter FAIL words: RAZR, ROKR, SLVR, yadda yadda yadda

  • “We’re hoping that it’ll have a USB slot to allow for a 4G LTE modem, but from what we’ve been told, it won’t have a 4G LTE radio built into it. That’s no big deal though, right? “

    Right I want a F'ing stick coming out the side/top/bottom of my sleek new tablet, might as well put some duct-Tape on the back to complete the Redneck looks… anyone see how HUGE those usb sticks are for 4G?

    Why not must make a special or standard Card slot like laptops have (newer than PCMCIA) smaller that would hold it inside and thus allow u to upgrade to 4G or 4G advanced someday that might make sense!

  • Yeah I won't even be using the 4g only the wifi. Sounds good now only money is going to be the deal breaker

  • IIs it true the reasons for these tablets being hooked to phone company's is because of Google app market? That it is required to be hooked to a phone co.

  • I have to say I really wish they would stop trying to bundle tablets into wireless data providers. I mean having the option is nice but like so many others I would prefer just Wi-Fi only versions. I mean if I have a Mi-Fi I really would not want to pay for additional data for my tablet etc…

    As for the name I'm indifferent it's a moniker so that we can all reference it faster than typing productID: wrt-54G (thank you linksys) and it's ilk.

    • I like having the option. If they had a $99 feature that allowed all lines on a plan to share unlimited data (including tablets, even though they don't do calls), then I'd rather do that. Tethering the tablet to my phone is a fine alternative, but I'd gladly pay a little more to not have to fire up the tethering app on my phone every time I want to use the tablet. Plus, I like the background updates, push notifications, etc., that only occur when the tablet has an always-on data connection.

  • I'm definitely looking for a wi-fi only version. Hopefully if there's decent pricing on this then I'll be picking it up either way, just without a contract.

  • Well it's a toss up. Xoom sounds weird and Thunderbolt sounds dumb. But I doubt anyone will care what the names are if they live up to the hype.
    +1 on a WiFi only edition. Especially it there is a USB 4G option later on.

  • I'm okay with the tablet not being 4G, but I think if anything, this has to rival the i*ad 2, which might be 4G. Then the i*ad has a bragging right and an advantage over the Droid tablet.

  • WiFi only please. I want no part of another VZW contract to use the thing. I am more than willing to pay full freight as long as I can have it contract free.

    • EXACTLY, dualsub. I have a smartphone for browsing. I don’t need to lug a 10-inch tablet around with me. That is simply foolish. Might as well have a neon sign over your head that says “ROB ME, PLEASE.” (Same goes for laptops, by the way.)

      I just want a tablet as a type of “coffee-table book,” to consume media at home. And for more heavy duty stuff, I have my laptop.

      Who the hell are these people who can shell out all this extra money to Verizon? My partner and I pay about $129 a month right now, for service with two phones: a basic slider phone with no data and my HTC Incredible, which has unlimited data. I’m not gonna add another 30 buck a month to that bill: NO FREAKING WAY.

      Of course, if one wants to root one’s phone, fine. Personally, I’m not that interested in screwing with my smartphone to root it and be able to use it as a hot spot for free. I’m sure I’d end up bricking the frigging thing. It’s too expensive to replace if I ruin it, and void the warranty.

  • Like a lot of others I would rater it be wifi only.

    What the hell is going on with the naming of devices for Verizon. Thunderbolt, Xoom? Did the CEO contract grandchildren?

  • It's hard to believe that Motorola would wait until AFTER the LTE Launch, to launch a non-LTE tablet.

  • With the prices of 4G, it will be along time before I make the jump from 3G, I'm glad it wont be LTE…

  • Wi-Fi is all I need. I won't be using my tablet anywhere without it already tethered to my smartphone anyways. I always have my phone nearby or in my pocket.

  • I don't think we'll see LTE in tablets till they get the hardware size down. Has anyone seen the 4G USB modems???

      • Do you know what a few mm difference is in terms of design? The Xoom looked pretty thin. Thinner than the Thunderbolt…

        • I think that was perspective, it looked thinner because it's a bigger device. I doubt it's thinner than a phone, for one, you have to fit in the battery still.

  • No big deal there's no LTE on it. I'd prefer a Wifi only version anyway, so I can just tether my phone to it.

      • Cant wifi tether. Android wont let incoming connections be an AD-HOC (the type of connection you create when you make a wifi hotspot). This might change in Honeycomb, Idk, but currently there is no way to connect to an AD-HOC network

          • Why would you ever wifi tether with a galaxy tab? Was that incoming or outgoing, because there is no wifi only tab yet

          • What I’m saying is why would they build it in there to where it can connect to an ad-hoc (infrastructure network) which is created when making a wifi hotspot from your phone. I tried to connect to an ad-hoc network with my Droid 2 and it would not connect. It doesnt even show it as being a possible connection.

          • The Tethering in Galaxy and Droid 2 are accomplished as hacks neither device is ready out of box!

          • I know its possible to create an infrastructure mode (otherwise known as AD-HOC) in which other devices can connect to your internet using that connection. But What I’m saying is that I tried connecting to an AD-HOC network (created by and android phone) with my android phone (which uses the same cellular bands that this is going to use) and it would not connect. It wouldnt even show the connection.

          • Yes. Just because I cant do it doesnt mean it cant be done, but if you had read my OP all the way to the last sentence I stated “This might change in Honeycomb, idk”. But you should also realize that any device that wants to officially be supported by Google Apps (market, gtalk, etc..) it must have cellular data currently. Again, this may change, but I doubt google changes that little tidbit.

          • I read you OP but I wasn’t responding to that one. I was responding to that last post. And my point still stands. Yes, maybe it will be easier with Honeycomb, but just because you can’t do it NOW doesn’t mean it can’t be done NOW. /clarification

          • If there is a hack for it, that’s great. But my original statement was out of the box android cannot connect to an ad-hoc network, and I got jumped because I said it based on my experiences with it

          • That right there was the problem. You never actually specified “out of the box”, you generalized your statement, and thus was “jumped”, as you put it. You need to be more careful how you word things here. 🙂

          • “it can be done” implies that you actually “do” something lol thats what we do on this site!

          • AD-HOC isn’t Infrastructure. AD-HOC is peer to peer. Modding your phone to broadcast in infrastructure mode is like turning it into a WAP.

            Stock, Android is designed to only connect to Infrastructure and to only broadcast in AD-HOC.

          • Do you have any suggestions on how to mod your phone to be in infrastructure mode? I never had much reason to make my phone tether to something else, until this past weekend when my wife got a Nook for Christmas and we were in an area that didn’t have good broadband. So I tried to download a few apps like Wireless Tether and couldn’t ever get it to work…found out later it’s because the Nook doesn’t recognize AD-HOC. So I would be very interested in trying to figure out how to make it act more like an AP. I’ve got a D1, CM6.1.2.

          • I’m not sure on the D1. The place I got the files for mine only had them for D2 and DX. I can do a little searching for you because I’m bored but your best bet would be to search for Droid Infrastructure mode on google and check the usual forums.

        • What? I can wifi tether using my Nexus One just fine since the 2.2 update. No need for Ad-hoc. The phone acts like a “real” wifi-hotspot, ready to be connected to.

  • How exactly is xoom pronounced? Is it like zoom? Or oom? Or x-oom? Someone help haha.

    Haviing lte won't matter to me, we got an i*ad for xmas and honestly, it sucks, iOS is so bland and boring and I'm always looking for the back and menu button, and looking to pull down a notification. I need an android tablet!!

    • how’s that wonderful, it’s still going to be 3G which roll into one of the tiered data plans for tablets.

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