Updating your company’s computer hardware is a smart way to go. Knowing what new tablet to buy is a difficult decision. You want to make sure the tech support matches the usability of the tablet. CIO.com has brought up a new computer to make your decision more difficult and it’s called the Xoom. Check out what this tablet offer compared to the dozens of others out there.
The Xoom will launch this Thursday, February 24, Verizon and Motorola have officially confirmed. The 3G/4G tablet will be available for $800 at Best Buy and Verizon Wireless stores. You can also get the gadget for $600 through Verizon, if you’re willing to sign a two-year contract for mobile data service (plans start at $20 a month).
The one thing missing from the equation: the Wi-Fi-only edition of the Xoom, which Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha has said will cost about $600 off-contract. What Jha hasn’t said is when the Wi-Fi-only Xoom will launch in the U.S.; at the moment, we really just don’t know.
All put together, then — and considering the wave of Android tablets expected to launch later this year — is it wise to buy the Xoom now? Or would you be better off taking a wait-and-see approach?
Here are some things to consider if you’re still on the fence.
Motorola Xoom: If you’re champing at the bit for a Honeycomb tablet…
…get the Xoom. As Google’s inaugural Honeycomb tablet — and the device the Android team actually used to develop the Honeycomb software — the Xoom has a huge advantage in the timing department. Other Honeycomb tablets are still undergoing testing and development, with release dates limited to fairly vague terms; LG’s T-Mobile G-Slate, for example, is “expected to be available this spring” (some rumors have pointed to late March, but that date has not been confirmed). The recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 also has no firm release date so far.
Would a tablet work in your company?
