That last post was in response to the Xoom item I mentioned in the HP Web OS Event thread:
Best Buy has pricing for Xoom tablet pre-orders on their site. $1200 for the 32GB model.
On the one hand it seems ridiculous and screams of mistake. On the other, it's up publicly and hasn't received a correction. It will probably turn out to be the previously reported $800.
For HP's sake, they'd better have competitive pricing on their goods.
Everyone is also screaming about the apparent WiFi lock-out on the Xoom, but I think that's likely a misrepresented Verizon spec. At first glance it seems that you don't get WiFi ability on the product unless you subscribe to a Verizon 3G contract. What I think they mean is that by subscribing to 3G you get access to Verizon WiFi hot-spots, not that it's required to enable the WiFi hardware.
and the iPad 2 might beat it just a month or two later
There are already iPad 3 rumors - for September launch.
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