Who said it wouldn't have a magnetic field?

Uh, yeah they did.

Agreed. I look at it this way: in any two-way match up between companies (take your pick,) there is always a third party: consumers. That's where all of us belong. If we try to place ourselves in one of the corporations' camps, unless that company is paying us, we've been duped by their marketing. I'm not saying…

The Android Market is also much younger. But do you honestly believe that developers are going to ignore the fastest growing mobile OS in the world? Are they going to deny themselves a market of tens of millions or more and just be content with second or third place? Of course not. It won't happen overnight, but…

Why not? Many of the biggest apps are already cross-platform, and Google is making a huge push with developers to create tablet-friendly versions of their apps. We've already seen several, at both CES and MWC! Your imagination, frankly, is wrong.

Based on your posting history I doubt you are seriously considering an Android tablet. You haven't exactly been coy about your loyalties.

What is your problem, dude?

That tube on the lower left must be where the pulsing blue lights go.

Well, you are Incoherent when you post.

There is no "locked-down Wi-Fi." Other blogs have already confirmed that third-party retailers simply won't sell the 3G Xoom without a one-month or pay-as-you-go data plan. Jack, your Android articles leave a lot to be desired in the way of research. You know, Apple doesn't need or want you as its faithful…

Haha, good luck. My old flight instructor, who flew Hueys in Vietnam, once told me, "airplanes want to fly; helicopters want to fly apart."

Hmm, maybe it was your expectations that sucked.

Comparing a Wi-Fi only iPad with less storage space to the 32GB+32GB 3G/4G Xoom isn't fair, regardless of what you think you need. And stop repeating that discredited price. Read the source article.

Yes and no. Obviously if we want a real apples-to-apples comparison of features we have to use the G-Slate or Galaxy Tab 10.1, but since the Xoom will be the first full-featured alternative to the iPad, I think it's fair to talk about what customers will get for their money. When you look at how much more capable a…

No. The capability to expand one's storage space is valuable. Putting an exact dollar amount on it is nearly impossible, but assuming the Xoom is equal to the 32GB iPad 3G in all other respects (which it isn't, the Xoom is better in almost every hardware catagory,) then I think that feature should put the price…

32GB, and we don't know what it will come with. Retailers love to upgrade SD cards.

Other websites have confirmed through Best Buy (and this is only a Best Buy thing) that the Xoom simply won't be sold without one month of data, which costs $20 dollars and can be canceled the same day. Stupid? Yes. Big deal? No.

Apparently Best Buy frequently makes "placeholder" pages for upcoming products which include prices that are completely unrelated to the price the product will eventually be sold at, or at least that's what everyone else is saying. Why would they print up a flier that advertised the Xoom for $800, only to change it a…

I'm sorry. The Xoom was specced to compete with the 64GB iPad 3G, and it is priced to compete with the same. Your expectations are unrealistic.

The Xoom has a MicroSD card slot capable of supporting 32GB of storage in addition to the 32GB it has onboard.