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Originally Posted by AustinChief
Except that now there REALLY will be other competitors on the market in 2011.
Also, Honeycomb is the ONLY true tablet OS out there. If you haven't had a chance to actually play with... try it out before you make any judgments. It's THAT much better.
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I've played with it, and agree. It's handling of multitasking and notifications blows iOS away. It's a much better experience. I'm just saying that I'm still not convinced that's going to translate to consumer support.
You've got to have a lower entry level price point. I don't care that the Xoom price is "comparable" to Apple's. The fact is, I can get an iPad for $499, $300 cheaper than the Xoom.
I don't know - Google just drives me crazy sometimes. We've been hearing about Honeycomb and the Xoom forever, and then the launch is just half assed. One high price point, "upgrades" needed to enable simple functions, and no real "blow the world away" functioning. After all of Motorola's quality advertising saying they're going to revolutionize the tablet, and for me it was very "meh".
In order to compete with the iPad, Honeycomb -needs- users. That's the only way you'll get the development support behind it. If I was buying a tablet, I'd go for Honeycomb. But if my sister, or girlfriend, or any other casual user asked me to recommend Honeycomb or iPad 2, I don't know how you in good faith say Honeycomb.