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USB would add a huge power drain to the ipad. plus I'm not sure if most people would need it. What's wrong with bluetooth add-ons? Also, where are these chea

by catch23 16y ago

USB would add a huge power drain to the ipad. plus I'm not sure if most people would need it. What's wrong with bluetooth add-ons? Also, where are these cheap tablets running honeycomb? The only one I've seen available so far is the Xoom and that's $800 for their starter model.

citrik 16y ago
Seems like a lot of people are overlooking the Camera Connection Kit which gives the iPad USB. Works with MIDI too.
Pewpewarrows 16y ago
The Xoom is $600, not $800, and my comment said soon. Android smartphones started out slow as well as you may or may not remember. Apple Fanboys were all too eager to laugh at the first model or two of phone running on Android, and now look who's running the market just a short time later. If you don't see any correlation between what happened then and what's happening now I honestly don't know what to tell you.
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  - cryptoz 16y ago
    NO! The WiFi model is $600, the 3G model is $800. The 3G model was released last week, the WiFi model is coming out soon. The Xoom is $600! Really, it honestly is. Here, I'll cite the CEO of Motorola as proof! http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=motorola+ceo+600+xoom http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#38...
- achompas 16y ago
  > and now look who's running the market just a short time later. Can we stop with the "market share" talk? No one is "running" the smartphone market. What is this, Engadget? Android benefits from mass adoption, since Google makes money on ads. So they license their OS for free to a bunch of manufacturers. They're doing pretty well. Apple benefits from a simple, walled-off platform because that's their design philosophy. So they update a few products a year. They, too, are doing pretty well.
- rimantas 16y ago
  > and now look who's running the market How about looking who is making money?
ZeroGravitas 16y ago
In the UK the 32GB Xoom WiFi is the same price as the 32CB iPad WiFi. There was a leaked ad with a price that was the same as the 16GB iPad, but they officially announced it after the iPad 2 anouncement and raised it £50. Of course that's not counting the $40 dollar HDMI dongle that's not needed for the Xoom.

by catch23 16y ago

citrik 16y ago

Seems like a lot of people are overlooking the Camera Connection Kit which gives the iPad USB. Works with MIDI too.

Pewpewarrows 16y ago

The Xoom is $600, not $800, and my comment said soon. Android smartphones started out slow as well as you may or may not remember. Apple Fanboys were all too eager to laugh at the first model or two of phone running on Android, and now look who's running the market just a short time later. If you don't see any correlation between what happened then and what's happening now I honestly don't know what to tell you.

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- cryptoz 16y ago
  NO! The WiFi model is $600, the 3G model is $800. The 3G model was released last week, the WiFi model is coming out soon. The Xoom is $600! Really, it honestly is. Here, I'll cite the CEO of Motorola as proof! http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=motorola+ceo+600+xoom http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#38...
achompas 16y ago
> and now look who's running the market just a short time later. Can we stop with the "market share" talk? No one is "running" the smartphone market. What is this, Engadget? Android benefits from mass adoption, since Google makes money on ads. So they license their OS for free to a bunch of manufacturers. They're doing pretty well. Apple benefits from a simple, walled-off platform because that's their design philosophy. So they update a few products a year. They, too, are doing pretty well.
rimantas 16y ago
> and now look who's running the market How about looking who is making money?

ZeroGravitas 16y ago

In the UK the 32GB Xoom WiFi is the same price as the 32CB iPad WiFi. There was a leaked ad with a price that was the same as the 16GB iPad, but they officially announced it after the iPad 2 anouncement and raised it £50. Of course that's not counting the $40 dollar HDMI dongle that's not needed for the Xoom.