I checked out a Xoom in person at a Verizon store today - a kiosk in a mall, so Xooms are definitely out there. It feels and looks like quality hardware. They'r

I checked out a Xoom in person at a Verizon store today - a kiosk in a mall, so Xooms are definitely out there. It feels and looks like quality hardware. They're solid feeling, and not too thick. The back isn't entirely flat, which is odd compared to Apple products. I couldn't get a feel for the weight as it was attached to that cell phone store cording. I had a hard time figuring out how to get it to come on off of standby - there are no buttons on the sides besides volume, no button on the top (a plastic cover I thought might be a button, though) and unlike Android phones, no visible software buttons. It turns out there is a little round button on the back with a 'power' logo on it. The home screen is neat looking. It shows an interesting mild 3-d cube effect when you flip between panes. I'm not sure if I like how the buttons (in the lower left) are only in software, and can change. The browser seemed adequate to me. Pinching to zoom seemed a bit weird; one time I ended up in some other application and I'm not really sure what happened. The Xoom also had Winamp installed (Winamp?) and the usual photo gallery, applications menu, etc. There is a special 'windows' menu that shows you open applications, which seemed convenient. I think I would like a tablet a bit smaller than this, actually. I also checked out a Galaxy Tab, and it was pretty snazzy. Of course, there's always the iPad 2 coming out soon... while I like my Android phone, I love my iPod Touch. not sure what it is, something intangible. I'm not surprised to hear that Ars thinks it seems a bit unfinished. My Motorola phone (a Droid 2) feels a bit unfinished, too. I had to return the first one I had for some problems with the camera, and the slightly newer one I have now is much more polished. Not sure why Motorola is in such a rush - it hurts their reputation.