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Xoom $799?

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I think I'll be picking up a Huawei S7 in a week or so. It ain't the best, but it'll work perfect for what I want: photo frame, browsing, eBook reading and HD video watching.

I'll be a hell of a step up from my Archos 7 Home Tablet.
 
Raduque said:
I think I'll be picking up a Huawei S7 in a week or so. It ain't the best, but it'll work perfect for what I want: photo frame, browsing, eBook reading and HD video watching.

I'll be a hell of a step up from my Archos 7 Home Tablet.
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isnt that a variation of the walgreenTab. its supposed to be pretty horrible
 
OBLAMA2009 said:
isnt that a variation of the walgreenTab. its supposed to be pretty horrible
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It's got a Snapdragon, Android 2.1 (my current tablet runs 1.5) and generally good reviews. I think it'll be more than acceptable for $250-300.

No way in any of the 9 hells I'm paying the asking prices for a Galaxy Tab or Xoom.

Edit: Do you mean this? If so, not even close.
 
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Raduque said:
It's got a Snapdragon, Android 2.1 (my current tablet runs 1.5) and generally good reviews. I think it'll be more than acceptable for $250-300.

No way in any of the 9 hells I'm paying the asking prices for a Galaxy Tab or Xoom.

Edit: Do you mean this? If so, not even close.
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The Huawei S7 also has a resistive touch screen.
 
tfinch2 said:
The Huawei S7 also has a resistive touch screen.
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I don't think it will be a big problem. I'm not going to be playing games on it, and I don't give a crap about "pinch to zoom". Besides, from the Engadget preview video, it looked highly responsive, at least as much as a capacitive screen.
 
Pliablemoose said:
Buy a color nook, it's a lot better with a capacitive screen...
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Well, the first problem with the nook Color is I don't like the way it looks. The second problem is that to make it a usable tablet it requires haxing the device, and I don't want to do that.

The Hauwei S7 comes with Market access OTB, AND has phone capabilities built in.
 
Looks official, $799, Feb 24th Best Buy

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what a joke, a bad joke. no wonder they like this new form factor, they think consumers are going to start accepting a much higher avg selling price
 
I can't believe they priced it that high, that's a smartphone with tethering and a WiFi iPad or a smartphone and an ultraportable notebook.

$799
+$20 (first month data)
+$35 for activation (buried in your first Verizon bill)
+$90 taxes and fees
$950 +

Shit, you can't even get away from paying taxes by buying it on Amazon or something.
 
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SunnyD said:
Wifi crippled without data plan subscription?

I wonder if this is a typo or misunderstanding...
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No, that's right, that's the way the Galaxy Tabs are sold. You cant even use one without activating it with a data plan.

So you have to add $20 + taxes and fees for the first month's data plan, and another $35 for activation (they bury that in the bill of the first month of Galaxy Tab plans)

So you're looking @ $950 for the first month of ownership.

I think Verizon is purposely killing Moto's tablet because of the iPhone 4. Their contract with Moto must allow Verizon to set the price, that's why Sanjay said they would be in trouble this year during Moto's last quarterly reports.

Between this and the pricing on the Atrix, I wonder what the heck will happen to Moto over the next year, this doesn't look good at all for them.

Verizon sells a 32GB iPad and a MiFi for $629 on their website.
 
It seems as if these Android tablet makers want these tablets to fail, this thing would fly off the shelves with wifi at 499
 
Pliablemoose said:
No, that's right, that's the way the Galaxy Tabs are sold. You cant even use one without activating it with a data plan.

So you have to add $20 + taxes and fees for the first month's data plan, and another $35 for activation (they bury that in the bill of the first month of Galaxy Tab plans)

So you're looking @ $950 for the first month of ownership.

I think Verizon is purposely killing Moto's tablet because of the iPhone 4. Their contract with Moto must allow Verizon to set the price, that's why Sanjay said they would be in trouble this year during Moto's last quarterly reports.

Between this and the pricing on the Atrix, I wonder what the heck will happen to Moto over the next year, this doesn't look good at all for them.

Verizon sells a 32GB iPad and a MiFi for $629 on their website.
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SAWYER said:
It seems as if these Android tablet makers want these tablets to fail, this thing would fly off the shelves with wifi at 499
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They just keep shooting themselves in the foot with the pricing. I just don't understand what the hell they keep thinking.
 
Apple has used it's massive cash to tie up production of critical components, it seems to be an effective strategy. They just made a nearly 4 billion dollar commitment to components/production this year...
 
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