Friday, February 18, 2011

Motorola Mobility CEO Confirms Xoom Pricing

Motorola XoomSpeaking to Reuters, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha has confirmed pricing for the forthcoming Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet. The Verizon version will be priced at $799 without subsidies while a Wi-Fi only version will also be offered for $599.99.

The Motorola Xoom for Verizon features a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor 10.1-inch capacitive display at 1280800 resolution, while 4G LTE connectivity will be made available as an update in Q2.

Other specs include a 5.0 megapixel camera, 720p video recording and 1080p video playback, 802.11n WiFi radio, Bluetooth 2.1, and 32GB of on-board storage. The battery is rated to be capable of 10 hours of video playback on a single charge.