PC World UK tips pricing on Wi-Fi Motorola XOOM; £449 ($730)

599 or its crap

$600

What sort of bad timing is this, Motorola?

$599 or less is the only way I’ll get one

It should be $50 less than the iPad2-WiFi with similar storage.

The UK price always includes tax (20%)

Why doesn’t BGR mention that the 32G Wifi only Ipad is £500?

What sort of reporting is this?

U guyz think da ipad 2 will b cheapa than da zoom?

they really need to make a 16GB wi-fi only version and price it at or below $499 in order to compete with the iPad’s base model. I mean, the Xoom has an sd slot so 16GB would be enough storage for most and will probably be a good advantage over the upcoming iPad 2 being that the iPad 2 will have upgrades specs i.e. dual cams, better/dual core processor, etc…as much as people bash apple, apple got it right with the pricing of the iPad. And if the iPad 2 will come at a lower price point then, Moto and others will have to slash their prices. Which in the end, will be good for us! Here’s hoping for a lower priced iPad 2 with better specs!

Dang, I think $600 is way too much. $500 is where I might consider it but that’s still ex$pensive for a play toy. Hope some of the other tablets bring some competitive prices to the market.

This will fail at this price!

Actually, 32 GB Wi-Fi-only iPad costs £510.00 in UK, so this one is eve cheaper.

The current 3G/4G model is already too expensive for this device. Anything over 600 is just stupid for a wifi only version. They will eventually lower the price after a couple months anyway. I’m not in love with everything Apple does but people always slam them for their “overpriced” products (and I agree on some of them) but everyone scoffed at 499 last year and now we wish every tablet came in a 499 version.

not 730$…wtf why would i pay that for a wifi only when for 60 scoobies more i can get one with the cell radio in it.

It needs to be $50 cheaper than the iPad 2 32Gb wifi model to make any impact.

Here’s why. Go into Bestbuy this weekend and compare the displays for iPad and Xoom.

My local store has a huge iPad and Mac area. Signs that are lit up hung high to highlight the area. The Xoom was on a shelf mixed in among 100s of PC peripherals. It was hard to find it and 2 of the store employees did not know what it was.

Tough for the Xoom to compete in that environment.

Everyone saying that it needs to be $599 or $50 dollars cheaper than the iPad equivalent is missing the point that the next iPad is going to have extremely similar specs (if not better) and start at $499 (if not $399).

$399

Doesn’t England tack on a VAT? Isn’t it 20%? hence the US price should be $587, rounding up.

Wow, bloggers, just wow. Seriously, I don’t have an MBA in international business, but even i know international prices have no bearing on US prices. Take cars for example. The US and Australian dollar are damn near equal, but cars in OZ cost 2-3x what they do here. For the same car. The UK WiFi Xoom is slightly cheaper than the equivalent iPad, so if we have to guess, an educated guess would put the US Xoom at about $550. Not to far from what we expected.

Hey BGR, please investigate this for us:
If the WiFi version is carrierless, will it has the signed bootloader anyway? I understand the signed bootloader with celular as manufacturers always have to bend over for the operators, but there is no excuse this time. It would be like having a PC for which I cannot strip Windows and install Linux.

EPIC FAIL at that price. god, what a joke. the price should be 500.

0…may they shud pay me to take it off them and save them some inventory space…
massing scam before netbook(much worse) and now tablets….
still dont know what tablets give me over anything else we have…apps/mobility get a big smartphone
anything else get a proper computer/laptop…