Motorola XOOM Family Edition tablet to launch on October 16th for $379

By on Oct 14, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Tablets October 14, 2011

Motorola announced on Friday that it will begin to sell a new XOOM Family Edition Android tablet on October 16th for $379. The XOOM Family Edition is nearly identical to the original XOOM, but it comes preloaded with $40 worth of games and applications, such as Kid Zone, Asphalt 6, Sim City Deluxe and Quickoffice Pro HD. The XOOM Family Edition runs Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) and is equipped with a dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz, a 10.1-inch display and a 5-megapixel camera capable of recording 720p video. Read on for the full press release from Motorola.

Motorola Mobility and Best Buy Announce Motorola XOOM™ Family Edition – For Kids of All Ages

Special edition tablet exclusively for Best Buy customers is built to last and loaded with fun to bring the family together again

Oct. 14, 2011

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – Oct. 14, 2011 – Grab the popcorn, hit the lights and cuddle up on the couch with the new Motorola XOOM™ Family Edition, the HD tablet built for your entire family. Available exclusively through Best Buy starting October 16, the Android™ 3.1-powered Motorola XOOM Family Edition will entertain everyone in the house with TV shows, thousands of movies, and fun, educational games for kids of all ages. And with the award-winning Zoodles™ application, parents can rest easy knowing their kids are safe from inappropriate content. It’s an affordable way to bring everyone together into the twenty-first century.

“Nowadays, everyone from mom, dad to the youngest child use the same tablet device. We set out to design a device that’s kid and family-friendly yet versatile enough to handle your business needs,” said Jim Hamilton, corporate vice president, global retail & distribution, Motorola Mobility. “The Motorola XOOM Family Edition offers a world of games, shows and video tools and because it’s from Motorola, you know it’s durable and will last for years to come.”

“Tablets continue to generate excitement and we are thrilled to be able to offer the Motorola XOOM Family Edition to Best Buy customers,” said Scott Wallace, senior director of tablet merchandising at Best Buy. “We think these devices are great for kids and families, and offer something for everyone. At Best Buy, we’ve long stood for choice and are delighted that the new XOOM Family Edition will be part of our selection.”

Motorola XOOM Family Edition comes pre-loaded with almost $40 worth of applications and also features the award-winning Kid Zone™ by Zoodles™ that locks the home button and allows your kids to only access the content you deem acceptable, like educational games and movies. It also sports MotoPack by Motorola, which makes it simple to find and download apps that help you do more—and have more fun—with your tablet. MotoPack by Motorola showcases a selection of high-quality, popular apps that have all been fully tested on Motorola tablets to ensure an exceptional experience. Simply select the apps you want and download them directly from Android Market™. New apps and special promotions will be featured in the MotoPack by Motorola on an ongoing basis, so be sure to check back regularly.

And after the kids fall asleep, Motorola XOOM Family Edition lets you get back to work with email access, document editing capabilities with Quickoffice® Pro HD, and Web surfing that looks just like a PC, with tabbed browsing and Adobe® Flash® Player. Then access more than 250,000 other apps, as well as new cloud services from Google Mobile™ Services, Amazon and more.

Featuring a 10.1-inch widescreen HD display and battery life that lasts through a day of road tripping or a marathon game night, everyone will get a kick out of the entertainment possibilities with the Motorola XOOM Family Edition. Watch videos on YouTube and access millions of books while you hunt down the perfect bedtime story through Android Market™. With 16GB of on-board storage, everyone in the family will have space to store their favorite songs, photos and movies – even Grandma.

With a 5-megapixel rear camera and front-facing webcam, the entire family can video chat with aunts and uncles across the country. Remember the ancient days of camcorders and VHS tapes? Well those days are long-gone when you use Motorola XOOM Family Edition to record family videos and share them in a snap. Forget uploading to a PC—play your videos back on the tablet, view them on your flat-screen TV with HDMI® or post your masterpieces straight to YouTube™, Picasa™, Facebook® and more.

Want the details? Here’s a list of the facts:

Runs on Android 3.1, built specifically for tablets
1GHz dual-core processor for lightning-fast responsiveness
10.1” HS IPS HD screen display with capacitive multi-touch
5MP back camera with flash, with 720p video webcam
Preloaded with almost $40 worth of applications, plus Zoodles™, the award-winning Kid Mode application
Preloaded with MotoPack by Motorola XOOM (App Downloader by Motorola)
·Preloaded with Quickoffice™ Pro HD for seamless productivity at work
Preloaded with MotoPrint – the application that allows you to print straight from the Web browser
Preloaded with fun games like Asphalt 6 from Gameloft and SIM City Deluxe
16GB built-in memory
Battery lasts up to 10 hours for video playback and Web browsing
Access to more than 250,000 apps in Android Market™
Availability and Pricing

Motorola XOOM Family Edition will be available exclusively at all Best Buy stores nationwide and online at BestBuy.com for a limited time value price of $379 starting Oct. 16.

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  • http://www.allegrotechie.blogspot.com Allegrotechie

    I got the Pr this morning…

  • Anonymous

    Starting to relaize that certain news gets pushed wayyy past prime hours on BGR.

  • Prof. Peabody

    Man, that’s just embarrassing.  

    The fact that they have to drop the price and do this kind of promotion just to garner interest in their product speaks volumes.  this is the kind of desperate move you do when you think you are almost beaten not something you do for the 2.0 launch of your product. 

    • Plazmic Flame

      They really need to though, not many games on Android plus it’s another hurdle figuring out which ones will be compatible with your device.

  • Anonymous

    In a related story, spouses worldwide filed for divorce this week, just so they could avoid the Xoom “family” edition. 

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    Ahhhhhh, a nice way of telling your family you are too cheap to buy an iPad.

    • Keymaker

      Lmao…..

    • http://www.allegrotechie.blogspot.com Allegrotechie

      WTF Man, Android Fanboy or iOS Fanboy! Pick one!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Perez/100001642094127 Michael Perez

        He’s a troll. What better way to ruin androids reputation then using its logo to talk smack about it?

      • Anonymous

        kinda like mine huh

      • http://www.allegrotechie.blogspot.com Allegrotechie

        Agreed

  • Anonymous

    So they’re trying to push all the XOOM tablets that they haven’t been able to sell since their cataclysmic launch in February.
    That’s what they get for promising 4G LTE, MicroSD functionality and Skype Mobile to Desktop Video Chat at launch and then making everyone wait almost a year. If they had sold an “Unlocked” GSM version state-side back in March I would have bought one. But, since manufacterers (like Motorola) insist on signing their secret little treaties with U.S. carriers, let them suffer the revenue loss and let them liquidate their products to kids.

  • Anonymous

    When will they see this sh*t is garbage Jesus Christ Motorola got to be the dumbest company neck and neck with apple

    • Poop

      So you admit android is garbage? Finally, someone with some smarts.

      However comparing one of the worlds most successful companies with Motorola is gay. Comparing blackberry with moto is more accurate.

      So you fail.

      • Pee

        Poop is too cool

      • Anonymous

        I only used apple because they released a NON-4G phone to the market and know android is there main competition that’s a move Motorola would make i don’t hate apple i don’t like the way the do business.

      • Keymaker

        The iPhone 4S is the same as any AT&T 4G phone minus the terrible battery life. You might mean a non LTE phone. Apple kind of likes to wait and let others test shit around and pick up things later on when all the things have been fixed. If you have tried any of the LTE devices available today you will agreed that it’s best to wait a year or so, battery life is just terrible and coverage about the same, making it not worth it at the moment.

      • Anonymous

        Grammar? Spelling? Punctuation?

  • Surveillance

    Let the patent lawsuit infringements begin.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Z5VXEFIPIY4PAW6AQ4JGKASNMQ John Wayne

      LMAO     Microsoft laughing all the way to the bank at EVERY google Android device    

      • http://www.facebook.com/badqat Cecil Helton

        Not on Motorola’s devices…yet, anyhoo.

  • http://www.tabletbestprice.net Ammy

    I have had my Xoom for two days now and I am absolutely thrilled with
    it. I’m very impressed with the design of Honeycomb. Having an OS that
    is designed specifically for a tablet, rather than a phone, makes for a
    wonderful experience. It feels more like I’m using a desktop than a
    phone. I can’t wait for more tablet optimized apps to be released. The Chrome browser on the device is great. It offers true tabbed
    browsing and syncs your bookmarks with your Google account. Some sites
    detect it as a mobile browser, but it’s pretty easy to change the user
    agent so that it appears to be a desktop browser. The Xoom is very fast and multitasks like a champ. Video, music, browsing, games.., it all works perfectly. I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend the Xoom to anyone looking for a tablet.

  • http://www.sk1wbw.wordpress.com Wayne Williams

    What’s the difference between something labeled “family edition” and something that is not?  This marketing gimmickry is about as lame ass as the 4G fraud being committed by cell carriers.

  • Anonymous

    Same crappy screen as on the original Xoom?

    Xoom didn’t look like a bad device, but the screen was disappointing.

  • Anonymous

    I think the Playbook at 299 is a better value and better tablet once the OS 2 upgrade goes through.

    • Anonymous

      The smartest post ever, you must be a Harvard graduate…

  • Anonymous

    Still way too expensive. Motorola just doesn’t get it.

  • kdevil

    “And after the kids fall asleep, Motorola XOOM Family Edition lets you get back to work with email access”.. Agreed we can still access Exchange but, for anything else remote work-related android needs to work with Cisco vpn.. fix android  issue 3902 before you even start talking about work on anything android

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Uili-Kaveinga/100003049805601 Uili Kaveinga

    Hopefully this new Xoom version lost some weight, because playing with the original in the store became hard to hold after some time.

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