To be fair, it has 32 gigs of internal storage, so comparing it against the ipad with half the storage isn't quite apples to apples (no pun intended.) It would be more fair to compare it with the $730 32gb w/ 3g ipad. When you could that with a higher resolution screen, dual cameras, /and/ a built in barometer, Id say its a near even deal (http://goo.gl/OYVrd for a full comparison chart).
That being said - its still too much. I just hope they give them out at IO this year.
Even with the hardware advantage, it's software that makes the device - Honeycomb looks good, but iOS 5 should be nearly around the corner (hopefully with fixed notifications...).
"When you could that with a higher resolution screen, dual cameras, /and/ a built in barometer, Id say its a near even deal"
Remember though that the Xoom will spend most of its life competing against the second generation iPad, so most of these feature advantages are likely to vanish. Throw onto that the fact that judging from Apple's pricing history the next iPad will either have the same or a lower price, _and_ the Xoom will require a cellular contract to use Wifi (!), the Xoom will likely compare poorly to most people.
very true. But I also guarantee that there will be price cuts almost right after release, much like the galaxy tab, let alone a few months after its release when the 2nd ipad is available.
That being said - its still too much. I just hope they give them out at IO this year.