Motorola Xoom Tablet Sales: Approximately 100,000 Units So Far?

[mochacian]

I just bought the Xoom a few days ago. I had considered purchasing an iPad 2, but instead of more-or-less duplicating my previous iPad purchase, I thought I'd try something new. I have mixed feelings, but overall I am quite happy with the purchase.

The Xoom hardware seems sturdier to me, but that could just be in my head, and the device feels more powerful to me. The Xoom has a larger, higher-resolution display than the iPad, but the iPad has a much higher quality display. That's an issue for a device that is, essentially, one big screen. One aspect in particular that seems far superior to iOS on the iPad is web browsing, which is likely my most frequently-used feature of ether device. The Xoom blows either iPad away in this regard. It offers near desktop-speed performance in its included browser, with none of the checkerboards and frequent page reloads of the iPad. I'm not sure if this (page reloads) is primarily due to the greater RAM, or the fast speed of the browser; perhaps it reloads so fast it doesn't matter. I don't want to restart the whole flash debate, but I watched quite a bit of flash-based internet video and the device didn't get hot nor did the battery take a disproportionate hit. In fact, the battery life has really been great...two very long evenings of heavy usage, and there's plenty to spare.

Multitasking is also quite nice. One of the first apps I downloaded was a (free) great radio app, and as I was listening to the radio I intuitively started web browsing and going back and forth between a few other apps and it wasn't until I received and replied to a message from a friend that it occurred to me that I was having a really cool and full mobile computing experience. I feel that as iOS and Android (Honeycomb) stand right now, Android offers a lot more potential to serve my needs. To realize this potential, though, they need apps and Apple dominates in this area...not only in quantity but in the overall polish of their top-tier apps. Apple's iOS itself is likewise more polished, and the Android team definitely needs to iron out some of the wrinkles. Not showstoppers, mind you, but Apple clearly had the more mature, stable OS.

So now I have two tablets. I have two computers at my desk, an iMac and a PC, and I can use both of those, but I can't quite figure out how two tablets figure into the equation. I know I'm more excited by the Xoom than I was after I first used the iPad, and I was quite excited by the iPad. Time will tell, but I'm currently leaning more towards the Xoom.

this was an excellent read. thank you. it was a honest portrayal and a genuine user experience of someone that liked certain things and disliked certain things about a product and why. because it was not like the majority of posts that are attacking and condescending in nature which automatically puts a fan of each system on guard. I prefer iPad but this is the first posting I read that praised Xoom for functionality not available on iPad that I felt I really listened to bc of your unbiased review. in the end the Xoom has won this battle for you but you'll be back bc Apple will win the war

thanks

 

[PlipPlop]

It will be the same as the Android for phones, slow start when the G1 was out then sales will explode. Honeycomb will become the largest tablet os just like Android is the dominating force in smartphones.

 

[AndroidfoLife]

It's been the single highest selling smartphone since it was released, 4 years ago. That's an eternity for a handset. And if you don't think the iPhone 5 will sell huge amounts, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like you to consider purchasing.

In my Infinite knowledge I cannot begin to speculate what phone will sell the most two days from now let alone months from now. What you are failing to see is that this Handset the Optimus 1 family is on metro PCS, Sprint, T-mobile, Verizon, Cricket, and Virgin Mobile in the US. For some of those companies its the only android phone, for most of them its the cheapest. Because of this phones Reliability, how available it is, and Cost it will be a challenge to the iPhone in terms of sells. Is it in the same league as the Iphone in terms of features or hardware...**** NO!! Its a Budget smartphone that is widely available. Thanks to the Optimus good credit no credit anyone can have a smart phone in their hand for as little as 1 cent.

 

[KnightWRX]

The Dell Adamo was sold really cheap, that is at prices that made it reasonable to consider buying it instead of a MacBook Air, just before Dell stopped selling it. Quite possible that Motorola is reducing prices - selling a Xoom with no profit at all may be better than not selling them at a price that would bring in some money.

Motorola isn't reducing prices. That link was for the Wi-fi only model. The 800$+ model is the 3G model.

At least get your facts straight.

 

[Winni]

What a joke of a tablet. Nothing but a piece of crap.

And you have been using the Xoom for how many days before you passed this highly substantiated judgment?

 

[cublah]

No matter what Apple does lately or how much they sell or how good the forecasts are for sales Apple Stock continues it quick downward slide. What the HELL!! I just do not understand it ... Specially while Google stock continues to climb at an incredible pace week, after week, after week..

That's because a lot of Apple Stock has been sold recently, due to the fact it hit 330 a share, there was a lot of stock bought at around the 165 mark so at 330 people sell half their stock. It will go back up

 

[Popeye206]

The xoom is that disappointing gift a kid gets under the yule tree from someone who doesn't quite get it.

"What's this?"
"An ipad"
"But this is a motorola tablet."
"Yes they make them too."
"Thanks Grandma"

Lets hope this little trial ballon called the xoom tablet pops before the solstice rolls around.

LOL! Good one! I've seen that happen with iPods... Kid wants iPod, gets some off brand MP3 player and you can see the excitement drain from their face. Sad moment actually.

 

[dgree03]

lol. if you really owned iPad 1 AND iPad 2 you wouldn't be here talking about the Xoom. you'd be talking about how awesome the iPad is. the reason your on here hollering about that Xoom is bc you own that trinket but feel you have to go out of your way to convince us you can't be wrong bc you own the rival product. I'd tell you to post a picture to prove you own an iPad and a Xoom but again I believe you own a Xoom and let's be honest theres plenty of people to find to let you take a picture with there iPads bc everyone is buying them. If I'm wrong then that's unfortunate bc you recommend Xoom tablet so I know I can't trust a word you say.

Take a look at post 303... then take a deep breathe and try again.

 

[Žalgiris]

See I do own everything i talk about.

Wow ... so much more credible now.

 

[Vindicator]

I don't know why your guys bash the honeycomb so hard.
IMO I think honeycomb do something right and really decent.
Of course the iPad + iOS is alot better combo:
-Beautiful desgin, nice screen ratio for tablet, beautiful and smooth UI, better ecosystem, better quality app, .........

But I feel it still lack of something like on honeycomb.
- notification is terrible
- task switch is really awkward compare to honeycomb

- iOS is too "app centric", widget is nice for some less-important or casual/frequency information like: task, appointment, weather, tweet, fb status or some quick setting like toggle wifi, 3G, alarm, .....
On iOS you need open app, press home, open another app, press home, ....... just for some daily information

- lack of some "shared document" folder or file management .No I don't talk to think like access/modify file system or something like that, but think like save/attach file from mail or web, copy/share file between apps, ......

The "open-in" feature is very limit, it depent on what app can "open-in" to another app, what app registry to "open-in", what file types that app registry, etc.... Some app can download file but don't have "send email" or "open-in" feature, some app can send email but can't download file or don't registry for "open-in", ..... And you can't "open-in" multiple files, you need open/copy one by one.
Situtation like this don't happen often, but when it happen it is very annoying.

- lack of some kind of "services", so you don't have swype, textexpander, block call/sms, sbseting on non jailbroken iOS.


I'm very happy with my iPhone 4 but I feel current state of iOS don't feel right on tablet scale.


Sorry of my terrible english, it is not my native language

 

[caspersoong]

I have never seen a Xoom in the wild so far... but many iPad 2s.

 

[Žalgiris]

And you have been using the Xoom for how many days before you passed this highly substantiated judgment?

Days? it's a matter of hours.

 

[*LTD*]

And you have been using the Xoom for how many days before you passed this highly substantiated judgment?

I doubt you have to spend a lot of time with crap to realize it's crap.

 

[ikir]

I hope that number keeps rising; we need competition to not let Apple rest on it's laurels.

Competition is important but Apple innovated also without competitors in the past, don't worry.

 

[rhett7660]

And you have been using the Xoom for how many days before you passed this highly substantiated judgment?

And of course given your past history of Apple bashing posts, I am sure you spend the most time with the products you like bashing too. Yeah ok.

 

[roadbloc]

As always, over given time, Android will rise over iOS on tablets. Just like it did do with mobile phones. Just like Windows did with MacOS. History will repeat again.

 

[Popeye206]

I don't know why your guys bash the honeycomb so hard.
IMO I think honeycomb do something right and really decent.
Of course the iPad + iOS is alot better combo:
-Beautiful desgin, nice screen ratio for tablet, beautiful and smooth UI, better ecosystem, better quality app, .........

But I feel it still lack of something like on honeycomb.
- notification is terrible
- task switch is really awkward compare to honeycomb

- iOS is too "app centric", widget is nice for some less-important or casual/frequency information like: task, appointment, weather, tweet, fb status or some quick setting like toggle wifi, 3G, alarm, .....
On iOS you need open app, press home, open another app, press home, ....... just for some daily information

- lack of some "shared document" folder or file management .No I don't talk to think like access/modify file system or something like that, but think like save/attach file from mail or web, copy/share file between apps, ......

The "open-in" feature is very limit, it depent on what app can "open-in" to another app, what app registry to "open-in", what file types that app registry, etc.... Some app can download file but don't have "send email" or "open-in" feature, some app can send email but can't download file or don't registry for "open-in", ..... And you can't "open-in" multiple files, you need open/copy one by one.
Situtation like this don't happen often, but when it happen it is very annoying.

- lack of some kind of "services", so you don't have swype, textexpander, block call/sms, sbseting on non jailbroken iOS.


I'm very happy with my iPhone 4 but I feel current state of iOS don't feel right on tablet scale.


Sorry of my terrible english, it is not my native language

No problem on the english... it's not that bad. The issues I see with Honeycomb is not the feature set, but the lack of finish on it. From my limited experience with it, it just seemed buggy and had lots of areas where the UI just did not respond well. But, overall it's not horrible, it's just different. And I really believe that more techno oriented people would probably like it better for all it's customization capabilities.

However, iOS and the iPad is really geared towards the mass market. It's designed to be easy and feel very solid. And it is. ALthough the geeks may love the customization and all the backdoor things you can do, most consumers don't.

As for the features you mention... the nice thing is we have iOS 5 coming and I'm sure we're going to see some significant changes that will all be able for iPad 2 and iPhone 4 customers. I'd be surprised if many issues are not addressed as iOS matures again.

 

[Howdr]

What a joke of a tablet. Nothing but a piece of crap.

You have used one for awhile of course?

I used a Model at Staples for awhile thought it was
Responsive
fast

it seemed like a good competitor to Ipad

its expandable memory
Dual core
good sharp display

As always, over given time, Android will rise over iOS on tablets. Just like it did do with mobile phones. Just like Windows did with MacOS. History will repeat again.

Thats why Andriod phone sales surpassed Iphone this last time
And then again there's Windows 7 the biggest Windows since Windows. The sales of it surpasses Mac 20 to 1 or more.

Isn't sales where Apple is always bragging? Last time I checked bragging was not a virtue

 

[Popeye206]

As always, over given time, Android will rise over iOS on tablets. Just like it did do with mobile phones. Just like Windows did with MacOS. History will repeat again.

Hummm.... Yeah, Windows remains the dominate OS, yet Macs keep selling at record paces. Yes, there are 20 phones with Android selling against the iPhone, yet the iPhone 4 remains the #1 selling smart phone and the iPhone 3Gs was #3.

I'm sure when you look at Apples financials they sure are getting their lunch eaten huh?

 

[bpaluzzi]

As always, over given time, Android will rise over iOS on tablets. Just like it did do with mobile phones. Just like Windows did with MacOS. History will repeat again.

*pats you on the head* You keep telling yourself that!

 

[kdarling]

I didn't know the "proposing Linux" part, very interesting - do you have any links on this so that I can read up on it?

Second link:

Wired's History of the iPhone. (I think it has a few mistakes, but overall is very interesting.)

For starters, there was the question of what operating system to use.

Since 2002, when the idea for an Apple phone was first hatched, mobile chips had grown more capable and could theoretically now support some version of the famous Macintosh OS. But it would need to be radically stripped down and rewritten; an iPhone OS should be only a few hundred megabytes, roughly a 10th the size of OS X.

Before they could start designing the iPhone, Jobs and his top executives had to decide how to solve this problem. Engineers looked carefully at Linux, which had already been rewritten for use on mobile phones, but Jobs refused to use someone else's software.

They built a prototype of a phone, embedded on an iPod, that used the clickwheel as a dialer, but it could only select and dial numbers — not surf the Net.

So, in early 2006, just as Apple engineers were finishing their yearlong effort to revise OS X to work with Intel chips, Apple began the process of rewriting OS X again for the iPhone.

 

[balamw]

As always, over given time, Android will rise over iOS on tablets. Just like it did do with mobile phones. Just like Windows did with MacOS. History will repeat again.

I repeat. If Apple is making 51% of worldwide smartphone profits with only 4% market share who is "winning" or "rising over"? The guys with the collectively increasing market share spread over a multitude of companies and devices or the guys with the profits?

Apple doesn't compete where they can't print money. They don't make a $199 netbook, they make a $999 device that is what the netbook should have been with the 2010 MBA. They also don't make a $19 MP3 player http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Video-Player-Color-Screen/dp/B004NBY4BS or countless other markets where they choose not to participate. This model has been extremely successful for Apple in recent years, and they are "getting it" that they need to keep the entry price low. The 2010 MBA is a good example of this too. They redesigned it to bring it down from the ~$2000 range ultra-lights have typically been in to create a mainstream product. https://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/04/macbook-air-evolving-into-mainstream-product/

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[roadbloc]

Hummm.... Yeah, Windows remains the dominate OS, yet Macs keep selling at record paces. Yes, there are 20 phones with Android selling against the iPhone, yet the iPhone 4 remains the #1 selling smart phone and the iPhone 3Gs was #3.

I'm sure when you look at Apples financials they sure are getting their lunch eaten huh?

Macs only continue making record sales due to the growth of the industry and market itself. The Mac/PC ratio has stayed the same for a number of years now. Other than that, I have no argument against what you are saying. Now see below.

I repeat. If Apple is making 51% of worldwide smartphone profits with only 4% market share who is "winning" or "rising over"?....

Why the defensive posts? I wasn't attacking Apple. I wasn't saying that Apple will loose. I was simply saying that Android will end up being the majority OS on the tablet. You can keep posting your statistics and you arguments saying Apple are still 'winning' or whatever, but that has nothing to do with what I am saying.

Seriously guys. Cut it out. I like Apple. Android being the majority will not take your iPads away from you. Nor will it drag Apple back to the mid 90's.

 

[dgree03]

Wow ... so much more credible now.

Should be. Do i need to put my address, Government issued ID and my social to be more credible. I own those products now... So anyone in this thread or any other cant say "well you dont own an ipad" "Sure you own both"

I doubt you have to spend a lot of time with crap to realize it's crap.

In your personal opinion, why is it crap? Back up your statements with fact LTD.

I repeat. If Apple is making 51% of worldwide smartphone profits with only 4% market share who is "winning" or "rising over"? The guys with the collectively increasing market share spread over a multitude of companies and devices or the guys with the profits?

Apple doesn't compete where they can't print money. They don't make a $199 netbook, they make a $999 device that is what the netbook should have been with the 2010 MBA. They also don't make a $19 MP3 player http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Video-Player-Color-Screen/dp/B004NBY4BS or countless other markets where they choose not to participate. This model has been extremely successful for Apple in recent years, and they are "getting it" that they need to keep the entry price low. The 2010 MBA is a good example of this too. They redesigned it to bring it down from the ~$2000 range ultra-lights have typically been in to create a mainstream product. https://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/04/macbook-air-evolving-into-mainstream-product/

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So your happy that a product you pay good money for is racking in ridiculous profits vs. the competition? Unless you own apple stock... this should open your eyes.

 

[0815]

As always, over given time, Android will rise over iOS on tablets. Just like it did do with mobile phones. Just like Windows did with MacOS. History will repeat again.

I guess Apple will be happy with that result as long as history repeats itself and they make more money with their one tablet as any other tablet manufacture like they make more money with their one iPhone than any other manufacture ... ... it was said many times before: for a business, market share counts less than the profits they make.

Second link:

Wired's History of the iPhone. (I think it has a few mistakes, but overall is very interesting.)

Thanks - very informative article (yes a few flaws, but good read).