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To: Lahcim Leinad who wrote (871)	1/23/2011 9:48:16 AM
From: Lahcim Leinad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3170

... the main reason the forthcoming iPad 2 will undercut the emerging plethora of Android-powered tablets is because Apple has already cornered the market on manufacturers and has enlisted more to produce the tablet. The number of PCB suppliers, according to reports, has risen from three to seven. Business Insider points out that Apple did the same thing with the iPod just a few years ago, making it harder for competitors to get their hands on supplies. From: tuaw.com

To: Lahcim Leinad who wrote (871)	1/23/2011 9:51:15 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 3170

You are wrong. Here is LIVE video of a honeycomb tablet being used LIVE. The honeycomb tablets are coming baby and they are AWESOME! They will blow the iPad away for the simple reason that they are truly computer replacement unlike the iPad. You can do everything you can do with your computer with an Android tablet unlike the iPad, including full multitasking and accessing the full web. See the whole LIVE video and you will see what I mean. The ipad looks like a pathetic outdated old toy next to honeycomb. youtube.com

To: Lahcim Leinad who wrote (871)	1/23/2011 10:39:34 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 3170

BREAKING..Motorola XOOM To Launch On February 17th, Confirmed By Internal Best Buy Document An eager reader forwarded an internal Best Buy memo to Engadget which indicates, in no uncertain terms, that the Motorola XOOM tablet is set to launch at Best Buy on February 17th. A leak from Verizon has confirmed that the unsubsidized price of the XOOM will be $799. However, Best Buy may be retailing the device for an altogether different price. The XOOM is an important device for both Motorola and Google because it will be the first tablet to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, an iteration of the Android OS that supports the tablet form factor. Google rubber-stamped their approval over this product when Andy Rubin demoed Honeycomb on the XOOM at AllThingsD’s D:Dive Into Mobile. So, even though the Samsung Galaxy Tab is currently the best Android tablet, it is running Android 2.2 Froyo, which is not optimized for tablets. Finally, the Galaxy Tab has already sold over a 1 million units. In contrast, Motorola estimates sales of the XOOM to reach a modest 700,000 to 800,000 units in Q1 2011. We will have to wait till February 17 to see how popular the XOOM really is.