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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=21636
Yep. Get the pricing down to netbook level pricing, which is pretty much what these things are, and you'll see more sales. Also, give me a working Netflix that doesn't require me to root or mod the tablet.
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, whose company produces the Tegra SOC that powers the Xoom and other Honeycomb tablets, recently vented his own frustrations about the current state of the [Android] tablet market to CNET News. "It's a point of sales problem. It's an expertise at retail problem. It's a marketing problem to consumers. It is a price point problem," Huang explained.
The number one problem according to Huang is that manufacturers are simply pricing their Honeycomb tablets too high. The Motorola Xoom in its most basic configuration (32GB, Wi-Fi) costs $599. This compares to $499 for a base iPad 2 (16GB, Wi-Fi) and a relatively bargain basement $399 for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (16GB, Wi-Fi). However, those looking to actually find a Transformer in stock need to wait in line just like all of the potential iPad 2 customers.
Tablets should have a Wi-Fi configuration and be more affordable. And those are the ones that were selling more rapidly than the 3G and fully configured ones," Huang added.
Yep. Get the pricing down to netbook level pricing, which is pretty much what these things are, and you'll see more sales. Also, give me a working Netflix that doesn't require me to root or mod the tablet.