Verizon’s dedicated page for the Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet has confirmed via the fine print that it will launch without Flash support, instead being deployed in a future update later this Spring. The lack of initial support for Flash content suggests that Motorola is working on deploying Flash 10.2 with Stage Video hardware video acceleration, which is supported on the Xoom via its Tegra 2 chipset.
The Xoom is currently available for pre-order via Best Buy with the official launch set for this Thursday, February 24th for $799.99 without additional subsidies and features a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor 10.1-inch capacitive display at 1280×800 resolution, while 4G LTE connectivity will be made available as an update in Q2. Other specs include a 5.0 megapixel camera, 720p video recording and 1080p video playback, 802.11n WiFi radio, Bluetooth 2.1, and 32GB of on-board storage. The battery is rated to be capable of 10 hours of video playback on a single charge.
Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet has confirmed via the fine print that it will not launch without Flash support,…
Motorola is working on deploying Flash 10.2…who are they kidding ??
What about any previous version?
If this is truly the case, it is at the very leaast truly a Public relations nightmare and a shame…for Motorola and Google’s inaugural Tablet OS “Honeycomb”, not to speak of greedy VZW forcing people to sign up for a minimum of one month!
Furthermore it is interesting to note that there is complete absense of any information on the release date of the “Wifi only” model!
Legally they are walking a fine line, bordering on “false advertising”, building on the hype, commercials & all the so called “reviews”!!
If this is the “rollout”, be forwarned with the so called “after sales support”!
It is evident that things have not changed much at Motorola’s inter- departemal system structure, left hand (Marketing) still fails to communicate with the right hand (Software?Tech)!
I was truly looking forward to this product, as sited on my previous post, however at this point I am not so sure, not so much for the lack of “Flash”, but rather for a hint of “deception” in marketing!
Up for serious consideration once again,
the “ASUS Eee Slate EP121 12.1″ Tablet Computer”.
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Also just an editorial side note, I forgot to site the “double negate” in the oppening sentence, which I pasted above and below:
” Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet has confirmed via the fine print that it will “not” launch “without” Flash support, instead being deployed in a future update later…”
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While I am at it, my own eye sight is not the same anymore:
“opening” & ” least” are evidence to that!
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These new tablets are way overpriced.