Weekly Wrap-up: Do you Xoom out and buy one?

Friday, February 25th, 2011 Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor

The Xoom is here! And the reviews seem mixed. But now you can Xoom in for a closer look:

The Motorola Xoom: There’s No Way This Tablet Will Kill The iPad by Steve Kovach, who gives his first (lukewarm) impressions.

Before Rush, One Tablet Stands Out by David Pogue of the NYTimes

CNET: Motorola Xoom tablet, which already has 31 user reviews!

Motorola’s Xoom Starts Tablet Wars With iPad, by Walt Mossberg

PC Magazine’s Review of the Motorola Xoom (Verizon Wireless) with a 3.5 (out of 5) rating.

PCWorld’s review: Motorola Xoom (Wi-Fi + 3G) also with a 3.5 rating.

And, I thought this headline was humorous: Watch Out iPad, Honeycomb Has 16 Tablet Apps! by Kevin Tofel of GigaOM, noting that there are a “scant 16 tablet apps” in the Marketplace.

More on tablets in general:

Alt Text: Not Everyone Subscribes to Apple’s Plans for Domination, from Wired Magazine

Tags: Android, tablet