ars reviews the motorola xoom.

[complacent]

article found here.

lots of interesting info. looks pretty extraordinarily half-baked. shame.

from the article:

The Good:

* Built-in software is more tablet-friendly than pre-Honeycomb Android tablets
* It will eventually support desirable features like LTE and Flash
* Plenty of RAM for multitasking and intensive Web browsing
* Dual-core processor and NVIDIA GPU offer great performance for gaming
* Good integration with Google's Web services

The Bad:

* The software is not particularly stable or robust
* Requires a proprietary power adapter and can't charge through microUSB
* Users have to rely on the MTP protocol to manage media on the device
* The built-in e-mail client has extremely poor protocol support
* There are very few third-party Android applications designed for the form factor
* The Google Books e-book application doesn't support side-loading content
* Very few websites handle the Honeycomb browser's User-Agent string correctly
* The browser's support for advanced CSS3 features lags behind Safari's

The Ugly:

* The Xoom has to be shipped back to Motorola for the LTE upgrade
* Key features like Flash and the microSD slot don't work at launch

man, way to screw the pooch! i could understand all that mess on a beta unit...but on a shipping $800 model?!?!?

one has to ask, what the were they thinking?!? here's hoping the platform matures.

[Sabre]

Ya, they missed their mark by a good bit. If they had released this a year ago, it might have gotten better reviews... but with the hardware,software and price of the iPad 2 available on the 11th, people are just going to laugh at the Xoom.

[Raven]

Motorola is not doing so hot these days and I think that's driving them to push things out the door too soon in hopes of making money quicker.

[Mr Kleen]

A real shame, it had a lot of promise. Someone has to keep Apple on their toes.