Ready for the tablet curveball of the week? How about a Motorola Xoom WiFi-only tablet headed to first 4G carrier in the US. This is exactly the way the cards have been dealt by Sprint/Nextel, announcing via press release this afternoon they’d be adding Motorola’s first tablet to their portfolio sans 4G connectivity.
Short of an updated Motorola Xoom fact sheet, Sprint’s Xoom will be the same WiFi-only version currently on sale across many parts of the world. One could argue the logic behind the madness is that customers hoping to tap into Sprint’s 4G data speeds may do so with their current smartphones and enable the mobile hotspot feature to share the high-speed love.
Unfortunately for those interested in using the Xoom to replace an in-car GPS unit, the paring of an Android handset to the tablet is not the complete experience. On the other hand, not having to add a second data plan is always nice. The real question at this point is how Sprint actually plans on selling the Xoom — will there be a 2-year commitment for a discounted price or is this simply Sprint selling the WiFi-only version in their retail stores?
via Sprint
