Anyone have a XOOM? - Page 2

GolfNut · 06-02-2011, 10:25 AM

So, I may have miscounted, but it looks like 7 unique users have posted here that do NOT own a Xoom, and zero Xoom users. That in itself may tell me something.

I do not have a best buy or anything like that nearby, but we do have a Staples. My son came over yesterday and said he stopped by Staples and played with several tablets. He liked the Xoom best but didn't spend a lot of time with them. Said the internet experience was great with it.

I think today I'll swing by and see what they have. Costco still seems to be the best place to buy from though due to their 90day return policy. No real risk if I end up not liking the Xoom providing they actually stock it at our store that is.

Blueface · 06-02-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

So, I may have miscounted, but it looks like 7 unique users have posted here that do NOT own a Xoom, and zero Xoom users. That in itself may tell me something.

I do not have a best buy or anything like that nearby, but we do have a Staples. My son came over yesterday and said he stopped by Staples and played with several tablets. He liked the Xoom best but didn't spend a lot of time with them. Said the internet experience was great with it.

I think today I'll swing by and see what they have. Costco still seems to be the best place to buy from though due to their 90day return policy. No real risk if I end up not liking the Xoom providing they actually stock it at our store that is.

Forrest, how about a Verizon store? Target? Walmart?
Not sure if all those carry them but Verizon does for sure.

AD720 · 06-02-2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

So, I may have miscounted, but it looks like 7 unique users have posted here that do NOT own a Xoom, and zero Xoom users. That in itself may tell me something.

I do not have a best buy or anything like that nearby, but we do have a Staples. My son came over yesterday and said he stopped by Staples and played with several tablets. He liked the Xoom best but didn't spend a lot of time with them. Said the internet experience was great with it.

I think today I'll swing by and see what they have. Costco still seems to be the best place to buy from though due to their 90day return policy. No real risk if I end up not liking the Xoom providing they actually stock it at our store that is.

If I had $600 to spend on a tablet instead of $250 I would be more likely to have a XOOM (or a Transformer) instead of getting a Galaxy Tab, if that helps. It's a purely a cost thing. I would live with the bigger size for the better specs for sure.

mithrilG60 · 06-02-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

So, I may have miscounted, but it looks like 7 unique users have posted here that do NOT own a Xoom, and zero Xoom users. That in itself may tell me something.

I do not have a best buy or anything like that nearby, but we do have a Staples. My son came over yesterday and said he stopped by Staples and played with several tablets. He liked the Xoom best but didn't spend a lot of time with them. Said the internet experience was great with it.

I think today I'll swing by and see what they have. Costco still seems to be the best place to buy from though due to their 90day return policy. No real risk if I end up not liking the Xoom providing they actually stock it at our store that is.

Because of the huge variety currently on the market tablet's are like cigars, wine, spirits, etc.; a personal preference that no one else can really tell you what you're going to like. The biggest thing right now is making sure you don't buy one that's going to disappear overnight, and you're pretty safe on that with the Xoom/GalaxyTab/iPad/Playbook.

Dux · 06-02-2011, 10:58 AM

Just got the Ausus Transformer in! Love it so far!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20056260-1.html

It's built on the Honeycomb 3.0 tech (google)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4277/a...sformer-review

You can find a nice chart @ the link above for Tablet Specification Comparison

-Doug/Dux

Ratters · 06-02-2011, 04:10 PM

Scottastic brought the ten inch galaxy to the barn herf. I must say I was very impressed with it. Stereo speakers, great screen, and very thin and light. I'm not a tablet person, my phone and laptop are plenty, but if I was I'd be all over that Galaxy like white on rice.

GolfNut · 06-02-2011, 04:33 PM

Stopped by staples. Really impressed with the Xoom. Loads web pages faster than my laptop. I even popped into CA here and it was loaded before I realized it.
Read some on it, nice ereader. Music program is pretty nice. Didn't have a movie to watch on it, but had fun playing around with it.

Saw the BB Playbook, just too small for what I want. My eyes are getting bad, and I like the bigger tablet screens. The only other one they had was the Asus Icon(something or other) and it didn't impress me as much as the Xoom.

There's a Walmart the next town over I might go to and see what they've got on hand.

Blueface · 06-02-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

Stopped by staples. Really impressed with the Xoom. Loads web pages faster than my laptop. I even popped into CA here and it was loaded before I realized it.
Read some on it, nice ereader. Music program is pretty nice. Didn't have a movie to watch on it, but had fun playing around with it.

Saw the BB Playbook, just too small for what I want. My eyes are getting bad, and I like the bigger tablet screens. The only other one they had was the Asus Icon(something or other) and it didn't impress me as much as the Xoom.

There's a Walmart the next town over I might go to and see what they've got on hand.

Good for you.
Keep messing with them.
They are like glasses. They don't all suit every person.

AD720 · 06-06-2011, 08:30 AM

Reporting back -

After 24 hours or so with the Galaxy Tab I can say that this is a FAR better android experience than the hacked Nook Color. Everything is smoother, much more polished and doesn't feel at all cobbled together. The hard buttons alone are worth it, add in the hardware acceleration and everything is smoother, menus open smoothly and it's far more responsive.

Piece of cake to root with SuperOneClick. Now I'm just waiting for a 100% working Gingerbread ROM for my CDMA Tab (official 2.3 ROM should be coming sometime soon so maybe that's what the Dev's are waiting for).

GolfNut · 06-06-2011, 09:18 AM

I went with the Xoom. Using it now in fact. Staples price matched Walmart at $569 then I got an additional $10 credit card cash back bonus, so it only ended up $559.

Loving the speed of this thing for sure. Watched a few streaming TV shows, the cameras are really nice. Kindle AP runs perfect on it and the screen size is great for me reading. Lots of games that I enjoy are free in the market so I have plenty to do on it.

Blueface · 06-06-2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

I went with the Xoom. Using it now in fact. Staples price matched Walmart at $569 then I got an additional $10 credit card cash back bonus, so it only ended up $559.

Loving the speed of this thing for sure. Watched a few streaming TV shows, the cameras are really nice. Kindle AP runs perfect on it and the screen size is great for me reading. Lots of games that I enjoy are free in the market so I have plenty to do on it.

Congrats!

Forrest, keeping I'm mind the iPad2 is lightning fast as compared to the original, all other things equal, given you now have both the original and the Xoom in your household, candidly how do they compare to you?

GolfNut · 06-06-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

Congrats!

Forrest, keeping I'm mind the iPad2 is lightning fast as compared to the original, all other things equal, given you now have both the original and the Xoom in your household, candidly how do they compare to you?

I don't have the original ipad here. My Wife has an itouch, and iphone but that's it. Her good friend has an ipad and was looking to get the iPad2 but changed her mind. Said the other day she was thinking of the Xoom also.

Have to find out why.....

Still....digging the xoom, but we'll see how it is when the new factor wears off.

AD720 · 06-06-2011, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GolfNut

I went with the Xoom. Using it now in fact. Staples price matched Walmart at $569 then I got an additional $10 credit card cash back bonus, so it only ended up $559.

Loving the speed of this thing for sure. Watched a few streaming TV shows, the cameras are really nice. Kindle AP runs perfect on it and the screen size is great for me reading. Lots of games that I enjoy are free in the market so I have plenty to do on it.

Congrats!! SO cool.

kgoings · 10-20-2011, 11:26 PM

Picked up a XOOM. Very impressed. I checked out the iPad2 but the XOOM beat it in just about every catagory...except the iPad2 does boot up real quick. I must say the iPad2's camera is just awful. It was only a bit slower than the XOOM

06-02-2011, 10:25 AM	#1
GolfNut Back in the woodshop! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Forrest Location: Living room Posts: 1,361 Trading: (38)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? So, I may have miscounted, but it looks like 7 unique users have posted here that do NOT own a Xoom, and zero Xoom users. That in itself may tell me something. I do not have a best buy or anything like that nearby, but we do have a Staples. My son came over yesterday and said he stopped by Staples and played with several tablets. He liked the Xoom best but didn't spend a lot of time with them. Said the internet experience was great with it. I think today I'll swing by and see what they have. Costco still seems to be the best place to buy from though due to their 90day return policy. No real risk if I end up not liking the Xoom providing they actually stock it at our store that is. __________________ www.wineadors.com

06-02-2011, 10:58 AM	#5
Dux Lebowski Urban Achiever! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,103 Trading: (24)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? Just got the Ausus Transformer in! Love it so far! http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20056260-1.html It's built on the Honeycomb 3.0 tech (google) http://www.anandtech.com/show/4277/a...sformer-review You can find a nice chart @ the link above for Tablet Specification Comparison -Doug/Dux Last edited by Dux; 06-02-2011 at 11:03 AM.

06-02-2011, 04:10 PM	#6
Ratters Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,848 Trading: (2)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? Scottastic brought the ten inch galaxy to the barn herf. I must say I was very impressed with it. Stereo speakers, great screen, and very thin and light. I'm not a tablet person, my phone and laptop are plenty, but if I was I'd be all over that Galaxy like white on rice.

06-02-2011, 04:33 PM	#7
GolfNut Back in the woodshop! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Forrest Location: Living room Posts: 1,361 Trading: (38)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? Stopped by staples. Really impressed with the Xoom. Loads web pages faster than my laptop. I even popped into CA here and it was loaded before I realized it. Read some on it, nice ereader. Music program is pretty nice. Didn't have a movie to watch on it, but had fun playing around with it. Saw the BB Playbook, just too small for what I want. My eyes are getting bad, and I like the bigger tablet screens. The only other one they had was the Asus Icon(something or other) and it didn't impress me as much as the Xoom. There's a Walmart the next town over I might go to and see what they've got on hand. __________________ www.wineadors.com

06-06-2011, 08:30 AM	#9
AD720 I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andrew Location: The City of BOTL-erly Love Posts: 2,684 Trading: (73)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? Reporting back - After 24 hours or so with the Galaxy Tab I can say that this is a FAR better android experience than the hacked Nook Color. Everything is smoother, much more polished and doesn't feel at all cobbled together. The hard buttons alone are worth it, add in the hardware acceleration and everything is smoother, menus open smoothly and it's far more responsive. Piece of cake to root with SuperOneClick. Now I'm just waiting for a 100% working Gingerbread ROM for my CDMA Tab (official 2.3 ROM should be coming sometime soon so maybe that's what the Dev's are waiting for). __________________

06-06-2011, 09:18 AM	#10
GolfNut Back in the woodshop! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Forrest Location: Living room Posts: 1,361 Trading: (38)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? I went with the Xoom. Using it now in fact. Staples price matched Walmart at $569 then I got an additional $10 credit card cash back bonus, so it only ended up $559. Loving the speed of this thing for sure. Watched a few streaming TV shows, the cameras are really nice. Kindle AP runs perfect on it and the screen size is great for me reading. Lots of games that I enjoy are free in the market so I have plenty to do on it. __________________ www.wineadors.com

10-20-2011, 11:26 PM	#14
kgoings Cigarologist Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kirk Location: Highlands Ranch, Co Posts: 1,979 Trading: (42)	Re: Anyone have a XOOM? Picked up a XOOM. Very impressed. I checked out the iPad2 but the XOOM beat it in just about every catagory...except the iPad2 does boot up real quick. I must say the iPad2's camera is just awful. It was only a bit slower than the XOOM __________________ Your silly little opinion has been noted!