XOOM Pre-Sale At Best Buy Moved To February 20 (Confirmed by Android Life)

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"We’ve just received confirmation from Best Buy that the XOOM pre-sale has been pushed to the 20th."

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/16...o-february-20/

This sucks, I had already made plans to stop by tomorrow. Hopefully the release doesn't get pushed too.

Originally Posted by StirCwazy

"We’ve just received confirmation from Best Buy that the XOOM pre-sale has been pushed to the 20th."

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/16...o-february-20/

This sucks, I had already made plans to stop by tomorrow. Hopefully the release doesn't get pushed too.

This is a bad omen. The only reason I can think of, to push a pre-order date, is because the release date or some other launch detail isn't ready. Last minute OS bug maybe?

You should also know that you won’t be able to re-activate the data package on this device whenever you like at no cost. An activation charge will be enforced each time you re-activate.

What a friggin scam. The whole benefit of CDMA is the lack of nonsense with SIM cards, and month to month isn't really month to month with activation costs.

Hopefully the delay is caused by the introduction of the WiFi only version? Seems logical to me..

Originally Posted by Sirchuk

Hopefully the delay is caused by the introduction of the WiFi only version? Seems logical to me..

I would be absolutely excited if the WiFi only was coming too. I personally don't see it happening, but hey if I'm wrong then by all means I'll be wrong and happy at the same time.

On the activation fee each time. I wonder if that's a Verizon thing or a BestBuy thing, as they said they don't want to encourage customers to cancel after the first month because they don't get their bonus until the customer keeps it active for 2 months or more.

It could be for the WiFi version. They pushed it back at Motorola's request, and Motorola released the detailed specs on their website today (no difference besides lack of 3G.)

We'll have to wait and see..

Originally Posted by Sirchuk

On the activation fee each time. I wonder if that's a Verizon thing or a BestBuy thing, as they said they don't want to encourage customers to cancel after the first month because they don't get their bonus until the customer keeps it active for 2 months or more.

It could be for the WiFi version. They pushed it back at Motorola's request, and Motorola released the detailed specs on their website today (no difference besides lack of 3G.)

We'll have to wait and see..

Apparently I'm blind, I don't see any mention on their site about the WiFi only XOOM, care to share the link you're seeing it at?

Originally Posted by StirCwazy

Apparently I'm blind, I don't see any mention on their site about the WiFi only XOOM, care to share the link you're seeing it at?

http://developer.motorola.com/products/xoom-mz604/

Most likely it was a Verizon decision. Month to month is essentially a contract and will automatically bill you each month, but unlike a true contract you can cancel at any time, no strings attached. The fact that they charge an activation fee makes it contractual, because if it were truly month to month you'd pay each month at any time with no obligations, like an MMORPG subscription.

Originally Posted by Sirchuk

On the activation fee each time. I wonder if that's a Verizon thing or a BestBuy thing, as they said they don't want to encourage customers to cancel after the first month because they don't get their bonus until the customer keeps it active for 2 months or more.

It could be for the WiFi version. They pushed it back at Motorola's request, and Motorola released the detailed specs on their website today (no difference besides lack of 3G.)

We'll have to wait and see..

I actually think you may be right. I dont remember seeing the wifi model (then again i dont check reguarly) and is it coincidence that sanjay jha said it would be around 600 the same day this is announced? By the sequence of events going on, I can see them delaying preorder 3 days to add the information to their servers. It also gives moto a little more time to ship out. If the preorder was delayed then the release date is probably moved back too. I know it can be alot of things but given the evidence starting with the leaked price, following the fcc leak of the wifi version, and sanjay saying how much the wifi version is (why announce how much it is if it wasnt near release?), i believe that is the closest reasoning to why it wass moved back.

sounds like good reasoning. hope that is certainly the case. I think the public response to the verizon version might have moto shifting things around a bit.