16GB Xoom on the way?

Some fresh Xoom news hit the wire today. According to a tipster for Droid Life, it appears that Verizon is preparing to sell a 16GB Motorola Xoom. With so many lower priced tablets prepared to hit the market this summer, you had to know it was only a matter of time before Motorola broke into this segment. For now, all that seems to be "confirmed" is a 3G/4G variant, hopefully a WiFi variant will hit the market as well.




Photo credit to Droid Life.

This is clearly a solid move by Motorola if everything comes to fruition. As Debian discussed below, there have been numerous reviews complaining how expensive the Xoom is. Valid argument or not, this move should silence the price critics. While no official pricing or release dates have been leaked, I have my fingers crossed for a sub $600 3G/4G Xoom. With some luck, maybe we will see a sub $500 WiFi version? Something close to those wishes would certainly put the Xoom well under the iPad in the storage per dollar category, might even give any Acer and Asus tablets a run for their money. For now though, all we can do is speculate until we see some official news but this is certainly an exciting time in the Xoom world.