If leaked Verizon screenshots have been to be believed, afterwards Motorola’s Xoom will arrive stillborn, passed before it even launches. Pictures display the MAP, or Minimum Advertised Price, of a upcoming Motorola Android inscription list it at $799. The homogeneous 32GB 3G iPad is $729.

The problems have been manifold. First, the cost of a iPad is at large perceived to be $500, as well as any other tablet will be compared in the unchanging consumer’s eyes to which cost indicate, notwithstanding it being astray. Thus, anybody else creation a tablet needs a low-end, 16GB Wi-Fi-only model for this reason alone.

And even when compared apples for Apples, as it were, the Xoom comes in during $70 as well much. And recollect, the Xoom is set head-to-head with a iPad, since the already successful Samsung Galaxy Tab manages to be its own difficulty by approach of its smaller distance.

The a single goal for a Xoom is which a MAP isn’t indispensably the last sell cost. A MAP is a result of an agreement between retailers and the manufacturer, and a retailer can actually sell at any cost it likes. Add to this a odds of the carrier funding and a Xoom is behind in commercial operation. Of march, when the Android Honeycomb-based X males it into stores, it will be up opposite a iPad 2, not the stream iPad.

Minimum advertised prices set for Motorola Xoom [Android Central]