It’s a morning of Motorola pre-orders, though we’re hoping Best Buy’s pricing for the Motorola XOOM isn’t quite finessed yet. The retailer has listed the 10-inch Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet for a whopping $1,199, considerably higher than the $799 we’ve previously seen rumored for the slate.

Now, it’s entirely possible that Best Buy has listed the XOOM temporarily at this figure, and the actual launch – which isn’t expected until later this month – will see a far more affordable price. If this is the unlocked, contract-free price, however, we can’t see Motorola having much luck.

[Thanks Magid!]

9 COMMENTS

  1. This is just marketing strategy and basic psychology.
    $799 was sky high to begin with. Once they posted $1200, they’re hoping that people would gladly choose and accept the $799 price which was the original and intended price. You’ll see that the price will get back down to $799, which is $299 too high anyway. That’s the price of a full specced netbook.

  2. I really don’t believe this price. Why would this come out on a Sunday. Motorola is not stupid. $800 is really too high for such a device.

  3. £439 for an ipad, £500 for motorola xoom.
    although that depends on whether motorola slap some supposed import/vat on uk buyers like apple do.
    at todays exchange rate an ipad is only $500/ £312. go figure. ??

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