Motorola News

Motorola announced the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition, two tablets to launch in England and Ireland this month, to compete with Apple's top-selling iPad 2.

Motorola plans to sell a new "family edition" of its Xoom tablet for $380, which may better position the device to compete with the higher priced iPad 2 as the holiday season nears.

Motorola plans to sell the ET1 Enterprise Tablet, built with extra-rugged features that may satisfy the hardiest business users, in December for $1,000.

Motorola dropped the price of the Wi-Fi Xoom tablet to $500, after a lackluster debut and sluggish sales due to the iPad 2.

Motorola has sold only 100,000 Xoom tablets since its debut in late February according to reports, illustrating the difficulty competitors are having in challenging Apple's iPad.

Motorola has officially confirmed that the Wi-Fi-only Xoom tablet will hit stores on March 27 for $600, in a move aimed to compete against the iPad 2.

The Wi-Fi-only version of Motorola's Xoom looks set to hit stores March 27, about two weeks earlier than expected, as the company races to counter the iPad 2's unexpectedly competitive price points.

Tablet computers will reach sales of 50 million in 2011, according to market research firm IDC, with Apple continuing to dominate the market it pioneered, but competitors gaining headway.

Motorola's Xoom tablet costs $278 to build, just $33 more than Apple's iPad, according to breakdown analysis by UBM TechInsights and research firm iSuppli.

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said sales of its highly-anticipated Xoom tablet are off to a "good start," though he declined to provide specific numbers.

Verizon dropped the price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, clearing its inventory for the wave of new "Honeycomb" tablets arriving over the next month.

Verizon promised early Motorola Xoom buyers a free upgrade to 4G when it's available in the "second half of the year," but they'll have to ship it back to the company and wait up to six business days.

Verizon today said it will sell the Motorola Xoom tablet for a $600 with a two-year contract starting tomorrow.

Motorola said its highly-anticipated Xoom tablet will not work with Flash at launch, but it is expected to get the Adobe software later this year.

Motorola said the reason its upcoming Xoom costs more than the iPad because it's faster.