There's always a chance that, Best in Show Award or not, the device will be a flop, but based on the buzz around it, it doesn't seem likely. At the same time, DigiTimes has already indicated that its industry sources say Motorola has ordered 700,000 - 800,000 Xoom tablets, in four different colors, for Q1. Their sources said that Xoom orders could read 1 million in the quarter.Xoom pricing hasn't been revealed, but the specs have: 10.1-inch touchscreen, 1280 x 800 resolution, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA's Tegra 2 with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 32GB of on-board storage, SD card slot, 3G, 802.11n wi-fi, 5 megapixel rear-facing camera with 720p video capture, and 2 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. It will also carry a gyroscope, e-compass, accelerometer, and in a new addition to mobile devices, a barometer.
Interesting to note from the report is that Google gave priority Honeycomb support to Motorola and Samsung. Honeycomb, Android 3.0, is the first tablet-optimized version of Android. LG Electronics and HTC were next in the list, the report added.
