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Just ordered my xoom!

UK DELIVERY!
I know this is total spam but I'm so excited and can't tell my wife as she doesn't know
how to break it to her?

just whip it out, duh

Just let her know you've bought your own birthday present this year so she doesn't need to look for anything.

burden010 said:
Just let her know you've bought your own birthday present this year so she doesn't need to look for anything.
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That's a bad idea. Make her buy the xoom a case as the present!
Anyways congrats on the op and welcome to our ship lol
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sell it to her as a replacement laptop that you can both use and it'll mean less time on the current laptop/pc - it also will save on energy costs as it lasts longer and you can take it away and watch movies etc. on it.... also it can be used in place of a DVD/Bluray/VHS as you can hook it up via a HDMI cable.........

best way to tell your wife is to get her a tablet also, duh!

Buy her some shoes. That's what i did.
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jewelry. Then it will be impossible for her to get mad at you every time she sees you playing with the Xoom.
I'm waiting for a Fuji X100 to be delivered. I am getting away with it by getting my wife new dining room chairs. I have to plan these things well in advance. But it does save me grief.

Congrats, the sales of the Xoom weren't as good as I thought they would be launch date; am glad sales are picking up bc it is a pretty cool device.

Best of the luck with the wife. I just bought my wife a G Tablet when I bought my Xoom. Seems to have worked wonders for me.

My problem was that my wife had bought me a Nook Color for Xmas last year. I rooted it and installed numerous ROMs but it didn't run quite as stable as I'd loved it to. So I got dragged into the Honeycomb tablet world and ordered my Xoom when Motorola had the 25% off glitch. Saved me two hundred bucks! I told my wife about the purchase when I held the device in my hands. BAAD IDEA! The only things that kept her from ripping my head off were the 25% discount and that over time she realized that the Nook has major shortcomings. But what do they say: It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission? Anyway, my wife now uses the Nook and is fairly happy. She even took it well when I told her about my interest in the ASUS Transformer. She understood the benefits of having the full keyboard, better screen etc.
Bottom line: Just tell her and then get her something nice to make up for not telling her earlier!
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So i just bought a Xoom WiFi......for $180

dont you love Craigslist lol
i was gonna order the 3g from Verizon as when its LTE the xoom will be great
anyways i put an ad on CL looking for a Xoom 3g hoping someone would offer me one for $500`ish, then this guy emails me and says he has this xoom he got from his parents for uni and he dont want it, he explained it was WiFi only and that i could have it for $200, i offered him $180 and holy poop he accepted it lol
now im gonna sell this one as i really would like the net everywhere, i had a Thunderbolt and LTE is great, shame the TC had to many problems for me.
Just sold my giant iPod touch 2... i mean iPad 2, xoom replaces the laptop for me.... iPad 2 was just like an extension of my iPhone 4
Xoom FTW

Really lucky. You got it at the half price of the least expensive Honeycomb tablet. You should really just keep it, as you won't find another chance like that!
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Ask for the receipt. You don't want to end up registering hot goods.

e.mote said:
Ask for the receipt. You don't want to end up registering hot goods.
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Caveat emptor!
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

e.mote said:
Ask for the receipt. You don't want to end up registering hot goods.
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Thats the funny thing, he gave it me, with the extended warranty from Walmart card lmao
but yeah im gonna sell this as i want to have an LTE Xoom, no other reason
I`ll never buy a laptop again, my ipad 2 wasnt a laptop replacment but im pretty sure this will be, im super impressed

angry english said:
dont you love Craigslist lol
i was gonna order the 3g from Verizon as when its LTE the xoom will be great
anyways i put an ad on CL looking for a Xoom 3g hoping someone would offer me one for $500`ish, then this guy emails me and says he has this xoom he got from his parents for uni and he dont want it, he explained it was WiFi only and that i could have it for $200, i offered him $180 and holy poop he accepted it lol
now im gonna sell this one as i really would like the net everywhere, i had a Thunderbolt and LTE is great, shame the TC had to many problems for me.
Just sold my giant iPod touch 2... i mean iPad 2, xoom replaces the laptop for me.... iPad 2 was just like an extension of my iPhone 4
Xoom FTW
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Same here but more money
Xoom tablet wifi - $375
Talked down to 300.

catttman said:
Same here but more money
Xoom tablet wifi - $375
Talked down to 300.
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Must be something in the air in Ohio it seems

I had similar but not as great purchase of the Xoom.
I got the LTE Xoom 32GB for $500 when it first came out new in the box and never used.
I got the receipt and I checked with Verizon and the said it was all good for their network.
But that $180 price tag would have been to hard to pass up man.
I wish I had that type of opportunity lol.

Nice job on the find. For when you do decide to sell it, please remember to do so in the Marketplace forum (and not here) to avoid receiving an infraction for selling outside of the market.

Refurbished Wifi Xooms 399$

Todays daily woot deal is the xoom wifi tablet for 399$, good deal!
http://www.woot.com/

I'm actually here because of today's woot... I had thought about picking one up shortly after they came out but decided against it for the price and my own lack of funds/need for it.
Now I've actually got a little money to spare but wondering if one of the other few competitors might be better so I'm trying to see what's best in terms of root, kernals, roms etc... Thinking I might end up picking one up at this rate.

I was looking at the same thing. Does anyone here have experience with the refurb items coming out of Motorolla? Are they generally in like new condition?

I am struggling with this one too...
I picked up a Xoom at Costco for $500 a few weeks ago, and could return it and pick up one off Woot for $100 cheaper. Only thing lacking is the fact that I lose the silicone case that comes with the Costco retail package.
Tempted to pull the trigger!

Does it still get the 4g upgrade?

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Does it still get the 4g upgrade?
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No - this is the WiFi only model. Not the 3g.

I purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Motorola at the end of May and I've had no issues with it all. I have a friend that also purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Moto. Both came in retail packaging with charger, cable and OEM screen protector as well as stock warranty. Didn't think I could go wrong.

Well, I think I am going to eat the $100 bucks and keep the Costco 90 day return policy in my back pocket in case some other fantastic tablet comes along to temp me away from my Xoom. I have until 9/19 for my return... ;-)

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No - this is the WiFi only model. Not the 3g.
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Yeah I just realized that when looking at the woot site lol. I'm an idiot.

I spent about the same on a used WIFI model only a few months ago. I think this is a great price for the xoom. keep in mind that this is the google flagship, therefore updates come ASAP whereas other tablets have to wait for their respective companies to give the go-ahead.

i paid 570 for mine at launch and I dont regret it. So, yeah, go for it.

I have been wanting to get one since launch, and woot's deal of the day convinced me to finally pull the trigger on it. Can't wait to start messing with it when it arrives!

Gorgonesh said:
I purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Motorola at the end of May and I've had no issues with it all. I have a friend that also purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Moto. Both came in retail packaging with charger, cable and OEM screen protector as well as stock warranty. Didn't think I could go wrong.
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I doubt they have that many refurb, chance are that you will get new unit!
they are probably checking if lowering the price help them sell, in canada they just lowered the price to 499 like in the US at costco for the wifi and at this price point it's a great device! I lub mine!

I was too tempted and ended up ordering one last night as well. Just quickly browsing, it seemed like there are some good devs working on this and some good kernals/roms.
Definitely looking forward to playing with it! As much as I hate waiting around for it, I'll at least have time to research and prepare my plans of what to do to it.

P00r said:
I doubt they have that many refurb, chance are that you will get new unit!
they are probably checking if lowering the price help them sell, in canada they just lowered the price to 499 like in the US at costco for the wifi and at this price point it's a great device! I lub mine!
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Interesting that today Moto site shows no refurbished xooms available.

The same deal showed up again yesterday during the woot-off. I wasn't refreshing frequently so I don't really know how many they had left to sell, but I know they didn't sell out during the day of the deal.

buy it or to not buy it..??

Hi, how you doin guys? I was thinking to get a Nexus 7 but actually im not sure if it is good or not. I want you the people who have it to tell me about it in general. Do you encourage me to buy it? I want it for watching movies in the airplane and play games. what about the battery?
thank you

I already jumped the gun. I ordered mine yesterday I saw it at staples and was playing around with it. Really impressed with the smoothness and the layout and the colours. The hardware is something you can't turn down for the price. and on top of all that, it's google supported so you know this thing is gonna get key lime pie for sure!
This is an interesting question taht I wanted to know. How much did everyone pay for it in TOTAL. I paid around $380.
I got the 16gb, with a 1 yr warranty from staples and taxes, that's what it came out to. man we canada pay out the ass for this ****

With estimations of maybe 6 millions Nexus 7 to be sold this year, you can't be wrong
http://thedroidguy.com/2012/08/google-to-sell-6-to-8-milllion-nexus-7-tablets-by-the-end-of-2012/

We have 4 in our immediate family, and are overjoyed with them. They are all perfect.
Me and the missus bought "his and hers" Nexus7, for less than the price of a single iPad.
Battery life is great, due to the 5th "tickover" core, something the iPad4 is bound to copy..If you are going to be watching movies, get the 16GB one.

We bought 3, 8gbs from staples. All of them work great. Family loves them, we are most likely going to get a fourth so the grandparents don't fight over theirs lol.

MRsf27 said:
I already jumped the gun. I ordered mine yesterday I saw it at staples and was playing around with it. Really impressed with the smoothness and the layout and the colours. The hardware is something you can't turn down for the price. and on top of all that, it's google supported so you know this thing is gonna get key lime pie for sure!
This is an interesting question taht I wanted to know. How much did everyone pay for it in TOTAL. I paid around $380.
I got the 16gb, with a 1 yr warranty from staples and taxes, that's what it came out to. man we canada pay out the ass for this ****
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You bought the warranty? It looked like blatant robbery to me.
Got mine at staples for like 260 total. Awesome purchase.
Sent from my paranoid Nexus 7.

I have no regrets about getting mine, it's fantastic.
If I'd spent a while reading the threads on here beforehand I would never have done it though, so many complaints raised (which is always the way with the "General" forums on XDA-Dev) that would have put me off.

redmonke255 said:
You bought the warranty? It looked like blatant robbery to me.
Got mine at staples for like 260 total. Awesome purchase.
Sent from my paranoid Nexus 7.
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well from what I'm reading, there's been issues with : screen, speakers, lag on the home screen and so on.
So there is quite a bit of hardware issues. and this is the type of warranty i bought. If there is anything and absolutely anything wrong with my nexus 7, I can get a brand new one without hesitation. I bought it to be safe. I'd rather have peace of mind then be screwed over in the future.:good: either way I'm still happy with the purchase because I know I'm getting a quality device.

Just ordered my wife one of these for Xmas. SCREAMING good deals on Newegg/Tiger

She wants an "ipad" but by that she means a tablet. I can NOT justify spending $500 on a 16GB ipad or $400 on a 16GB Nexus 10 for that matter. The Infinity is really the only high end one that I would jump on but that is way overkill for what she is doing (pics, vids, music, web browsing, kindle). So I started looking for "budget" tablets and it was down to this or the Xoom. Xoom is $259-$270 manufacturer refurbished but we all know the TF101 blows it out of the water and Newegg/Tiger are selling them for $229 refurbished right meow. I trust Newegg and they have an amazing RMA policy AND they have extended returns all the way through January 1st no questions asked and free shipping. Kind of hard to beat.
Newegg deal $229 free shipping
Very excited to be getting this. She is not crazy big into rooting or ROM'ing but I'll be on here looking around so if she has any complaints that can be addressed by a ROM or something (like cleanROM on the Infinity) it'll be GTG.
Any advice for me before I wrap it up and leave it under the tree for her to wonder wth it is? Obviously going to test it as it is a Refurb so I have time to send it back and get a new one if its bad but is there like... MUST have mods to do to it or should it work fine for her out of the box stock ICS? Again, she is not an Android nerd like I am and only cares that it works and is fast for what she is doing. She wont' be doing any gaming minus light stuff to shut up our 4 year old in the car lol.
Thanks XDA

Any reason why you aren't considering the nexus 7 for her?

Size and expandable memory. Like I said she is going to be using it for pics, videos, books and browsing. Size matters to my wife. Lol

why are you not considering tf300? it's Tegra 3 and you can get a brand new one for around $270. There were a couple of deals in the last week for that amount and i'm sure there will be more of these...
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 2

I've had a TF101 from day 1 and just got a Nexus 7 to replace it. The TF101 has been good to me but wanted something faster, that could playback high profile encodes, easier to hold and under 400 bucks. I strongly considered the Nexus 10 but 16GB isn't cutting it anymore and I'm not paying 100 for another 16 gigs. I prefer non-metal construction so I love the nexus devices. The metal corners of the TF101 cut into your skin after a few mins. The no SD card was a big deal to me too but then I learned you can mount external storage if you just get a USB OTG adapter. For movies and music, not apps. I will miss the back camera most of all for video chatting, showing people things and my 1 year old doesn't exactly sit still. You will enjoy the TF101. If you want another used one let me know

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why are you not considering tf300? it's Tegra 3 and you can get a brand new one for around $270. There were a couple of deals in the last week for that amount and i'm sure there will be more of these...
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Would love to see where. I can always return the tf101 to newegg no questions asked and have time to get a tf300.

scottyd035ntknow said:
Would love to see where. I can always return the tf101 to newegg no questions asked and have time to get a tf300.
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Here's one on bestbuy. Its 280 with free shipping
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...er_Sale_Tablets_and_EReaders_100929&cp=1&lp=3
They are also offering a 25$ cashback saving on this but thats only for today
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Global-...er/pcmcat288300050007.c?id=pcmcat288300050007
Haven't ordered it. Just saw it somewhere and thought I'd post it.

sdfghi said:
why are you not considering tf300? it's Tegra 3 and you can get a brand new one for around $270. There were a couple of deals in the last week for that amount and i'm sure there will be more of these...
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 2
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I agree here, return te TF101, while it is still a good tab, don't get me wrong, but getting her the 300 would actually be A LOT better in the long run. Less issues, JB out of the box, and only minimal mods to make it work fluidly. If she is a heavy texter, then I would suggest preinstalling a few apps like Tablet Talk (by one of our DEV'S here.) and maybe a few others that you think she might want to have on it.
But definately return the TF101 and get the 300. You're only a few bucks more into it, and in the long run it will be further supported. ASUS has already stated that they will provide KLP for the TF300 and up, where as the rest of us will be stopped at JB (for official ROM'S).

MasterDecker said:
I agree here, return te TF101, while it is still a good tab, don't get me wrong, but getting her the 300 would actually be A LOT better in the long run. Less issues, JB out of the box, and only minimal mods to make it work fluidly. If she is a heavy texter, then I would suggest preinstalling a few apps like Tablet Talk (by one of our DEV'S here.) and maybe a few others that you think she might want to have on it.
But definately return the TF101 and get the 300. You're only a few bucks more into it, and in the long run it will be further supported. ASUS has already stated that they will provide KLP for the TF300 and up, where as the rest of us will be stopped at JB (for official ROM'S).
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Oh yeah I had no idea the TF300 was available NEW for that price. And the nice thing about getting it at BB is I can get a 1 or 2 yr warranty on it. I think I could have with Newegg too but I like being able to take things to the store and talk to a person, even if it is the geeksquad...
Going to order the TF300 now and I'll RMA the 101 to Newegg when it comes in probably tomorrow.
Edit: Just ordered, picking up in store, $299 after tax, the TF101 REFURB was $246 after tax so an extra $53 for a MUCH better tablet. And factor in the $25 gift card and that makes it $274. I can use the $25 to get a present for my brother in law or something so with the gift card only $29 more to go to a new TF300 from refurbished TF101. You guys rock and THANK YOU SDFGHI for those links. Heck I almost bought two but I don't see myself using a tablet really that much. I think the screen on my smartphone is big enough and if not I got a lapdock for it for $50 last month that turns it into an 11" Android netbook. If I do get one for me I'll probably be a selfish ass and get the Infinity for me lol.

scottyd035ntknow said:
Oh yeah I had no idea the TF300 was available NEW for that price. And the nice thing about getting it at BB is I can get a 1 or 2 yr warranty on it. I think I could have with Newegg too but I like being able to take things to the store and talk to a person, even if it is the geeksquad...
Going to order the TF300 now and I'll RMA the 101 to Newegg when it comes in probably tomorrow.
Edit: Just ordered, picking up in store, $299 after tax, the TF101 REFURB was $246 after tax so an extra $53 for a MUCH better tablet. And factor in the $25 gift card and that makes it $274. I can use the $25 to get a present for my brother in law or something so with the gift card only $29 more to go to a new TF300 from refurbished TF101. You guys rock and THANK YOU SDFGHI for those links. Heck I almost bought two but I don't see myself using a tablet really that much. I think the screen on my smartphone is big enough and if not I got a lapdock for it for $50 last month that turns it into an 11" Android netbook. If I do get one for me I'll probably be a selfish ass and get the Infinity for me lol.
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You are quite welcome from my end. At least we can see that you thought it through clearly and decided that a LITTLE more for NEW was better then a little less for refurbished. Correct buying it at BB you can get the extended warranty, get the ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE ALSO. Found that out with my wife's DSLR, strap holder broke, letting the camera fall from her neck and hit the iced over concrete. It looked like that scene from Terminator 2 when the liquid metal terminator got froze then shot and exploded.
Sadly (not really) they no longer made or had available the same camera I had initially bought my wife, so they had to *sigh* upgrade her to the next one up. Now if I buy something from them I make sure to get the max extended warranty and the accidental damage coverage.
Also as a side note, just root it before she even opens it. Set it up for side loading and all all ready.

I might root it... I dunno its all nice in the shrinkwrap right now and I'd like her to open something brand new. Then again I'd probably be better off checking it... And damn I completely spaced my own advice on getting the protection plan. Probably should gander on back and pick it up for the tablet. Either way she's going to flip **** because she says she doesn't really want anything for xmas but I KNOW she is dying for a tablet.