Thursday, February 24, 2011

Xoom Motorola Tablet priced at $ 799 (Reuters)

Barcelona (Reuters) – Motorola mobility Holdings Inc. will sell for a Xoom tablet unsubsidized $ 799 at Verizon Wireless, with WiFi only version at a price of about $ 600 price, chief executive Sanjay JHA said on Wednesday.

"Compete with Apple, you have to deliver premium products," said JHA, adding Xoom software was also upgraded.

Motorola is a latecomer to the tablet PC market momentum, was created by Apple iPad last year, which is expected to reach total sales volumes of approximately 50 million units this year.

JHA said that almost all products Motorola will use Google's Android software, this year, you could get a boost from Nokia Pact to start using Microsoft software.

"I am as focused on Android as I always did. Therefore the adoption of Microsoft, it is possible that some of the other players focus on Android Nokia, "JHA told reporters on the sidelines of the Barcelona Mobile World Congress trade show.

He said that he hoped to alternative operating systems for Android would still remain on the market.

"I hope that there will be at least three or four. I love Android, but I hope like hell, there will be only one ".

JHA also says that the company was looking at possibly having its application store.

(Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)



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