“Verizon in a teaser confirmed that it was shipping the Motorola Xoom on February 24 but also revealed a disappointment for early adopters. In spite of promising Flash during its early teaser video, Motorola won’t have Flash support on the Android 3.0 slate until sometime in the spring,” Electronista reports. “No reason has been given for the setback, although the mobile OS is believed to have been rushed and was considered hands-off for the media until just three weeks ago.”
“Support for Flash on tablets has been a selling point for Android manufacturers, but its implementation has been problematic,” Electronista reports. “Toshiba shipped the Folio 100 without Flash and didn’t bundle it in later on. Advent Vega also had to temporarily pull Flash out. Much of the blame in either case has been blamed on optimization for the dual-core Tegra 2 processor.”
Electronista reports, “The Xoom when it ships will cost $800 off-contract and will require users to pay for one month of Verizon 3G service with activation before having permission to use Wi-Fi. Motorola chief Sanjay Jha has said a Wi-Fi only version is coming and should cost roughly $600, but it won’t be available until sometime later.
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MacDailyNews Take: Adobe Flash is a joke in more ways than one. Soon, over 200+ million iOS devices will have been sold. iOS device owners are proven to have disposable income and, unlike users of pretend iOS devices, the will to spend it. None of the 200+ million iOS devices supports Adobe’s problematic, crash-prone, battery-sapping, archaic Flash. Therefore, no web developer worth anything will be offering Flash-only websites. Selling Flash support as a feature is like touting replaceable typewriter ribbons in 1990 or langer-lasting buggy whips in 1920. Dead technology is not a selling point except to those who do not see where the world is clearly going. The Adobe Flash-support “selling point” only works on fools who can’t see an inch beyond the ends of their noses.
We’re sure the Dell DJ owners will be lining up for Motorola Xooms on February 24 – all three of them.
MacDailyNews Note: Today is Washington’s Birthday in the U.S.A., a federal holiday and, as such, the U.S. markets are closed for the day. We expect to be posting throughout the day, but lighter than usual.
Washington’s Farewell Address, September 19, 1796
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Joe Architect” for the heads up.]
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