Guess who was following the HP fire sale? Motorola was, as it launches the Xoom Family Edition-- a Best Buy exclusive selling for $379.
The only differences between the "new" model and the regular Xoom are less storage (the Family Edition has 16GB instead of 32GB) and a collection of pre-loaded apps.
Last August HP started selling off its remaining TouchPad stock for either $100 (16GB model) and $150 (32GB) per tablet, before producing one last TouchPad run following reports of cheap tablets "mysteriously" vanishing off shelves.
Will customers go for a cheap(er) Motorola tablet? Not likely-- customers will probably either prefer pay more for an iPad or wait for the $200 Kindle Fire.
Motorola is also said to be launching a sequel to the Xoom this week, with an announcement of sorts coming in the shape of a mysterious teaser video.
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