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| Amazon’s HTC Flyer pre-order page lists price at €669 Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST This may not be half as exciting as Motorola announcing the final price of the XOOM, but if any of you were wondering how much the HTC Flyer would be selling for, Amazon.de has just posted up their pre-order page for the Android 2.4 tablet. The HTC Flyer will be selling for €669 which includes a 19% VAT. Subtract the tax and run the HTC Flyer's price through a currency converter and we're left with a rough price of $755. It's certainly not cheap, but it definitely looks like the 3G HTC Flyer will be priced below the Motorola XOOM. If U.S. carriers decide to add the HTC Flyer to their lineups, we hope to see the on-contract price fall in line with that of the Dell Streak 7 or even the original Samsung Galaxy Tab. Along with the HTC Flyer’s price, Amazon has also treated us to a few more high-res images of the HTC Flyer. Hope you enjoy. Gallery    
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| Motorola Xoom pricing gets official at $799 for 3G/4G and $600 for WiFi-only Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:50 AM PST We’ve been subjected to a real roller coaster ride with the Motorola Xoom’s pricing, but today Sanjay Jha has finally taken pity and allowed us to get off. The $799 price which was the most consistent rumor for the 3G/4G Xoom was confirmed as the true unsubsidized price. This leaves the Xoom selling at a $70 premium to the comparable iPad (ignoring activation and other fees), but whether even the upcoming iPad 2 manages to match the Xoom spec for spec remains to be seen. The surprise and I’m sure welcome news to all was the revelation that the WiFi-only Xoom will be coming in at $600. This matches the iPad pricing exactly and of course comes without the need for any sort of bizarre activation and/or WiFi unlocking purchase. In sad panda news we didn’t get a date out of Jha for when the WiFi-only model will be available, but hopefully just yanking that radio out of there won’t take too long. I find the discrepancy in price between the two versions somewhat baffling as I can’t believe the actual difference in production costs is more than $50. On the plus side this leaves open the possibility for a pretty rapid discounting of the Xoom on Verizon. I think we have all sounded off sufficiently on our feelings regarding the $799 price for the 3G/4G version, but can you find room in your budget for a $600 WiFi version?
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