WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.
Motorola Mobility has lowered the price of its 32GB Wi-Fi-enabled Xoom tablet PCs for sale in the US from US$599 to US$499 and in the Taiwan market from NT$19,800 (NT$687) to NT$16,900.
Motorola's price reduction comes after rival Asustek Computer launched its entry-level Eee Pad Transformer tablet PCs in the US market in May for just US$399, according to industry sources.
More tablet vendors are likely to cut their product prices prior to the launch of iPad 3 and Google's next-generation Ice Cream Sandwich tablets to avoid the piling-up of old models, the sources commented.
Acer is likely to be forced to lower prices of Iconia tablet PCs in August in order to fulfill its goal to ship 2.5 million tablets in 2011, noted the sources, adding that Acer's tablet PC shipments could have been below 300,000 units for the year so far.
Toshiba is also expected to reduce the price of its Android 3.0-based AT100 tablets in the Taiwan market after August, added the sources. The AT100 is currently available at NT$18,800.
