[Xoom General] Antebios:
I had another thread that I was thinking about returning my XOOM because of some issues. I'm sad to say that I finally decided to return it because of its short comings. I knew what I was getting in to, but there were so many "small" problems that my wife couldn't get around (but I'm sure I could have). My wife's laptop died, so since she browses the web 90% of the time (facebook, woot, eBay, misc shopping, etc) I thought this would be perfect for her. I would have liked to keep the Tablet, but I already have a laptop and couldn't self-justify the need, even though I loved using the XOOM to do plain web browsing. $600 was a lot of money and past the "sweet spot" for a Honeycomb tablet. Here is a list of issues that were either showstoppers or show-slower-downs (this is not a complete list, nor in order of severity):

Hey, Google (or someone monitoring), TAKE NOTES!!!

Web browser support (Facebook) - Since my wife spends a lot of time on Facebook, she was having some problems with how dialog boxes took over the browser. Also, some web pages (specifically Yahoo) went to "mobile browser" mode and was a nuisance to get the page to display in "normal" mode. Again, for me this wouldn't be a problem, but for my wife who is not much computer literate, it was a problem.

Web browser - like to haves. Change the order or placement of bookmarks. Most non-technical people cannot usually have a method or process, so it is difficult to retrain. On her laptop, my wife had her bookmarks in a particular place in a particular order. In the Honeycomb browser, we could not reorder bookmarks the way she preferred. We had to create them in a particular order. Also, she likes to order order tabs, but she couldn't do that in the XOOM. Again, for me, not an issue, but for non-technical person it is a big issue since they are set in their ways. BTW, we loved the zoom-pinch.

Printing, printing, printing, printing, printing, printing, printing, printing. Did I mention printing? Yes, Google has their "Cloud" printing, but it doesn't help if I need to keep a windows pc on ALL the time. WTF? I got this tablet so I wouldn't need a laptop. Yes, there are apps that do print, but they are NOT integrated into the browser. But, you had to use the printing app's browser. My wife prints tons of stuff off the web (plane boarding passes, confirmation pages, directions (yes, I know. She won't use her phone's maps), recipes, coupons, etc). Build a damn print spooling subsystem so she can't print from almost anything. I already have a networked printer, but the exact model wasn't supported. Brother does have an android app that prints photos and scans into the phone, but I need to print FROM the phone browser. It's not there yet.

Bookmarks syncing - Xmarks. I LOVE XMARKS! I LOVE XMARKS! Too bad you had to go outside the browser to see your bookmarks. I needs to be integrated into the default browser.

Passwords - Lastpass. I LOVE LASTPASS! I LOVE LASTPASS! Yes, they have their own app with the passwords, but it needs to be integrated into the default browser.

It's difficult to tell my wife a NEW process to log into her websites. We said damn the torpedoes and re-entered the login/passwords as we went along and had the web browser save them. Again, it's difficult to retrain my monkey.

Crashing apps. Enough said. Especially when playing Youtube videos via HDMI to the TV.

Slow choppy video. Why in the **** in this day and age do I have to transcode video? I bought this so I wouldn't have to transcode video files. I still transcoded it using Handbrake and the video was still choppy in every video player. Support the formats!

Wish list: Can I specify the number of screens? I wanted to lower the count. Re-size the widgets? Move ports to the the side or top. I don't want wires on the bottom when I'm resting the tablet on my stomach when I'm laying on the couch or bed. Some sort of slide lock that locks the screen? When we are handling the tablet and passing it back and forth, our fingers would touch the screen and things would change.

What did I do afterwards? I returned the XOOM and got a cheap $299 laptop that does it all. My wife is now happy, which means I am now happy. I sure do miss the portability and battery life.