Tablets
[Updated] Motorola Xoom heading to Cellular South with a fairly cheap data plan
March 23, 2011 | by Michael Heller
Motorola Tablets
Cellular South has confirmed that the Motorola Xoom is coming soon for their customers. Cellular South will be offering the Xoom for $599.99 bundled with a free Novatel Mi-Fi hotspot. This is the WiFi-only version of the Xoom, so bundling with a Mi-Fi is essential.
Cellular South isn’t giving a specific release date, saying only that the Xoom is “coming soon”. The data plans for the Mi-Fi are very reasonable, and clock in at:
- $19.99/1G with $20.00 for each GB thereafter (MiFi only)
- $29.99/3G with $10.00 for each GB thereafter (Data Card, Netbook and MiFi)
- $49.99/5G with $10.00 for each GB thereafter (Data Card, Netbook and MiFi)
Currently, the only plan offered by Cellular South for the Mi-Fi is 5 GB for $59.99, which is as you can see is getting a price cut. Comparable Verizon data plans come in at $20 for 1 GB, $35 for 3 GB, and $50 for 5 GB, but of course those prices include Verizon’s LTE network. Cellular South is 3G only at the moment, but intends to have LTE by year’s end. Either way, this is a pretty good deal at least on the 3 GB data plan option. And, best of all, there is no contract required.
All in all, it doesn’t seem like such a bad deal. The Xoom will be regulation pricing for (what we assume is) the WiFi only version, and the data plan is aggressively priced. It’s good to see Cellular South bringing its A-game. Keep an eye on their website for updates.
well i live in cellular south's area and i just might do this… hell i switched to tmobs just to find out with all of their stores here, the whole area for miles and miles is only 2g! looks like i might be paying an etf…
Seems fine, hope, either Google or Motorola soon fix the issues, Android 3.1 update caused for some devices. I am not the only one according to other blogs, and in my case at least DHCP resolution for Wi-Fi was totally useless the moment after the update. Had to switch to static IP-address for now, hope they'll fix that soon and take better care of it for future upgrades?;-/ Before that I loved Android 3.0.1, found no issues till then.