The Xoom looks like a very solid tablet, one that seems capable of giving the iPad a run for its money. It was the first tablet announced to run Android 3.0 (nicknamed Honeycomb, it’s the tablet-focused version of the OS that Google has been working on). The Honeycomb demos we saw running were a big improvement over most Android tablets running 2.x versions.

But the Xoom has one downside- when it launches on Verizon in the U.S. (scheduled for the first quarter of 2011), it won’t be able to access the carrier’s LTE network. Motorola plans to offer 4G upgrades in the fall, but that will require customers to mail the tablet back to the manufacturer. The whole antenna chipset will have to be replaced.