Wow! Really?! How did the Macalope miss that?!

…(if you shell out for a a [sic] required Verizon data plan) than the similarly sized $729 iPad 3G, which has an optional data plan for an additional price.

Gosh, who would have thought that a “subsidized” (still ) device would cost less. Why it cost less? Must just be the carrier giving you something out of the goodness of their heart! OMG you guys, isn’t that sweet of them? And we didn’t get them anything.

HA-HA. No, in order to pay $130 less on day one, you commit to pay $480 over the next two years for 1GB of bandwidth per month. The iPad is $10 more for a quarter the bandwidth, or $250 more for twice the bandwidth. So, the Xoom’s still cheaper!

Hold on, sparky. That contract is worth something. Unlocked phones can run . Of course, the difference for tablets should be less because there’s no voice component, just data.