"Until Google and Motorola ship a patch to update the browser to production quality, don't expect good results from the Motorola Xoom," Bansod concludes. "We said it in the Galaxy Tab review [by Sencha], and we'll say it again now: we're still waiting for the first awesome Android tablet."

But he left a hint that someone is getting HTML5 right: Next week, Sencha will post a review of RIM's PlayBook tablet. Bansod's one-word sneak-peak: "awesomeness."

John Cox covers networking and mobile computing for Network World.

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