So not only was the US version not funny, it didn't make sense.

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Samsung's confirmed to us that, as of now, the US market will see a WiFi-only version and its specs could change slightly, too.

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We feel we have free choice: we think we just want to look good and healthy whereas good and healthy can only occur to us as a version of what we see represented around us.

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As you'll note in the gallery below, the only area the Big N wouldn't let us photograph is this Premium version's backside.

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Motorola was only able to show a prototype of XOOM, with a final version ready to ship in the US in the next couple of months.

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