According to reports, the initial versions of Motorola Mobility Holdings' upcoming Xoom tablet device will cost nearly $800; thereby making the tablet more expensive than Apple's comparative iPad model which is priced as $729.

The Wednesday proceedings at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas included the unveiling of a highly-anticipated tablet computer by the Motorola Mobility Holdings' CEO Sanjay Jha. The tablet will be available for Verizon subscribers.

The chairperson of Motorola Inc.'s mobile-phone venture expressed that he is receptive in budding devices which can operate Microsoft Corp.'s innovative mobile functioning system, regardless of the copyright- violation proceedings of the software colossal lately filed in opposition to the company.

Speaking at an investor’s conference call on Thursday, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said that the 2009 fourth quarter will see the company unveil a number of Google Android smartphones, to be available in different price ranges.