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The first Android 3.0 tablet, the Motorola Xoom, has been available for more than a month now. On February 24, Verizon Wireless began selling a 32GB version for $599.99 with a two-year contract or $799.99 without a contract. The 10.1-inch tablet received generally positive reviews (here is CNET’s take). Motorola followed up on March 27 with a WiFi-only version of the Xoom for $599.99 with 32GB of memory, matching the price of the iPad 2 32GB (though Apple also offers a 16GB model for $499).

It is hard to tell just how the Xoom is faring. Early on there were rumors that sales were slow. But the salesperson at my local Verizon Wireless claims there’s been a lot of interest in the Xoom and said the store has sold out twice.

Lots of other companies have been talking about their Android 3.0 tablets, but none of these models are shipping in the U.S. yet.

To be more competitive with the iPad 2, Samsung has scrapped its original Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 in favor of thinner models, which has pushed out its Android 3 tablets. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 with WiFi will ship June 8 starting at $499 with 16GB and $599 with 32GB, matching the Xoom’s price. The 8.9-inch version will ship in early summer for $469 with 16GB and $569 with 32GB.

Others are much closer. LG’s Optimus Pad, an 8.9-inch tablet with Honeycomb, goes on sale in Japan today. LG has previously said the same tablet would be also available in the U.S. by the end of March through T-Mobile as the G-Slate. It now looks like the G-Slate may not ship until late April. Dell will release a Streak 10, code-named Gallo, with Android 3.0 in April, according to leaked roadmaps. The site NetBook News noticed that the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, a 10-inch tablet with Android 3.0, was briefly listed on Best Buy’s site as coming soon (via Engadget). The big news here is that it looks like the 16GB version could sell for $399.99 when it ships in early April.

ZDnet has the article HERE!