Tablet Tuesday: Get a 32GB Motorola Xoom with 4G for $219.99

This is one loaded Motorola Xoom, with 32GB of storage and Verizon 4G LTE.

(Credit: Ice Monkey )

The iPad may be horrendously overpriced compared with other tablets on the market (and I suspect the rumored iPad Mini will be as well), but they do offer an option found on few Android-powered competitors: 4G LTE.

I mean, look at the most popular Android tablets -- the Kindle Fire, the Nook, the Google Nexus. They offer only Wi-Fi connectivity. You can get 3G on a couple models (like the Samsung Galaxy Tab), but 4G is rarer still.

Cut to today's deal: While supplies last, Ice Monkey has the refurbished Motorola Xoom 10.1 32GB Wi-Fi + 4G LTE tablet for $219.99 shipped.

I've written about the Xoom before, usually when it dips below $200. But that's typically for the 16GB model with Wi-Fi only -- or at least 3G only. This is the updated model with 4G LTE courtesy of Verizon, meaning it should give higher-end iPads a run for the money in terms of speedy mobile connectivity.

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