Motorola is set to curtail production of its XOOM tablet beginning in April and product is set to halt after June according to an unconfirmed report. The Industry watcher, DigiTimes cites anonymous sources from within component suppliers in claiming that XOOM production in the first quarter of 2011 met forecasts of between 700,000 and 800,000 units. Motorola’s manufacturing partners are expected to ship between 400,000 and 500,000 units in March, and then April production will drop to 300,000 tablets. May’s production will reportedly dip further and DigiTimes claims Motorola will stop building the XOOM at the end of June. The cause of the alleged drop in production is unclear, though the website’s sources speculate that Motorola may be uncertain about its place in the tablet market and will therefore slow production. They also speculate that Motorola may instead launch a new version of its XOOM tablet, which is the more likely scenario. Total XOOM shipments in 2011 are expected to be 3-5 million units, the report states. It is a bit surprising to hear of the possibility of Motorola’s halt in production so soon. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments section below! As usual, stay tuned for more tech news and info by following us on Facebook, Twitter and/or subscribing to our RSS feed. [Source: DigiTimes] Authors:

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