While Carphone Warehouse is usually happy to sell you a phone with a contract and subisdy, they’re actually selling the Xoom only contract-free at the moment, so you’re getting no price for the £600 price tag. Other than that, the device seems to be the same as the American version. It’s also worth noting that this one of the first places we’ve seen a GSM version of the Motorola Xoom.
Verizon, as many readers will know, uses CDMA technology in their devices, making a VZW Xoom only useful in America on the Verizon network. If you’re in some place that isn’t getting the Xoom, you ostensibly could import a UK Xoom with GSM baseband tech.
Also worthing noting that Carphone Warehouse says they aren’t going to start shipping the Xoom until early April. What’s noteworthy about that is that “early April” is generally what we’re hearing for all non-Verizon Xoom release dates, including the WiFi-only Xoom at various electronics retailers. It sounds like that will be when Verizon’s exclusivity period will be up.