Look, I had a Xoom. I sold it because I thought Honeycomb had issues and it just got heavy after a while. It was built great, solid as a rock. Then I bought an Asus Eee Pad Transformer. Honeycomb still has issues and my Eee Tab has build quality problems. I've arranged to have it sent back. Bottom line: wait. Honeycomb truly needs more work before it can become a decent OS. It has so much potential but just not a lot of substance. At least, yet. What I would do is wait until Amazon releases their rumored tablets. Integration with Amazon App Store, Music Store etc, can make them the game-changer that is needed. And I think by then, issues with Honeycomb will be ironed out. Then it will be pretty spectacular.
That said, I'm back to using my Nook Color running the latest build of CM7. It performs fantastic. It's overclocked to 1.1 and runs cool. No issues there at all. It's not going to run the high-end games but I wouldn't expect it to, remember, it was initially designed to be a reader, but thanks to the Dev community, we have builds of Honeycomb (semi-stable) and Gingerbread (super stable, no issues) that we can flash. Plus, the funny thing is that the screen on my Nook Color is IMMENSELY better than the one my Xoom had. Great viewing angles and great pixel density. The Transformer had great viewing angles as well, but I have a gap around the screen and light bleed.
Get the Nook Color, install CM7, overclock it to 1.1 and it'll suit you fine until the tablet field becomes a little more saturated.