The
Motorola Xoom from Motorola Mobility was crowned the best gadget at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and went on sale in February.
CEO and President of Motorola Mobility, Sanjay Jha has announced the pricing and variant of Motorola
Xoom tablet at the MWC 2011.
The total number
of XOOM tablet devices shipped in the last quarter stand at a dismal 100,000, units which looks even more puny compared to... [Read more...]
Here we've got a zip file of the Android 4.0.3 ICS Update IML77 and instruction to install it
on Xoom tablet.
Samsung did it first with the Tab, then Motorola
with Xoom, and then LG, too.
Update: Motorola's Android 4.1 update is now official
for Xoom Wi - Fi owners, and includes all the features you've come to expect from Google's latest OS but in a more Android 3.0 and 4.0 style interface with the menu buttons on the left and notifications on the right.
This Samsung Tab 750 is no way in comparison with Motorola
Xoom in many of the departments (Features, Performance etc)
Via its official Twitter account, Motorola has confirmed that «Google Movies for Android», the movie rental service is now available for Motorola
Xoom Wi - Fi tablet edition.
The one and only Motorola
XOOM WiFi tablet is on sale through Daily Steals for $ 230.
The Motorola
XOOM didn't come with that.
However, it not yet known if Apple is also seeking an injunction against the sale of
XOOM as well.
If you own an iPhone and / or a Mac, then you've got to pick the iPad but otherwise you've nothing to fear from going Motorola
Xoom Android in the tablet space - except an emptier wallet.
This software update for WIFI
Xoom owners are for those who are currently using software versions 6.4.20 and 6.4.20.3, where the update brings the tablet up to version 6.6.23.
Motorola announced the March 27th launch of its Wi - Fi -
only XOOM on Wednesday, and now Costco has made the tablet available for pre-order.
A German court on Tuesday ruled that Motorola's
original Xoom tablet does not infringe upon a patent covering the design of Apple's iPad, Fox Business reported.
Also, Verizon has priced the 4G enabled
XOOM at $ 499.99 which involves a two year contract.
We first reported on a
new XOOM with 4G LTE built - in that had received MAP, but with no other details since then, it is hard to say when we could potentially see it.
My 3G Motorola
XOOM 4G LTE has proven to be a failure, but thankfully like handsets, DROID is pushing out tablets just as quick!
Motorola India just announced that the Indian version of
Xoom 3G and WiFi will be getting the Android 3.1 update starting tomorrow.
Check out more details and pre-order the Wi - Fi only
Xoom from here.
We have already seen
XOOM prices heading southwards in India, and now it's been slashed again so that the tablet now costs less than INR 23,000.
Now, Motorola has been talking of a Wi - Fi only version to take into account all those who have been wary of the high price tag that the 3G enabled
XOOM comes for.
Since there are few differences between the Wi - Fi tablet and carrier - backed versions, we will refer you to our original Verizon Motorola
Xoom review for all the nitty gritty details — just skip the sections on cellular service and pricing.
Motorola
XOOM users in India will be getting the Android 3.1 update today, company sources revealed.
The much hype on it has
made Xoom as the most awaited gadget of 2011 and it even ranked # 1 gadget for this year's CES show.
The Motorola
XOOM also features full support for tabbed browsing and support for the Adobe ® Flash ® Player, available soon as a free download, to enjoy all the video and other rich content available on the Web.
Check out the more features, bug fixes that are coming along with the latest update and download it on Motorola
Xoom LTE tablet by following instructions provided here.
iPad comes with those apps you get on iOS, including iPod, iTunes, Safari browser, FaceTime,
while Xoom focuses around those native Google apps, Gmail, GTalk, Maps, Youtube, GEarth.
We'll let you know more
about Xoom, including pricing and availability, as details become available.
The update is for Wi - Fi only
Xooms running Moto's Wi - Fi 6.4.20 and 6.4.20.3 software versions.
Motorola
Xoom features Android 3.1, nVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, 10.1 inch HD display, 1 GB RAM, 5MP rear camera and 2MP front camera.
The main new features are highlighted below, not including in the list are tablet specific fixes, like the SD card fix on the US Motorola
Xoom which comes with the 3.2 update.
Motorola has officially announced the Android 3.1 update rolling out to
Verizon Xoom owners this week, first detailed by Google yesterday in San Francisco.
Does either Verizon or Motorola believe people are going to run out and
buy Xooms based on the fact it has the Kindle app?
Although the original iPad has had the lion's share of the tablet market since its launch, there are now plenty of other devices on offer with the Android - powered Motorola
Xoom looking like one of the most likely contenders for the iPad's crown.
However, I can't agree with David Fraser regarding the clear benefit of
Xoom over iPad.
Was that new
XOOM update from Verizon supposed to be 3.1?
A Verizon Wireless spokesperson declined to comment on pricing for the carrier's
Xoom when asked by eWEEK Feb. 7.
Currently, the Wi - Fi - only
Xoom costs $ 600, and offers a gig of RAM, 32 GB of internal storage, and five - megapixel rear camera, all powered by a dual - core Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset.
Comparing
XOOM sales to iPad sales makes for good chatter of course, but a sell rate of 50,000 units per month is certainly respectable for the Honeycomb tablet.
By comparison, the iPad 2's cameras are both less than a megapixel each, and the more expensive Motorola
Xoom offers a 5 - megapixel and 2 - megapixel pair.
It's very difficult to test battery life on an Android tablet such as the Motorola
XOOM because use cases vary so widely.
It is the right strategy, all vendors should and will follow, at this juncture, $ 500 price point is excessive for this category, even for the next iPad.It was an arrogant mistake by the vendors such as
XOOM by MOTO, PlayBook by RIM, WebOS by HP, to price themselves equal to the well established iPad.
We just have to wait for one more day, as Sprint will unveil it on tomorrow a CTIA event in Florida, along with the HTC EVO 3D smartphone, HTC EVO View 4G tablet and the rumored Sprint branded Motorola
Xoom Honeycomb tablet.
The next version of Honeycomb (Android 3.1) was announced at I / O and was supposed to start rolling out to Verizon Motorola
XOOM devices immediately.