Xoom 4G upgrade could take more than six daysComputerworld - Nancy Gohring - Feb 25, 2011IDG News Service - Users will have to send their Motorola Xoom tablets away for a week in order to upgrade them to 4G, Verizon Wireless said this week. The Xoom, the first device to run Google's Android Honeycomb OS for tablets, ... |
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Hands on with the Motorola Xoom: Five initial insightsZDNet (blog) - Jason Hiner - Feb 25, 2011The Motorola Xoom is more of a PC replacement than the iPad, but it still has some frayed edges that need to be evened out before most early adopters will want to jump on board. Larry Dignan is Editor in ... |
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Verizon's new Xoom ad: Testosterone beats Apple?CNET (blog) - Chris Matyszczyk - Feb 25, 2011If you happened to be watching the Super Bowl, you might recall that the Motorola Xoom was the next coming of flower power. It was the epitome of a humanity that would overcome the Big Brother nature of that identikit behemoth that ... |
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Upgrading the Xoom to 4G: Why it's not simpleCNET (blog) - Brooke Crothers - Feb 25, 2011That catch can be found in the form of an asterisk, which leads to a page full of nasty instructions. For consumers it's not a pretty picture. After it becomes apparent that Verizon and Motorola don't offer software-upgradeable 4G ... |
Four Signs of Honeycomb's Rush to Compete With Apple's iPadBusinessWeek - Kevin Tofel - Feb 25, 2011Now that the Motorola (MMI) Xoom is available, the first of many Google (GOOG) Honeycomb tablets is poised to battle Apple's (AAPL) iPad for consumer dollars and developer interest. There's much to like about the Xoomâ€"see my video ... |
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Motorola's Xoom 4G Upgrade Plan: Erase Everything, Mail it In, Wait a WeekPC Magazine - David Pierce - Feb 25, 2011If you're an early adopter of the Motorola Xoom, you're getting a device without a 4G LTE radio. However, Verizon promises it will upgrade you for free. Here's how. By David Pierce One of the things we first noticed when we got the Motorola Xoom into ... |
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Xoom Vs. iPad: The Real Tablet Wars BeginPCWorld - Daniel Ionescu - Feb 25, 2011Motorola couldn't have chosen a worse time to start selling the Xoom, the first real Apple iPad competitor. Just as the Xoom went on sale on Verizon, Apple dropped an iBomb in the shape of a press ... |
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New Details on the Xoom, and its Mail-in UpgradeWall Street Journal (blog) - Don Clark - Feb 25, 2011Firms that take apart new gadgets to study their innards were eager to get their hands on the Xoom, the new Motorola Mobility tablet. Their early findings confirm key component suppliers, and provide insights into the unusual process for ... |
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Motorola Sued Over Use of Xoom NamePC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - Feb 25, 2011Motorola's Xoom tablet hit stores on Thursday, but it's safe to say that Xoom Corp. will not be doling out any cash for the new gadget. California-based Xoom Corp. sued Motorola this week for trademark infringement, claiming that it ... |
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Motorola Xoom Teardown: What's Under The CoversInformationWeek - Fritz Nelson - Feb 25, 2011The Xoom is the first shipping tablet with dual-core processors, and the first to run Android 3.0. UBM TechInsights took the device apart and found similarities to Motorola's Atrix 4G smartphone. By Fritz Nelson , InformationWeek The Xoom tablet ... |
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Motorola Xoom vs. Apple iPad: Comparing the TabletsPC Magazine - Tim Gideon - Feb 25, 2011Let's get cocky and assume that next week's Apple event brings us a new iPadâ€"the iPad 2, if you will. Let us also assume that the iPad 2 will add front- and rear-facing cameras, and thus FaceTime to the mix. And now that Motorola's Xoom ... |
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Teardown: What's Inside The Motorola XoomWired News - Charlie Sorrel - Feb 25, 2011From the outside, tablets are almost all the same, especially when seen from the front. But like a pretty actor in a reality TV show, once you get under their skin you find out what really makes them tick. So it is with the Motorola ... |
Motorola faces a lawsuit against its Xoom tabletInquirer (blog) - Feb 25, 2011Electronic money transfer outfit Xoom Corporation is asking for an injunction to prevent Motorola from using the word Xoom to market its tablet, claiming that infringes on its trademark. We found that the firm had been issuing press releases under the ... |
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Motorola Xoom Accessories: Hands OnPC Magazine - David Pierce - Feb 25, 2011The Motorola Xoom, the first tablet featuring Android 3.0 ("Honeycomb") has gotten the review treatment from PCMag, and it appears we finally have a real competitor to Apple's iPad. But one of the great things about the iPad is all the ... |
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Motorola hit with trademark suit just before Xoom launchEconomic Times - Feb 24, 2011NEW YORK: Just as Motorola Mobility Inc. was all ready to launch its Xoom tablet in the United States this week, it has been hit with a trademark lawsuit over the tablet name. Motorola may now have to wait or find another name for the Xoom which is ... |
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Latest tablets may bite into Apple dominanceBoston Herald - Jessica Van Sack - Feb 24, 2011The tablet wars are heating up with Motorola's Android-based Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook vying for consumers who were waiting out the nascent market for a more advanced portable touchscreen pad. Following yesterday's release of ... |
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Android Atlas Weekly 37: A tablet first and two second chances (podcast)CNET (blog) - Justin Eckhouse - Feb 24, 2011Senior editor Donald Bell stops by, Motorola Xoom in tow, to give us a hands-on the first Honeycomb tablet. Once we've had our fill, we take a look beyond Honeycomb at the next generation OS for Android phones. ... |
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Hallelujah! Motorola Xoom Is Free From Verizon BloatwarePCWorld - Jr Raphael - Feb 24, 2011Earlier today, we heard Verizon had come to its senses and gotten rid of the ridiculous data plan requirement it had originally attached to Motorola's new Honeycomb tablet. Up till this morning, Big Red had said you'd have to ... |
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iPad Envy? Tablet PC Alternatives Under $250PCWorld - Tony Bradley - Feb 24, 2011The tablet wars are heating up as rivals such as Motorola, BlackBerry, and HP are all gunning for a piece of the pie currently monopolized by the Apple iPad. But, all of these tablets have one thing in common--a heftier price ... |
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The sweet taste of HoneycombFinancial Times - Chris Nuttall - Feb 24, 2011There are phoney wars and, in the iPad's case, smart-phoney ones, where rival tablets resemble supersized phones and have failed to fight Apple head-on with an interface or screen size to match the pioneering device. ... |
Motorola Xoom facing trademark lawsuitNational Post (registration) - Denis Doyle - Feb 24, 2011One day before Motorola Mobility Inc. was set to launch its Xoom media tablet in the United States, the company learned its iPad challenger might need a new name. Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer service based in San Francisco, ... |
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The Details on the Xoom's LTE UpgradeTIME - Harry McCracken - Feb 24, 2011The most interesting thing about Motorola's new Xoom tablet--which I reviewed for this week's TIME.com Technologizer column and is available from Verizon dealers starting today--is that it's the first tablet that ... |
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Bloomberg's Jaroslovsky Reviews Motorola's Xoom Tablet: VideoBloomberg - Feb 24, 2011Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky reviews Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s Xoom tablet which went on sale yesterday from Verizon Wireless and at Best Buy Co. stores. The sole model available now, with 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, ... |
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Motorola XOOM 4G Upgrade Coming in Late MayinfoSync World - Sindre Lia - Feb 24, 2011Exactly how and when will the Motorola XOOM get 4G LTE connectivity? A leaked upgrade procedure gives us the answer. Ever since the Motorola XOOM was announced as a 3G tablet with a promise of being upgradeable ... |
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Motorola Xoom Review Roundup: The Critics Weigh-inPCWorld - Jared Newman - Feb 24, 2011Motorola's Xoom tablet is the first true challenger to Apple's iPad, in that it runs an operating system designed for tablets -- Android 3.0, or Honeycomb -- and is comparably-sized with a 10.1-inch ... |
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Google Talk on the Motorola Xoom: Video WalkthroughPC Magazine - Pj Jacobowitz - Feb 24, 2011Google's Honeycomb OS adds video chat, and we take it for a spin on the Motorola Xoom. By PJ Jacobowitz The Motorola Xoom is the first tablet to run Google's tablet-specific Honeycomb OS. This version of Android includes the first version of Google ... |
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digits: Xoom Takes On iPad in Tablet WarsMarketWatch - Feb 24, 2011Is the Motorola Xoom tablet the first formidable competitor to the iPad? Its high price is its Achilles heel, says Walt Mossberg, but the Google Android Honeycomb operating system delivers. Plus: a market for cell phone re-sales emerges. |
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Motorola Xoom (Android Tablet)CNETTV - Feb 24, 2011With Google's next generation of Android, Motorola's knack for great hardware, and Verizon's promise of 4G network compatibility, the Xoom tablet offers a more powerful, more capable alternative to Apple's iPad. ... |
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Motorola Xoom Review Roundup: It's Great, But Don't Buy ItThe Atlantic - Alexis Madrigal - Feb 24, 2011The first real iPad competitor has emerged from the primordial knock-off ooze to present itself before the world's gadget freaks. The Motorola Xoom is roughly the same size as the iPad, costs a bit more, and runs the special tablet version of Google's ... |
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Motorola Xoom Review Roundup: Does This Android Tablet Best The iPad?Huffington Post - Feb 24, 2011The device, now on sale in the United States, is the first to run Google's Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating software that's designed specifically for tablets. Analysts have been buzzing about the Xoom's dual cameras, roomy 10.1-inch display and ... |
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