Once upon a time Google treated tablets as second-class citizens in the Android ecosystem. Then the company partnered with Motorola (which Google hadn’t yet acquired) to release the first officially sanctioned Android tablet in 2011. It’s been almost exactly 3 years since the Motorola XOOM was unveiled, and Google and Motorola have largely abandoned the […]
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5 Tablets that changed the Android landscape
You can’t swing a dead cat5e cable around without hitting an Android tablet these days. It’s almost hard to believe that tablets weren’t always part of the Android landscape. I mean, there were some attempts to put Android on all kinds of platforms in those early days. Later there were a few large-screen Android tablets […]
CyanogenMod to end support for Tegra 2 devices with next major release
A few years ago NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor was a big deal, since it was one of the first dual-core ARM-based chips to hit the smartphone and tablet space. Google even partnered with Motorola to make the Tegra 2-powered XOOM tablet a reference device for Android development. Flash forward two years, and the XOOM and […]
Deals of the Day (9-07-2012)
The new Amazon Kindle Fire tablets aren’t the only decent tablets available for under $200 these days. It’s been a while since the original Motorola XOOM was a top-of-the-line device, but if you’re willing to pick up a tablet released in February 2011, you can get a refurbished model for $190 today. That’s not a […]
Install Jelly Bean on the Motorola Xoom without breaking root, locking bootloader
The 10.1-inch Motorola Xoom, the first Honeycomb tablet, is now the second tablet to get the official Jelly Bean release. However, owners who want to keep their tablet hackable generally hold off on official updates in case they break rooting or lock up the bootloader. Luckily for those users there’s now a way to get […]
Android 4.1 for the Motorola XOOM coming soon
The Motorola XOOM isn’t officially a Google Nexus device, but it’s the next best thing. It was the first tablet to launch with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb last year, and it’s been one of the first devices to receive virtually every major Android update since then. Now Google is getting ready to roll out Android […]
Motorola HC100 Touch Tablet hits the FCC
Motorola is apparently working on a new tablet. A device called the Motorola HC100 showed up at the FCC website today, and it’s described as a “Touch Tablet with WiFi.” And really… that’s about all we know about it for now. The label sample drawing seems to suggest that the tablet probably has a 9 or 10 […]
Android 4.1 coming to Motorola XOOM, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S in July
Google has introduced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the next version of the company’s mobile operating system. It features improved search, voice search, text input, and camera features and the software development kit will be available today. Starting in mid-July Google will release the source code for Android 4.1, and the company will also release over-the-air […]
Deals of the Day (4-11-2012)
It’s not unusual to find refurbished Motorola XOOM tablets going for a fraction of their original list price. But today 1SaleADay is offering a 32GB Motorola XOOM WiFi tablet for $330, which is a pretty good deal for the first tablet to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb and one of the first to get an official […]
Deals of the Day (3-20-2012)
The Motorola XOOM was the first Android tablet approved by Google when it launched a little over a year ago. At the time you couldn’t find one for less than $499, but today you can snag a Verizion 4G capable model with 32GB of storage for just $290 if you don’t mind buying refurbished. The […]