You know those 10.5 million Android tablets that shipped in 2011? It looks like about a million of them came from Motorola. The smartphone and tablet maker reported its quarterly earnings this afternoon, and Motorola says it shipped a million tablets in 2011, including about 200 thousand tablets during the last quarter of the year. […]
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Motorola releases Android 4.0 for the WiFi XOOM tablet
Motorola has started rolling out an Android 4.0 software update for the XOOM WiFi tablet. The XOOM was the first tablet to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb when Motorola released the device last year. Now it’s the second existing tablet to receive an over-the-air Android 4.0 update. The first is actually the Asus Eee Pad […]
Motorola begins rolling out Android 4.0 to XOOM test group
A small group of Motorola XOOM owners that have signed up to be part of a test group are already receiving a Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for their tablets. According to Android Police and Talk Android, Motorola started rolling out the update at 9:00 PM Pacific time on January 12th, and will […]
Android 4.0.3 comes to the Motorola XOOM (unofficially)
Google released Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich this week, and independent developers started kicking the tires right away. It turns out that the software is already pretty much compatible with the Motorola XOOM tablet, and xda-developers forum member razorbladex401 has released a custom ROM for the tablet based on the latest version of Android. The […]
Deals of the Day (11-10-11)
Sure, the Motorola XOOM 2 is just around the corner, but if you’re looking for a good deal on a first generation Android tablet from Motorola, Woot is offering the original XOOM for $330 today. It’s a refurbished model, but it has all the goodies you’d expect including Android 3.1 Honeycomb, a 1280 x 800 […]
Motorola XOOM 2 hitting the UK soon for €400
Motorola’s sequel to the XOOM tablet appears to be on track for a pre-holiday launch, and it looks like the tablet will sell for about €400 in the UK. Engadget has posted a photo of a print ad for Carphone Warehouse featuring the new tablet. The ad doesn’t offer detailed specifications, but it does confirm that […]
Motorola shipped 100,000 XOOM tablets last quarter
Motorola has released its latest earnings data, and in the third quarter of 2011 the company shipped about 11.6 million mobile devices. That includes 4.8 million smartphones, but just 100,000 Motorola XOOM tablets. That number seems a bit low… but it’s really for Motorola to decide whether the XOOM is a success or failure. The […]
Motorola XOOM 4G LTE tablet now available for $500 and up
Sure, it looks like a second-generation Motorola XOOM tablet is on the way, but if all you’re looking for is a XOOM with a 4G LTE wireless radio, it looks like the wait is over. Last month Motorola finally started offering 4G upgrades to customers that purchased 3G XOOM tablets. Now you can go ahead […]
Unnamed Motorola tablet hits the FCC
Motorola hasn’t actually announced a replacement or update for the Motorola XOOM line yet, but new 8 and 10 inch tablets are rumored to be in the works, and we’ve already seen some leaked photos of each. Today at least one of those devices inched a little closer to launch as it passed through the FCC website. The […]
Deal of the Day: Refurb Motorola XOOM for $340
The Motorola XOOM was the first tablet to ship with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. While Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, and other companies have all followed Motorola into the Honeycomb space, the XOOM still has a few tricks up its sleeve. For instance, it’s expected to be one of the first devices to get a software […]