Ever wonder what would happen if you dropped your tablet face-down on a concrete sidewalk from about waist height? If your tablet happens to be an iPad 2, Motorola XOOM, or 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, the folks at Electronics Break have the verdict. You should check out the video after the break for the […]
Deal of the Day: Free Bluetooth keyboard with the Motorola XOOM
Motorola is offering a free Bluetooth keyboard with the purchase of a Motorola XOOM tablet. The keyboard normally runs $69.99, but it’s available for free if you pick up a tablet directly from Motorola before noon Eastern Time on June 14th. The deal is good on the WiFi-only or 3G model of hte tablet. The […]
Motorola XOOM 4G LTE upgrade won’t come until later this summer
It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is about to become the first Android 3.x tablet to ship with 4G LTE mobile broadband access in the US. Verizon announced today that it would start taking pre-orders for a 4G model of the tablet next week. Motorola, on the other hand, confirmed today that 4G […]
Deals of the Day (6-01-11)
The Motorola XOOM Android tablet normally runs around $599, but today MacMall is offering the tablet for $100 off if you pick it up through eBay. The deal ends in a few hours, so if you’ve had your eye on this tablet, there’s no time like the present to pick one up. Or you could […]
How to run Ubuntu 11.04 on an Android tablet
Sure, the Motorola XOOM was designed to run Google Android, but that doesn’t mean you can’t also run other operating systems. Xda-developers forum member has put together a disk image and instructions for running Ubuntu 11.04 Linux on the XOOM. Like other Ubuntu-on-Android solutions we’ve seen before, this won’t actually replace your operating system. Instead […]
Motorola XOOM review
The Motorola XOOM checked a lot of boxes in the “first” category when it launched in February. It was the first tablet computer to ship with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. It was the first tablet to run Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb and the first to be updated to Android 3.1. […]
Hack enables the SD card slot on the Motorola XOOM WiFi with Android 3.1
Motorola XOOM users recently received a software update which brings Android 3.1 to their tablets. The software update offers better OpenGL graphics performance, an improved task switcher, and resizeable home screen widgets, among other things. But one thing it does not offer is a fix for the broken microSD card slot. Motorola has been selling […]
Deals of the Day (5-20-11)
Walmart is offering the Motorola XOOM 32GB WiFi Android tablet for $569 this weekend, which is a pretty good price for the XOOM. But if you’re looking for something a bit cheaper, Buy.com has you covered with a refurbished NOOK Color running Android 2.2 for $225 plus free shipping. Here are a few other mobile […]
First look at Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb on the Motorola XOOM
Google Android 3.1 is now rolling out to Motorola XOOM tablets, and my test unit received the update this morning, so I thought it was time for a little tour. Overall the tablet feels faster thanks to improved hardware graphics acceleration, smoother system animations, and improved web browser performance. Interestingly, while the tablet scored higher […]
When the time comes, installing Android 3.1 on the XOOM takes about 5 minutes
Google Android 3.1 has been rolling out for Motorola XOOM units for the past few days. While Google officials initially stated that the update would be available for Verizon XOOM 3G customers first, a number of people with WiFi-only tablets have also confirmed that they’ve received the update. Today I got an update notification on […]
