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Also played with the Xoom, the Flyer, the TouchPad, and the Tab 10.1.
The Xoom felt well built, but heavy. The Flyer is crippled with Sense and its single core CPU, though it felt well built, its over priced.
So, I was down to playing with the Tab 10.1 and Transformer. Both felt well built and light. The Tab was 100 USD more expensive, and I believe Samsung wants to bring TouchWiz to their HoneyComb devices?
I honestly almost bought the Transformer. Thought, I held back because Netflix isn't officially supported yet. I also didn't see Skype Video either. These things would be essential for me and I wanted to research whether there were unsupported methods for these.
So, what are people using their Transformer/Tablets for? I want Netflix, Hulu, Skype Video. Although, I believe Gtalk Video does work?
Also, just a friendly reminder to everyone. If you play with a demo model at a retail store, don't leave your Facebook account logged in. The Flyer, the Tab 10.1, the Xoom, and the Transformer models all had accounts left logged in. The people are lucky I was the one who went hands on with the tablet next because I logged them out without so much as a status update.
Agreed it is unfortunate that things like netflix, hbogo are not usuable on this tab. I could live with watching HBO GO via browser, but flash seems to be all but broken on many peoples TF's also, so that is out the window for now too,
Thanks for the reply. I was pretty close to buying one, they were offering 18 months zero interest financing. But, without those crucial apps, what am I going to do with it that I can't do on my Hp dm1z.
I really agree its not about having 120000 apps,its about netflix,hulu plus,hbo go and words with friends tablet edition, with out those apps honeycomb will never appeal to the masses
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Also, just a friendly reminder to everyone. If you play with a demo model at a retail store, don't leave your Facebook account logged in. The Flyer, the Tab 10.1, the Xoom, and the Transformer models all had accounts left logged in. The people are lucky I was the one who went hands on with the tablet next because I logged them out without so much as a status update.
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I'm not sure I could have resisted to be honest...
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I'm not sure I could have resisted to be honest...
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I'm a nice guy.
You guys have no idea how much potential this transformer has.I've rooted mine and i've had nothing but fun with this thing,the speed is great and the flash works great with hulu.It might not be all that hot playing with it for 5 minutes in a store,once you root it and get the cpu set,its one of the best tabs out and i've had a xoom and samsung.Its only a matter of time before your apps will be supported(via updates).
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I really agree its not about having 120000 apps,its about netflix,hulu plus,hbo go and words with friends tablet edition, with out those apps honeycomb will never appeal to the masses
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Rather US centric view there?
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I really agree its not about having 120000 apps,its about netflix,hulu plus,hbo go and words with friends tablet edition, with out those apps honeycomb will never appeal to the masses
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Is that an attempt at sarcasm because it should be! I wouldn't want to watch tv shows on my 10' tablet, that's why i have a 47' plasma
I don't see the use of Netflix on a tablet unless you wanna watch it lying down on your bed and grow fat.
There are many other countries in this world, and people there have no idea what netflix and huhu are
anyway, agreed honeycomb should have provided native support for them...
Same here.
I been waiting for netflix and I do see it on android market now on transformer however it won't let you download it. Hopefully this will be updated soon.
Hulu plus isn't worth paying for.. especially those advertisements.
However, you can just go to hulu.com and watch it for free.
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Same here.
I been waiting for netflix and I do see it on android market now on transformer however it won't let you download it. Hopefully this will be updated soon.
Hulu plus isn't worth paying for.. especially those advertisements.
However, you can just go to hulu.com and watch it for free.
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Eh? Hulus premium offers archived streaming. Netflixes streams aren't really that good to be honest.
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I don't see the use of Netflix on a tablet unless you wanna watch it lying down on your bed and grow fat.
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And how a couch would be better? XD
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You guys have no idea how much potential this transformer has.I've rooted mine and i've had nothing but fun with this thing,the speed is great and the flash works great with hulu.It might not be all that hot playing with it for 5 minutes in a store,once you root it and get the cpu set,its one of the best tabs out and i've had a xoom and samsung.Its only a matter of time before your apps will be supported(via updates).
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I fully agree that these all have a lot of potential, but the question is what am I going to do with a 400 dollar paperweight while I wait for updates to bring features that should have been there from the gate.
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I did the same thing yesterday. Went to a few stores, handled all of them and finally made my decision. Transformer 32gb with the dock. While the Galaxy Tab was in my top 3, it has no sd expansion, hdmi and a horribly weak kb dock. Even my non-technical wife looked at the two and thought it was a simple decision. All charged up and ready to tackle day 1. (Root and GO!)
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Agreed it is unfortunate that things like netflix, hbogo are not usuable on this tab. I could live with watching HBO GO via browser, but flash seems to be all but broken on many peoples TF's also, so that is out the window for now too,
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I run HBOgo through Dolphin and I have not had any issues so far.
The Netflix thing sucks. I was not happy to discover after buy TF on Thursday that Netflix didn't work and Skype won't do video.
I hate conspiracy theories, but I have to wonder what Jobs is paying Netflix under the table to slow development.
LOL at people complaining at things not working I had a gtablet since November...
Things on this work really well.
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LOL at people complaining at things not working I had a gtablet since November...
Things on this work really well.
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Yes, but the G-Tablet ran Froyo, not the Google-blessed HoneyComb.
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You guys have no idea how much potential this transformer has.I've rooted mine and i've had nothing but fun with this thing,the speed is great and the flash works great with hulu.It might not be all that hot playing with it for 5 minutes in a store,once you root it and get the cpu set,its one of the best tabs out and i've had a xoom and samsung.Its only a matter of time before your apps will be supported(via updates).
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Got to agree with him. Once you root, and get a decent ROM on it, it's a great tablet. Grab the dock if you can, and it's even better. The Samsung is a nice tablet, but I don't care for the excessively bright and non-real colors on the screen. It makes me think that they just turned the brightness and contrast way up to make it seem like it's so bright and vivid. Also, the lack of any extra storage slot (ie SD/microSD) hinders it quite a bit. Ever tried to transfer a large file (>200megs) over wifi or bluetooth? Much easier to just use a card. I have to do this quite often (from phone to transformer) and for friends. Either way, I love mine.
Buy what you want, it's your money so spend it how you want. I love my transformer. Yes, the Samsung screen is 'oh so great', if you like that. I don't, but the Transformer screen is just as good. And, my favorite part, is I can hold onto the Transformer (golf ball dimples on the back of it are awesome...not some smooth piece of metal that gets tons of fingerprints and is slippery).
Hi. Just wanted to start a thread to counter all those complaint threads about not having everything we want from the xoom. It seems that about half of the Xoom threads on this site degrade after a page or two of posts into complaints about how either motorola or google is failing their customers. I for one am pretty happy with my xoom. I understood when I got it that this is an early adopter situation, and that the kinks are being worked out. I don't mind not having 4g yet; most cities don't have it either and, really, I can't think of anything that I need it for (that 3g isn't sufficiently quick enough to handle). I don't mind not having an SD card since I really don't want to spend the money on one that will significantly increase the 32g that's already in my xoom. I don't mind that motorola missed their deadline; kind of hoping they'll put together some package to thank users, like a free peripheral or some kind of upgrade discount to the xoom 2. I like my xoom, even though I still use my laptop more. I don't think the 3.1 update was that great, so I'm not sure I get all the non-US users freaking out about not having it. I just think we need to calm down, take a deep breath, and enjoy this new tablet experience. This tech stuff moves pretty quick; but our collective ADD is going a bit crazy with expecting a seven-month-old tech to be everything we want and more; getting angry that there's new things out that cost less (really? suprised that the first one cost more? come on now...); flipping out over not having perfected hardware.
If you agree that the Xoom is a great piece of tech, comment below. Please don't comment if all you want to do is complain about motorola or google. There's plenty of other threads for complaining.
Me too!
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I completely agree. There is always a cost for being an early adopter and there will always be something newer, cheaper, etc. on the horizon. I am very happy with my Xoom and am using it more and more each day. I hardly ever turn my laptop on at home anymore.
You post on xda and still don't have a working SD card reader?
well, his nickname suggests he's a slacker. lol. just joking.
but slack, I'm glad you loved your xoom. as do I. but I recommend rooting so that you can at least work around some of the issues.
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Agreed. There is nothing my xoom can't do that I expected it too when I shelled out for it.
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Sure the Xoom has its shortcomings, but doesn't almost every device?
The fact that it's a Google Experience device keeps it at the head of the pack for me, honestly. I just wish we had more correspondence from Motorola updating about the LTE and microSD card updates.
Then again, now with Google Music and Plex, I really don't need that much local storage, so the microSD card affects me less today than it did before Google Music.
I have since sold my MacBook and use my tablet for browsing on the couch or bed. Sure, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 looks great, but it has Touch Wiz, and it came out 4-5 months later.
Thanks for this thread. It's nice to read positive comments with all of the complaining going on. I've been happily surprised by the Xoom...the build quality and hardware potential, the OS and the smoothness of use, the the apps, the wonderful kernels and roms from our developers, all have contributed to a great experience. I do wish that some of the apps that were available for the Xoom before would be available again. The Xoom has replaced my laptop and I use it all the time.
the only things i really want are a bluetooth + keyboard compatability fix, and netflix.
I am quite content with my xoom as well. I agree with pekosROB that Motorola could communicate with their customers better but that is my main criticism. (In reality I can't think of any android manufacturer who communicates with their customers as clearly as I would like. Ah well)
Cheers
Well lets see, 3.1 adds support for a bluetooth mouse and USB host capability. Those two things alone make the update nessescary. Theres rumours of 3.2 coming out within the next few days and the rest of the world doesnt even have 3.1. Since your in the states you have the 3.1 update and soon to have 3.2 so you don't really see the point of everyones argument that doesn't have the update, all we get is a *soon*
I love my Xoom as well and yes I knew what I was buying, the problem I have with Motorola and as many many others have is they announced an update to 3.1 soon , In Canada that was over 2 months ago, then rumors of Xoom 2 start, then 3.2 is mentioned it could be here within days and the world outside the USA doe not even have 3.1 yet, then the 3.1 roll out starts but very slow and it starts in Asia, so yes many people ticked at Motorola, and yes I still love my Xoom, even though it cant do yet what it was promised it would or could do.
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Hi. Just wanted to start a thread to counter all those complaint threads about not having everything we want from the xoom.
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Hail Motorola! You can do no wrong. And even if you do wrong, I'll make believe that it's greatest thing since the invention of breast implants.
By the way, I like my Xoom, I just will never by another Motorola product again, because Motorola's support of their work-in-progress Xoom has been incompetent bordering on negligent.
After releasing their incomplete Xoom 4 and a half months ago, to beat the iPad 2 to market, completing the Xoom should have been Motorola's first support priority.
To me, lack of actions speak louder than excuses.
It's over 4 months now, and all we have to show for our wait is nothing, nada, zilch!
And that's also describes the future relationship between me and Motorola....nothing, nada, zilch!
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I'm also happy with my Xoom 3G.
I am pretty happy with the Xoom as well. I rooted mine minutes after buying and haven't looked back. I have SDCard support and can't recall ever really using it outside of flashing ROMS. I don't see what the big deal is about a SDCard when you have Google Music, Dropbox and Plex. 32GB of storage is more than enough for books, magazines, apps and games. I think when Moto does release the SDcard update, people will realize on a tablet with 32gb of storage, SDcards aren't really needed.
My only gripe is that Google and Moto have not done enough to get app developers on board with Honeycomb. Google has a great platform to build on. We need a bigger selection of Honeycomb apps. I don't think simply dropping the SDK and saying "Here you go guys", in a keynote is going to bring on the Android adoption. Google may want to start adding some financial incentive to some of the really talented iOS devs. Hardware alone won't sell these tablets. Great apps are what draw people from one device to the next.
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I'm very happy with mine. It does everything I need it to do. It has offloaded a great deal of work from my work laptop. I now do personal travel only with my Xoom rather than carrying the laptop and all those peripherals.
I will be happier when I can use my SD cards. I will be happier when we go to 4G. However, I am not going to dis the Xoom or Motorola for my buying a product that many of you consider defective. I did my research and knew what I was getting.
I love my Xoom, nothing is wrong with it. However, Motorola really needs to get in gear. I understand early adopting, but promises shouldn't be broken, whether 4g lte is a necissary upgrade or not, after the 90 day promise we should have been greater not only with a reason for the failure, but also an expected timeframe. We are just left to sit and wonder. Its not even like i feel like sending my xoom in for a business week, but its something they used to advertise the tablet with, which means it should have just happened when it was suppose too. I dont know if it didnt because of 4g radio shortages or because motorola decided to put the time and effort into more money making products, and thats the problem i have, i dont know why i didnt get it. And about the SD card, I think we all know that won't be fixed till icecream sandwich, so whatever.
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agree too. but for me 3.1 was a big improvement.. atleast for speed n browser... no more fc
Me tooo...of all the android tabs out there as far as build quality goes xoom is on par with apple thing is bulletproof. Also that fact that moto hasnt released 100 different verisons of its tablet says a lot about the company Xoom is there main tablet focus until the new stuff comes out. Not like the other that have a 10 7 9 5 inch tablet. I think some folks complain to complain. No device is perfect but xoom is pretty damn close. Only thing missing are a few more local case choices.
my xoom has replaced my laptop for most everything, besides the most power hungry tasks. While I'm in Canada and still don't have an official 3.1 update, lets be honest here..... who hasn't impatienty waited for official android updates in the past? Waited for close to a year for my hero to be upgraded, my liquid e was 8 months, oh and my galaxy s? That took forever too. I think all we can do is thank our lucky stars that sites like xda exist, and that such talented devs work so hard to bring us all the roms and upgrades we need before even the manufacturers can
Hi,
I have xoom wifi only. I bought it from staples and today when I went to staples I saw galaxy tab 10.1 as well as touchpad. My requirement is very simple. I want to give this to my parents, so that they can have a video chat with me. I was initially disappointed because skype did not have video chat available, then after reading some forums I was able to configure gtalk.
Another issue of wifi connectivity came up after 3.2 update. I guess that can be resolved after configuring some static ip. That I will try on xoom tonight.
Now I searched some forums in regards to which one is better and I could not get to conclusion. So need help from pros.. I do not want to spend more money than $499. Please help because I need to make my decision in few days as my 14 days will be over in next couple of days.
Thanks again..
Go back to the store and try them all out. It's the only way to know which you prefer. They're basically all the same software and internal hardware so really it's just the feel of the thing you want to find out.
Touchpad
The Touchpad uses the WebOS....
Don't forget to use the Staples $100 off tablets printable coupon that you can find here:
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xoom xoom
if you're parents aren't techies, then go with xoom. that way you're familiar with the device and they can run to you for tech support.
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what can i say... xoom in terms of material is the best one. but we a hole in modding for the moment...
Samsung community seems to be more active....
what should be my dream. have my xoom for years and have the possibilities to have dedicate launcher... sbs one is very cool and have the possibility to mount web os on it....
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The Touchpad uses the WebOS....
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I was getting mixed up with the new Lenovo one
Today is my xooms one year birthday. Just wanna say I've had no problems (knock on wood) so far and to anybody thinking about buying a Xoom just saying it's been worth every penny.
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Today is my xooms one year birthday. Just wanna say I've had no problems (knock on wood) so far and to anybody thinking about buying a Xoom just saying it's been worth every penny.
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Me too...best $$$ I've ever spent on tech. Worth every cent, and still going strong.
am loving mine, only a month into having it and I find it so useful.
I have put the new ICS 4.0.4 on (modded Galaxy build) which is very smooth - however my biggest bug bear is that I cant listen to youtube and surf the web.
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am loving mine, only a month into having it and I find it so useful.
I have put the new ICS 4.0.4 on (modded Galaxy build) which is very smooth - however my biggest bug bear is that I cant listen to youtube and surf the web.
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Try EOS 4.0.4 (whatever flavor) and you will have all standard funtionality plus much more. The EOS Xoom roms are simply awesome, and have made the Xoom the best tab out there. It's even better now than when it was new.
looks like a nandroid backup and an install is coming up...
Will the EOS 4.0.4 rom allow me to watch youtube via the app and use the tablet for other things as well?
dyna106 said:
looks like a nandroid backup and an install is coming up...
Will the EOS 4.0.4 rom allow me to watch youtube via the app and use the tablet for other things as well?
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I would recommend a video app called "Stick it" along with its sister browser app "Overskreen." These two apps float over what ever you have open, are resizable and movable and make real multitasking a reality. You should be able to use the YouTube app but also watch any video in a floating window.
Its been a good year. We've really come a long way. Remember when we didn't even have microsd? I got my Xoom on release day and paid $800 at the vzw store. At the time, there was nothing but hate from the media and the Android community. The Xoom got no respect as the premier Android tablet. All of a sudden, with the ics source drop, everybody wants in the Xoom game now. All of a sudden, its hip to be in the Xoom game. Now just look at the EOS thread hit counts. The Xoom is hotter than some major Android phones. We've been in the Xoom business from day one. And we will continue to be for the foreseeable future. This device still has a lot of potential. [/end_rant]
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Its been a good year. We've really come a long way. Remember when we didn't even have microsd? I got my Xoom on release day and paid $800 at the vzw store. At the time, there was nothing but hate from the media and the Android community. The Xoom got no respect as the premier Android tablet. All of a sudden, with the ics source drop, everybody wants in the Xoom game now. All of a sudden, its hip to be in the Xoom game. Now just look at the EOS thread hit counts. The Xoom is hotter than some major Android phones. We've been in the Xoom business from day one. And we will continue to be for the foreseeable future. This device still has a lot of potential. [/end_rant]
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I was lateish to the tablet game.. admittedly I was very cynical about the whole tablet scene and now wish I was an earlier adopter really.. but after migrating to android due to being sick of apple after a year I was somewhat interested and actually purchased my Xoom from America and got it sent over here for about 500 mainly due to missing out on an auction for a galaxy tab I jumped on this.. its been a good 7 or so months in which time from day one my devices had a form of EOS rom on it and purchased a second for the missus with EOS installed within 10 minutes lol.. what really astounds me is that the xoom has withstood the barrage of new devices recently and I have hardly heard a Xoom user selling up for the next thing like apple sheep do.. which says a lot about the android community for one but also says a lot about the build quality of the device... I'm quite impressed
Going forward personally I see myself either being a EOS sheep providing they tell us Xoom users their plans to migrate to a new device or upcoming device.. or grab the rumoured Google tablet when if ever it surfaces considering the flexibility of GED devices/vanilla devices...
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I was lateish to the tablet game.. admittedly I was very cynical about the whole tablet scene and now wish I was an earlier adopter really.. but after migrating to android due to being sick of apple after a year I was somewhat interested and actually purchased my Xoom from America and got it sent over here for about 500 mainly due to missing out on an auction for a galaxy tab I jumped on this.. its been a good 7 or so months in which time from day one my devices had a form of EOS rom on it and purchased a second for the missus with EOS installed within 10 minutes lol.. what really astounds me is that the xoom has withstood the barrage of new devices recently and I have hardly heard a Xoom user selling up for the next thing like apple sheep do.. which says a lot about the android community for one but also says a lot about the build quality of the device... I'm quite impressed
Going forward personally I see myself either being a EOS sheep providing they tell us Xoom users their plans to migrate to a new device or upcoming device.. or grab the rumoured Google tablet when if ever it surfaces considering the flexibility of GED devices/vanilla devices...
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If/when I upgrade to a new tablet I will only consider migrating to one that is under development by Team EOS. I think at this point, it's the development more than the hardware specs that interests me and gives the device longevity and purpose.
We've talked about the next tablet move. The gtab was on the table for a minute. The issue is there's just nothing out there that compares to the Xoom. Even after a year, the Xoom is still on top. I suspect later in the year something new and powerful will drop. As far as official eos support, its likely we will need to see another GED tablet. Having full source is really where the action is.
SLIGHT EDIT: of course the next move doesn't have to be a GED per se. Just look at what Roach has done on the TF! He's a rock star! But personally I prefer a device I can
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Im usually cool about broadcasting my next move. So you guys will know what I got going.
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If/when I upgrade to a new tablet I will only consider migrating to one that is under development by Team EOS. I think at this point, it's the development more than the hardware specs that interests me and gives the device longevity and purpose.
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Dude, you are spot on man. I run the same game with my phone.
I'm with my Xoom for like 6 or 7 months, there's nothing I can speak it wasn't a good investment! Paid R$1300 (it's almost US$750, here in Brazil things are VERY EXPENSIVE ) for the 3g version, thought I wasn't never going to root it, then Motorola comes giving for a little more than 1 and a half month the 3.2 version of Android, a little before I was developing LordAIOTool, then I thought
Screw Motorola Brazil! The Ice Cream Sandwich is out and they release only now the 3.2, with no previsions to 4.0! I will root my Xoom and install a ROM, that is better, already did it to my X10 mini pro and I'm very happy with it
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Then I did it, waited until stable release of MZ601, because MZ605 and MZ601 are rooted my Xoom, installed TeamEOS v1.0.0 ROM, now running Codename Android v1.5.5, today I will go to TeamEOS umts_everest nightly #58 because of the new features. Actually I use much my Xoom, principally for gaming, tell me:
You are on a bed, with your Xoom on your hands, playing Dead Space, then going to Modern Combat 3 Online and playing World of Goo, then you decide to view a video, exit your World of Goo gaming, go to youtube, search for smosh videos, have fun, after you want to view your beloved thread on XDA, no problems, just open XDA HD Premium and it's done. Now I want to hear a music while viewing your best friends photos on your tab, no problems, open PowerAmp and select slideshow on library. Need to talk to my friend across the world, just open Google Talk, want to see my gf, just use skype video call and use your amazing 2.0mp cam!
See, you can do everything with it! The only thing that make me uncomfortable is that I can't play 1080p videos, if it's fixed, my best friend will not more be ***** (my friend name) it will be Xoom hahahaha
Thanks for reading!
XxLordxX s2 Xoom hahahaha
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I'm with my Xoom for like 6 or 7 months, there's nothing I can speak it wasn't a good investment! Paid R$1300 (it's almost US$750, here in Brazil things are VERY EXPENSIVE ) for the 3g version, thought I wasn't never going to root it, then Motorola comes giving for a little more than 1 and a half month the 3.2 version of Android, a little before I was developing LordAIOTool, then I thought
Then I did it, waited until stable release of MZ601, because MZ605 and MZ601 are rooted my Xoom, installed TeamEOS v1.0.0 ROM, now running Codename Android v1.5.5, today I will go to TeamEOS umts_everest nightly #58 because of the new features. Actually I use much my Xoom, principally for gaming, tell me:
You are on a bed, with your Xoom on your hands, playing Dead Space, then going to Modern Combat 3 Online and playing World of Goo, then you decide to view a video, exit your World of Goo gaming, go to youtube, search for smosh videos, have fun, after you want to view your beloved thread on XDA, no problems, just open XDA HD Premium and it's done. Now I want to hear a music while viewing your best friends photos on your tab, no problems, open PowerAmp and select slideshow on library. Need to talk to my friend across the world, just open Google Talk, want to see my gf, just use skype video call and use your amazing 2.0mp cam!
See, you can do everything with it! The only thing that make me uncomfortable is that I can't play 1080p videos, if it's fixed, my best friend will not more be ***** (my friend name) it will be Xoom hahahaha
Thanks for reading!
XxLordxX s2 Xoom hahahaha
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You said that very well! It's real world use, just like you describe, that makes the Xoom so good.
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This. 1000x this.
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Today is my xooms one year birthday. Just wanna say I've had no problems (knock on wood) so far and to anybody thinking about buying a Xoom just saying it's been worth every penny.
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I pulled the trigger on a xoom the other day.... (should arrive tomorrow )
A little late to the party I know but it was a bargain
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bigrushdog said:
We've talked about the next tablet move. The gtab was on the table for a minute. The issue is there's just nothing out there that compares to the Xoom. Even after a year, the Xoom is still on top. I suspect later in the year something new and powerful will drop. As far as official eos support, its likely we will need to see another GED tablet. Having full source is really where the action is.
SLIGHT EDIT: of course the next move doesn't have to be a GED per se. Just look at what Roach has done on the TF! He's a rock star! But personally I prefer a device I can
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Im usually cool about broadcasting my next move. So you guys will know what I got going.
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Well big rush... As long as you tell us what device you guys will start shifting too.. And put it in big bold size a million font well be there... Lol
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XxLordxX said:
I'm with my Xoom for like 6 or 7 months, there's nothing I can speak it wasn't a good investment! Paid R$1300 (it's almost US$750, here in Brazil things are VERY EXPENSIVE ) for the 3g version, thought I wasn't never going to root it, then Motorola comes giving for a little more than 1 and a half month the 3.2 version of Android, a little before I was developing LordAIOTool, then I thought
Then I did it, waited until stable release of MZ601, because MZ605 and MZ601 are rooted my Xoom, installed TeamEOS v1.0.0 ROM, now running Codename Android v1.5.5, today I will go to TeamEOS umts_everest nightly #58 because of the new features. Actually I use much my Xoom, principally for gaming, tell me:
You are on a bed, with your Xoom on your hands, playing Dead Space, then going to Modern Combat 3 Online and playing World of Goo, then you decide to view a video, exit your World of Goo gaming, go to youtube, search for smosh videos, have fun, after you want to view your beloved thread on XDA, no problems, just open XDA HD Premium and it's done. Now I want to hear a music while viewing your best friends photos on your tab, no problems, open PowerAmp and select slideshow on library. Need to talk to my friend across the world, just open Google Talk, want to see my gf, just use skype video call and use your amazing 2.0mp cam!
See, you can do everything with it! The only thing that make me uncomfortable is that I can't play 1080p videos, if it's fixed, my best friend will not more be ***** (my friend name) it will be Xoom hahahaha
Thanks for reading!
XxLordxX s2 Xoom hahahaha
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Here's a good one for parents. Sitting at Black Angus getting ready to dive into a Surf n Turf plate with a Long Island. The rugrats are getting twitchy. Pull out the Xoom and put on some Yo Gabba Gabba episodes! That's some real win there!
It is really good to hear all this; I think I am very late in the game as I just got my Xoom 32gb last week, but besides it is old enough to be considered "outdated" so far its been a nice device with a great hardware!
Hawk600 said:
It is really good to hear all this; I think I am very late in the game as I just got my Xoom 32gb last week, but besides it is old enough to be considered "outdated" so far its been a nice device with a great hardware!
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I'm even later. I got mine in on Tuesday. I think it's the best thing I've ever done for the battery life on my Inspire
I'm loving every bit of this tablet, more and more every day. It would have been nice to get the 4G version, but I'm not feeling another data plan. I can tether if it ever comes down to it. I mostly use mine at home as sort of replacement for my desktop.. which hasn't really been touched since I got the Xoom
Guys, you are coming to the Xoom at a great time because we have 4.0.3/4.0.4 official...we have the best development...we have everything working (well, maybe not adhoc tethering, but seriously, upgrade your phone!)...we have the capability to really start to use the awesome Xoom hardware to the max.
Hey all. So I love my Xoom but have had to purchase another unnamed tablet with 3G capabilities so for the last few months my 2 sons (3 & 5 years old) have been using the table for games and interactive books at bedtime. Of course they love it too now, but didn't realise how easy it is to use these things. The play the games and read the books without my help "daddy go away!!". They also love clouds and sheep and send me pictures they take of the game!!
I know ppl ***** and moan about the lack of updates for devices but for a device I really enjoyed but couldn't get over how bad Honeycomb was, well it's come a long way and is standing the test of time. I don't think I'll ever get rid of this device.
pjcons said:
I know ppl ***** and moan about the lack of updates for devices but for a device I really enjoyed but couldn't get over how bad Honeycomb was, well it's come a long way and is standing the test of time. I don't think I'll ever get rid of this device.
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Hellz Yeah, It's like owning a classic car.
pjcons said:
Hey all. So I love my Xoom but have had to purchase another unnamed tablet with 3G capabilities so for the last few months my 2 sons (3 & 5 years old) have been using the table for games and interactive books at bedtime. Of course they love it too now, but didn't realise how easy it is to use these things. The play the games and read the books without my help "daddy go away!!". They also love clouds and sheep and send me pictures they take of the game!!
I know ppl ***** and moan about the lack of updates for devices but for a device I really enjoyed but couldn't get over how bad Honeycomb was, well it's come a long way and is standing the test of time. I don't think I'll ever get rid of this device.
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You should try JB from dream chech this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997434
I rooted mine and have the latest JB on it. I can't believe I waited so long to root it!!! My Xoom is still going strong, but I noticed the battery doesn't last as long. I still get days of use out of it.
my xoom is not really doing well, ... but i will keep it untill it is really bricked XD update update and update to the latest roms!
I was a Verizon Xoom owner, then sold mine to finance the purchase of a Nexus 10. However, I am now a Verizon Xoom owner yet again. A while back, a client had bought my company a Xoom to test our web development work on because their field agents all used Xooms out in the field. Well, they upgraded to Galaxy Note 10.1s, which means they bought my company one for testing. With no use for the Xoom, my boss was nice enough to give it to me.
I have to say that, even though Google and Verizon have yet to get a Jelly Bean update out for the CDMA/LTE model, ICS runs fine on it for now. Plus, did I mention how much I missed having a tablet with a cellular connection? I have a Nexus 7 and 10, and though I love them to pieces, the only way to use them while I'm out is to kill my phone battery by enabling WiFi hotspot. The Xoom costs me $10/mo to have on my shared data pool on Verizon. I can deal with that. It's worth it to have the connectivity anywhere and everywhere. It's also nice that the Xoom is a little older now because the official accessories are dirt cheap now. I was able to pick up the OEM Motorola OTG cable (dubbed the Xoom Camera Connection Kit), standard dock, and portfolio case on eBay, all brand new, for a combined $30 bucks after shipping. That's a win.
I agree with the comment above that owning a Xoom is like owning a classic car. It's still plenty fast for everything I would do while out and about, plus the thing is built like a brick $h1thouse. If anyone ever breaks into your house, you can beat them over the head with your Xoom to knock them out, then use it to post about the incident on Twitter while you wait for the cops.
I'm glad to have the Xoom back in my arsenal, if only for the times when I'm out and about and want a cell connection without having to kill my phone battery. I only buy Nexus devices because I like the stock, unfettered Android experience and getting updates from Google. As we all know, the Xoom is functionally a Nexus in everything but its name. So...if you want a Nexus tablet with a cell connection on Verizon, the Xoom is still your only choice.
P.S. Vegas currently has the over/under on the 4.1.2/JZO54K Jelly Bean update for the Verizon Xoom at June 1 (to commemorate the one-year anniversary of its last update, the one to ICS). I'm taking the under, but only by a week or so.
oldblue910 said:
I agree with the comment above that owning a Xoom is like owning a classic car. It's still plenty fast for everything I would do while out and about, plus the thing is built like a brick $h1thouse. If anyone ever breaks into your house, you can beat them over the head with your Xoom to knock them out, then use it to post about the incident on Twitter while you wait for the cops.
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Lol, we don't condone Xoom violence 'round heeyaaa! Awesome.
Just celebrated my xoom's second birthday last week. Best. Purchase. Ever.
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Been using my Xoom every day for over a year and it's totally awesome. I've had zero problems since i bought it. I'm still using it with CM10 because CM10.1 just seems a little slower and I dont use multiple users. I'm totally happy that when I wanted to buy the Galaxy tab, it was sold out and I got the Xoom instead.
The only reason why i would consider an upgrade would be because i like higher dpi screens. In every other way the Xoom is superb.
My xoom (wi-fi only) still rocks on and is wonderful as well. It gets used every day and regularly lasts over half the week on a single charge, watching netflix for an hour or two most nights. I'm probably the freak of the bunch, running complete stock and being utterly satisfied with it. I mostly keep up with the forums here because of looking for things on my other android device (Epic 4g, i717 Note, Moment) histories and figured I might as well bookmark the Xoom too.
In any case, yay Xoom! I love my choice of tablet :]
tigerknight said:
My xoom (wi-fi only) still rocks on and is wonderful as well. It gets used every day and regularly lasts over half the week on a single charge, watching netflix for an hour or two most nights. I'm probably the freak of the bunch, running complete stock and being utterly satisfied with it. I mostly keep up with the forums here because of looking for things on my other android device (Epic 4g, i717 Note, Moment) histories and figured I might as well bookmark the Xoom too.
In any case, yay Xoom! I love my choice of tablet :]
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No shame in stock, man. Check my signature. All five of my devices are bone stock. haha That Android 4.1.2/JZO54K ROM runs like a champ on the Xoom. Compared to ICS, Jelly Bean made the Xoom feel like a brand new tablet. All of us on Verizon are still waiting, but it'll show up eventually.
I feel like owning new device each time I try new ROM and its amazing xoom still gets really nice support, I've been using it for two years and its brilliant.
Best of luck to happy xoom users!
hello
I have just bought 1 of ebay for 120 quid so im really chuffed to be reading how good it is
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I can't stand the lag anymore. Ughh.
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Lag? My boys play nothing but angry birds and other games / 3D books on it. It still goes great.
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best ROM
could someone show me which ROM is the best at battery and gaming? I'm a bit confuse of it's GPU on EOS and CM10.1 Or does this belong to the hardware?
EOS Rom
I am very happy with the EOS rom:good:
Mine is still going strong, with a lag here, a lag there...
I'll solve it by flashing a Custom ROM on it since it's running official ICS...
pjcons said:
Hey all. So I love my Xoom but have had to purchase another unnamed tablet with 3G capabilities so for the last few months my 2 sons (3 & 5 years old) have been using the table for games and interactive books at bedtime. Of course they love it too now, but didn't realise how easy it is to use these things. The play the games and read the books without my help "daddy go away!!". They also love clouds and sheep and send me pictures they take of the game!!
I know ppl ***** and moan about the lack of updates for devices but for a device I really enjoyed but couldn't get over how bad Honeycomb was, well it's come a long way and is standing the test of time. I don't think I'll ever get rid of this device.
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I've also had my Xoom for a number of years, I GEDified it when 4.1.2 was first available and left in untouched until very recently. It's now rooted running dreamcwli's 4.2.2 rom which has given the device a new lease of life.