Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners on Verizon have been waiting for nearly five months for an update to their Nexus smartphone, an unheard of length for a Nexus device. Well, an Android engineer may have shed light on the reason behind it and lo and behold, fault likely lies with Verizon. Comments made by Android software [...]
It appears that we might finally have some light on when Verizon plans on rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Motorola Droid RAZR, Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX and the HTC Rezound. According to an internal Verizon document, secured by a reddit user and found by Droid-Life, the carrier is currently testing the [...]
When Google and Motorola announced the Xoom in early 2011, the search giant expected to sell 10 million Android tablets in the year as well as another 10 million in 2012. According to The Verge, the numbers come for a presentation given by Google’s senior vice president of mobile, Andy Rubin in 2010, when the Xoom [...]
The HTC Rezound Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update that was rumored to be out earlier this month now has been pegged with a new release date in May. In addition, it appears that the Motorola Xoom 4G LTE may be getting its upgrade to Android 4.0 in just a few days. According to an [...]
While owners of the 4G LTE version of the Motorola Xoom are still waiting for their upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, owners of the Wi-Fi Xoom here in the U.S. have just received word that an update is on the way, one that comes with a hefty portion of features including improved overall [...]
Towards the end of 2011, Motorola and Verizon finally started upgrading the Motorola Xoom with 4G LTE capabilities. The wait was long and arduous but it finally happened. Now, Verizon has given the 4G LTE upgrade process and end date. If you head over to the Xoom upgrade page on Verizon’s website, you’ll notice that [...]
Motorola has released its Q4 and 2011 earnings today and well, it’s not pretty. Motorola Mobility has announced that it lost some $80 million on $5.3 billion in revenue during Q4, a huge drop from the same quarter in 2010 which saw the company earn just around $110 million in profit. Also included were some [...]
Earlier today, we told you that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the U.S. Wi-Fi version of the Motorola Xoom was now available. However, up until now, the contents of the software remained a mystery. Remember, these major Android updates roll out with things besides the upgrade to the new operating system. Now [...]
The Motorola Xoom has just received an update. Unfortunately, it’s not the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update that Xoom owners have been craving, but it’s a quality update nonetheless. The update rolling out today is a mere 8.9MB in size. And while it doesn’t bring any new ground-breaking features, it does do one thing [...]
Many of you have probably been wondering what Verizon has up its sleeve for this year’s Black Friday. Well, today the carrier announced a couple of deals that will be available for Black Friday and beyond. On November 24th, 25th, and 28th, Verizon will offer up a red version of the Droid Incredible 2 online, [...]
Motorola has announced its Q3 earnings and among the statistics is an interesting statistic in regards to the company’s Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom, which was released back in February. The manufacturer confirmed that it only shipped a grand total of 100,000 Xoom tablets last quarter. Yes, you read that correctly. 100,000 shipped. No word [...]
There has been a lot of speculation about what devices, phones and tablets, will be getting the bump up to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the months ahead and it looks like we can confirm one more device today as a moderator over on Motorola’s forums has confirmed that the Xoom tablet will be [...]
There has been a lot of talk about Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus’ debuts tomorrow in Hong Kong but there hasn’t been much chatter about the current devices that might be seeing the update after the announcement finally goes down. And more specifically, we haven’t heard much about what current Android [...]
We had a feeling some new Motorola Xoom models were on their way and sure enough, one of them has popped up today. It’s just not a Motorola Xoom 2 model. Motorola and Best Buy have announced a tablet called the Motorola Xoom Family Edition, an exclusive to the retailer, and it’s going to be [...]
Verizon is in the process of finally upgrading the Motorola Xoom tablet with 4G LTE capabilities and many of those who first bought the Honeycomb tablet back in February are now able to enjoy fast data speeds courtesy of Big Red’s next-generation network. However, 4G LTE isn’t the only goodie coming along with the upgrade [...]
When Amazon announced the Kindle Fire tablet yesterday, it set the new bar for Android tablet prices. You see, Amazon’s tablet is going to be $199 without a contract effectively making the current slew of expensive Android tablets an ugly sight to consumers. So, how to make them more attractive? By lowering the price of [...]
According to DigiTimes, Motorola will be shipping two new Motorola Xoom’s in Q4 of this year. The device that will be shipping in November is going to be a 8.2-inch Xoom (the report states 7-inches but that’s likely wrong) while the larger 10.1 model shipping a month later in December. We got our first real [...]
The Motorola Xoom‘s long awaited upgrade to 4G LTE is close. We know that for sure. Exciting times to be sure for those of you that have held onto your Honeycomb tablet since it was released in February. However, up until today, we hadn’t really had a clear glimpse of 4G LTE’s capabilities on the [...]
The Motorola Xoom has traveled a bumpy road since it was released all the way back in February of this year. Motorola and Verizon promised it would be the first tablet with 4G LTE capabilities only to see that blow up in their face with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE. [...]
Verizon has posted a landing page for the Motorola Droid Bionic‘s accessories over on its official website and while there isn’t anything there yet for sale, it’s a very good sign that things are in motion and we should have our first dual-core 4G LTE smartphone launch on time in September. This news of course [...]
When Motorola started scooping up domain names that had the word ‘Kore’ in them, immediate speculation rested on the Kore being some sort of successor to the Motorola Xoom line. Quad-core + Kal-El = Kore, right? Wrong. As it turns out, Kore appears to be something to do with a fitness line that Motorola is [...]
Just yesterday, we learned that Apple had won a ruling in Germany that halted the sale of Samsung’s latest and greatest tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in the European Union. How were they able to do this? By accusing Samsung of infringing on their intellectual property. In Apple’s eyes, Samsung has ripped off the [...]
Motorola has been on a website buying spree lately and purchases dug up by Fusible seem to indicate that something called the Motorola KORE is on the way. The current speculation is that it’s some sort of successor to the Motorola Xoom tablet and possibly one that is going to be powered by a quad-core [...]
In a little bit of a shocker, good news for the Motorola Xoom is scarce these days, Verizon has posted the details regarding the Motorola Xoom 3G’s upgrade to Android 3.2 Honeycomb, an update that has already rolled out for the Wi-Fi version of the tablet. There aren’t any surprises unfortunately but because Verizon has [...]
By now you’ve probably heard that Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha announced that the Motorola Droid Bionic will be launching in September. That would be fine, if Motorola hadn’t announced the phone all the way back in January of this year. It’s quite clear that Motorola has not figured out 4G LTE. The company launched a [...]
Tomorrow is a big day for Samsung and Verizon as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 officially becomes the first tablet to hit the market with 4G LTE capabilities. This of course means that the Motorola Xoom will be taking second place in the race for 4G LTE, something that nobody could have predicted when the tablet [...]
Alright, so we have just learned that the Motorola Xoom will likely be getting its 4G LTE upgrade in September. That’s great. However, you may recall that Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha stated back in April that the Motorola Droid Bionic would be launching alongside the upgrade. So, unless plans have changed it appears that the [...]
Droid-Life has uncovered some evidence that points to a September release of the 4G LTE upgrade for the Motorola Xoom, something that Motorola promised would be coming out at some point this summer. This news comes after we saw what is probably the Xoom’s 4G LTE module pass through the FCC with flying colors which [...]
Earlier today, Netflix released an update that brought support to several new smartphones including the Samsung Droid Charge, the HTC ThunderBolt, and hey, even the Motorola Droid Bionic. Also listed, Lenovo’s IdeaPad which is a Honeycomb tablet. Thing is, the IdeaPad isn’t the only Honeycomb tablet that is able to take advantage of the Netflix [...]
Oh, you thought this Motorola Xoom news train had stopped? Think again. Just a short time ago we learned that the Xoom’s Android 3.2 update has begun to trickle out and now we have some more good news for Xoom owners as the Xoom’s LTE module has apparently passed through the FCC which means that [...]
We knew that the Motorola Xoom Android 3.2 update was on the way courtesy of a Google employee but we didn’t know exactly when. Well, today appears to be roll out day as there is now evidence that the update has begun to roll out to some U.S. Motorola Xoom owners. Now, we knew for [...]
It’s no secret that Android tablets are lacking in the optimized application department with current numbers for optimized Honeycomb applications hovering around 250-300 in number. And it doesn’t help that the rest of the applications, the ones designed for phones, often look and behave terrible. Well, to combat that, Google has announced that it will [...]
Heads up Motorola Xoom owners, you may be seeing another Honeycomb update coming your way in the very near future. Today, a Google employee apparently confirmed Android 3.2 Honeycomb, the update that got unofficially detailed a few weeks ago, will be coming to the Xoom “within days.” Unfortunately, there is no solid evidence to back [...]
The WiFi-only model of the Motorola Xoom is the latest Android Honeycomb tablet to undergo a price drop. Originally launched at $600, the Xoom is now available for $499 at Walmart. Though the mega-retailer has not given any reason for the drop in price, possible reasons may be increased competition in the space along with [...]
I am mystified as to how Xoom owners are putting up with all of the nonsense spewed their way from Motorola. Every single day it seems like there is another mishap and today is no different. You see, Motorola rolled out Android 3.1 to Xooms outside of the United States and lo and behold, Motorola [...]
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