ESRI Launches ArcGIS for Android

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It's only been 12 long months since ESRI first announced it was working on its Android application similar to the iOS app which has been out for well over a year.  I had a chance to play with it the other day and was really impressed.  I loaded a local data-set from a feature class geodatabase into my ArcGIS.com cloud account.  Next I signed … [Read more...]

Motorola XOOM spotted with 4G LTE and Android 3.2.2

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Motorola XOOM owners are still waiting on their upgrade to 4G LTE, with only a select few "business class" individuals being lucky enough to get a sneak peek. A member of XDA was able to get the early update, and has some info letting us know just how their XOOM turned out to be returned. Obviously from the photo you can tell that it now has 4G, … [Read more...]

Android 3.2 update rolling out to 3G Motorola XOOMs

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It's about time. 3G Motorola XOOM owners have been waiting longer than most other Honeycomb tablets to get the latest Android 3.2 update. Earlier in the week a soak test was released to select individuals to test out the update, and it looks like things must have gone pretty smoothly, because yesterday that update jumped up to include everyone … [Read more...]

Woot offering refurbished WiFi Motorola XOOM for $400

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Deal of the week so far for tablets would have to be what Woot is pricing refurbished WiFi XOOMs today. These tablets have been dropped down to $399.99, the cheapest we have ever seen the XOOM go down to. Of course, the XOOM is quickly becoming old news with next-gen tablets on the very near horizon, and this is refurbished, so quality may be an … [Read more...]

Non-US Motorola XOOM’s getting sd card support with latest update, how did US miss out?

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This is definitely an unusual find. The Motorola XOOM has been one of the more frustrating tablets for buyers lately, due to the fact that both Verizon and Motorola have promised 4G capabilities and sd card support for months now. Still, software updates have come and gone with no news of either feature being added into the tablet. Now we are … [Read more...]

Motorola continuing trend of being the first, quad-core tablet next?

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A source from fudzilla seems to think that Motorola is not only working on a quad-core tablet for this fall, they will be the first to release one. We are definitely placing this one in the huge rumor mill, but you had to think that Motorola was working towards something in the near future. Let's look at the facts we do know and try to see if there … [Read more...]

Motorola Confirms: WiFi only XOOM’s beginning to get Android 3.1 update

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We just talked about the Android 3.1 update, and we had already been hearing that 3G Motorola XOOM owners were seeing the update. Surprising enough, some WiFi only XOOM owners were happy to see the Honeycomb update hitting their tablets as well. We had thought that the update would only be for the Verizon XOOM for the first couple of weeks, then … [Read more...]

Motorola giving away a free Portfolio Case with the purchase of a WiFi XOOM

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For all the money you're putting into these tablets, like the Motorola XOOM, you should probably think about getting a protective case for it. Motorola is there for you this week, giving away a free Portfolio Case when you purchase the XOOM(WiFi or 3G) from their website. The case is definitely top of the line for protection on your XOOM, and is … [Read more...]

Motorola XOOM gets SD Card support for rooted users

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This has turned into a great day! Motorola XOOM owners have been wishing for sd card support since the tablets release, and now anyone that is rooted can get in on the action with a custom kernel. We already knew that bigrushdog had gotten the sd card to work, but we thought it would be another day at least before the package would be released with … [Read more...]

Only 100,000 Motorola XOOM units sold in first two months

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We have to consider Motorola's first foray into the tablet world a test, because the only other word we could describe it as so far would be a failure. While the Motorola XOOM has amazing specs, from a 10.1" screen to a Terga 2 processor, and the first ever to run Android 3.0, it just isn't enough to compete with the iPad. Deutsche Bank has … [Read more...]