Motorola Xoom Standard Dock: Thoughts & Demo
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The last version of Android to be released, 4.1, code-named "Jelly Bean," was only an incremental bump over the major 4.0 release ("Ice Cream Sandwich"). But that little bump made a big difference. Android became more or less fully realized with Ice Cream Sandwich, but Jelly Bean brought a level of polish and maturity that the platform previously lacked.
The biggest improvement for the end-user experience was "Project Butter," the name given to a group of adjustments vastly upgrading Android's responsiveness to touch input. These included adding triple buffered graphics rendering and maximizing the CPU's clock speed briefly whenever the screen is touched (there were also a few other underlying architectural improvements). Taken together, the tweaks made overall performance much more consistent in Jelly Bean. Before, Android's interface was capable of smoothness on sufficiently fast hardware (see our Optimus G review for evidence of that), but Jelly Bean brought smoothness even to older hardware like the Motorola Xoom and first-generation Kindle Fire . Using Android finally felt as good as using iOS or Windows Phone.
Upcoming OtterBox Case for Motorola Xoom is Dock-Friendly
If you just need access to the plugs at the bottom, you can open the smaller one, but if you need to dock the Xoom (for HDMI or whatever else), you can open up a larger flap so everything can click into place. The Motorola Xoom is currently the
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Motorola Xoom WiFi Now For Pre-Order In Canada
The Motorola Xoom WiFi model is currently available through online retailer Future Shop and also has a couple of Motorola Xoom accessories in stock such as the Standard Dock ($90), Speaker Dock ($200), Android Bluetooth Keyboard ($80) and Portfolio
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer first-impressions [Video]
With the keyboard attached it's a solid, usable notebook alternative, while the slate alone is every bit the web-surfing experience of the Motorola XOOM or Samsung's new Galaxy Tabs. More details in the video below.
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Face Off: Apple iPad 2 vs. Motorola Xoom
The Xoom's default case is awkward to use and a little bit ugly. Even when compared to Apple's cover for the first iPad it falls flat. As for docks, Motorola impressed us with the Xoom's Speaker HD Dock, whose sound quality and volume blew us away.
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Rumor: Motorola Atrix and XOOM Headed to Sprint with 4G WiMAX
If it does, word is Sprint plans to announce the Atrix (along with laptop dock) and XOOM next month. WELL MOTOROLA WITH SPRINT YOU DO NOT NEED TO CRIPPLE THIS PHONE, SPRINT HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH DATA TO SPARE. The phone is not crippled with Bell either
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