Motorola recently provided 6,200 “Xoom” Android tablets to daily deals site W00t.com and of those 6,200 tablets, about 100 of …
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Do Gadgets Really Make Our Lives More Complicated?
A new study published by Ad Age takes a look at the various ways new technologies—in particular, e-readers and tablets—influence the lives of the affluent, concluding that at the end of the day, additive technologies make life more complicated than not.
Assuming that “affluent” means households earning annual median incomes of …
Acer: Netbooks Will Survive! Tablets: LOL!
Well this is kind of awkward. In an interview published on Forbes’ blog yesterday, Eric Ackerson, a senior product marketing and brand manager at Acer, said that “the death of netbooks is overstated,” in regard to the proliferation of tablets like the iPad. His reasoning is simple: tablets are expensive, netbooks are not.
The article …
Android’s Hidden Music Backup Feature Harmonizes with Google
Well, well, well. Looks like we have some more fuel for the ages-old Google Music rumors. An enterprising developer shoehorned the new Motorola Xoom Android tablet’s music application onto his plain old Android smartphone and went he went into the phone’s settings menu, he was surprised to find a feature labeled “Sync Music” sandwiched …
Motorola Xoom Reviews Are In: King of Tablets or Just Android Tablets?
With Apple’s new iPad set to be unveiled next Wednesday, Motorola has just slid headfirst into the marketplace with its own 10-inch tablet.
The Android-based Motorola Xoom runs for $800 (or $600 with a two-year Verizon data contract), features two cameras, a dual-core processor, and 32 gigabytes of storage. From a purely technical …
Google’s Rumored Music Service Confirmed by Motorola?
It looks like Motorola may have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag regarding Google’s rumored web-based music service.
According to the Guardian, when speaking about Motorola’s upcoming Xoom tablet, the company’s mobility CEO, Sanjay Jha, said:
“If you look at Google Mobile services today, there’s a video service, there’s a
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Motorola ‘Xoom’ Tablet to Start at $600, Verizon Version at $800
Okay, now we’re moving in the right direction.
It appears that the rumored $800 price tag for the 10-inch Motorola Xoom Android tablet has been confirmed by the company’s CEO.
However, Reuters reports that Motorola will also be selling a Wi-Fi-only version of the Xoom that’ll be priced at around $600. Official availability dates …
Motorola Tablet Pokes Fun at Apple Users, Gets Priced at $800
First things first! Did you see the Motorola Xoom ad during the Super Bowl last night? If not, here it is.
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You’ll notice that Motorola’s taking a shot at Apple users, which seems like kind of an odd choice considering someone who might be interested in the iPad fits roughly …
Best Buy Leaks Dates for New Verizon 4G Phone and Tablet
Whoopsie daisies. One of Best Buy’s stores unwittingly posted some product availability dates on Facebook that shouldn’t have been made public yet, as captured in the above image by DroidLife. All are Verizon products and only one—the iPhone 4—had its release date known previously.
I saw it with my own eyes this morning and left …
Motorola ‘Xoom’ Tablet Tipped For February 17 Release At $700
On the endless list of tablets birthed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier in the month, the Motorola Xoom stands out as one of the more impressive. It’s the first Android tablet to run Google’s tablet-specific “Honeycomb” operating system, according to Motorola, and packs a whole lot of power into its 10-inch form …