The lines were most obvious in screens with white backgrounds, such as in the Web browser or in the preinstalled Google Books app. I noticed them especially in photos and on the gray of the keyboard, but less so on the default blue Honeycomb wallpaper. In contrast, the Xoom seemed to present me with a grid whose lines were more obvious in some situations than in others. The display on the iPad felt downright sparkly, as if sand were buried in the liquid crystals themselves. But as I used the device, the pattern of the screen became more obvious. The home screens were readable, and colors looked fine. Initially, the device’s display looked lovely.
XOOM SD CARD SLOT NOT WORKING UPDATE
Unfortunately, the MicroSD Card slot is not enabled at launch-so early shoppers will have to wait until a software update comes along (eventually, Xoom will ship with the slot enabled).
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The MicroSD Card slot permits users to double their storage space as they use the device–a boon for anyone who tends to pack gadgets with media. The Xoom runs Nvidia’s Tegra 2 platform, with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of on-board user memory. The button lies where your forefinger naturally lands when you hold the Xoom in both hands. The power button is located on the back, to the left of the rear-facing, flash-equipped, 5-megapixel. The micro-USB and HDMI-mini ports are at bottom, perfect for mounting the Xoom in its optional dock (standard dock, $60, Speaker HD dock, $150). The stereo speakers, at back, appear to the right and left, with plenty of clearance for your fingers (this positioning is unfortunate, however, if you plan to listen to music while the pad is lying flat, with its screen face-up). Missing, however, was the Adobe Flash 10.2 player, which is coming soon but wasn’t available in time for this story.Ĭlearly, the device was designed with landscape orientation in mind: In that position, you hold it with two hands, and the front-facing 2-megapixel camera sits at the top middle of the display, just as the Webcam on a laptop typically is. The software’s tablet optimization was evident in the home screens, the widgets, the music player, the browser, the e-mail, and even the YouTube player.
XOOM SD CARD SLOT NOT WORKING ANDROID
Using the Xoom confirmed my earlier impressions of Android 3.0: The OS is vastly superior to its predecessor and is so different to use that it’s practically unrecognizable as a close relative of the Android widely deployed today. More critically, I experienced some issues with the display and image rendering during my hands-on evaluation of the Xoom. One drawback is its price: $800 with no contract on Verizon, and $600 with a two-year contract (prices as of February 23, 2011). The Xoom has a lot of features to like, and a lot to set it apart from the ever-growing crowd of tablets but it also has some drawbacks that temper my enthusiasm about it. All eyes are on the Motorola Xoom tablet, and for good reason: It’s the first device in an expected multitude to ship with Google’s tablet-optimized Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).