By Killian Bell |
Following its debut on the Google Nexus 7 last week, the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update started arriving on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Monday. And now it’s hitting the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Nexus S, too. The update is arriving over-the-air to these…
By Killian Bell |
We had suspected that the Android Jelly Bean upgrade was just around the corner for the Motorola Xoom, but we’re still surprised to hear that some users are already receiving it so soon. Motorola — now owned by Google — is now pushing out the…
By Todd Haselton |
Motorola Mobility has reached out to owners of the Wi-Fi-only XOOM tablet asking them to participate in a voluntary software test, which suggests that the company is working on deploying a build of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean soon. The invitation was recently sent out to…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just announced that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will be available in mid-July for the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and the Motorola XOOM in mid-July. The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software development kit will be available to Android developers today. Hopefully we hear more about…
By Killian Bell |
I’ll bet that if you’re heading out to purchase a new tablet today, it’ll be Apple’s new iPad. But in case you’re not into iOS, how about picking up Sony’s latest Tablet S instead? A number of British retailers are slashing the price of the…
By Brandon Russell |
I hope you’re sitting down, Verizon customers, because this news is about to make your knees weak. Verizon on Tuesday announced a full list of devices slated to received the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment, and it is sure to please quite a few Android owners.…
By Brandon Russell |
Nearly a month after making a proposal to replace its inflight manuals with 18,000 iPad 2s, the U.S. Air Force has awarded a $9.36 million contract to Phoenix-based vendor Executive Technology to make the purchase. Apple’s tablet supposedly beat out competition from the PlayBook, Xoom,…
By Brandon Russell |
A new Bloomberg report suggests the U.S. Air Force may purchase as many as 18,000 iPad 2s as replacement for manuals and navigation charts. The service’s Air Mobility Command reportedly has plans to issue a proposal, which would be one of the military’s largest orders…
By Killian Bell |
As promised late last year, Motorola has issued its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the original Motorola Xoom tablet. But it’s only available to those in the U.S. with the Wi-Fi-only device. Those who have the pleasure of built-in 3G connectivity will have…
By Brandon Russell |
Today’s tablets are fast becoming the quintessence of what can be considered the perfect consuming tool. They’re portable, fast, easy to use, and allow us to watch videos, play games and read books, among a million other uses. Care to guess which tablet in particular…
By Jon Rettinger |
There’s been no shortage of tablet devices this year, and Verizon is seeing fit to say goodbye to 2011 by introducing an oddly named Honeycomb line: Xyboard. How the honchos at Big Red ever thought the name would catch on, we’ll never know. In a…
By Killian Bell |
If you didn’t wake up to that tablet you were hoping for on Christmas Day, then now seems like the perfect time to buy your own if you’re living in the U.K. British retailers have been slashing the price of tablets that have been struggling…
By Emily Price |
Rumor has it Verizon Wireless will be releasing two Droid-branded tablet this month. According to CNET the carrier will be getting two of Motorola Mobility’s Droid Xyboard tablets, an 8 and 10-inch model. Both tablets sport Gorilla Glass-protected screens, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of…
By Adriana Lee |
Not that we didn’t know it was coming, but the Xoom 2 and the Xoom 2 Media Edition have been officially unveiled by Motorola now. Announced in the UK and Ireland, the devices — as leaked — will be arriving with Android Honeycomb on board. The…
By Adriana Lee |
The first Motorola Xoom didn’t really set the world on fire. It was expensive, only came as a Data+Wi-Fi offering, was heavy/bulky and couldn’t really take advantage of much in the way of tablet-optimized Android offerings at the time. Boy, have things changed. First off,…
By Brandon Russell |
Ice Cream Sandwich is coming! Did you hear? On a brand-spanking new phone even. And some other phones as well. But what about tablets? One of Google’s biggest goals with their new OS was to end Android fragmentation heading into the future, so it’s seems…
By Sean P. Aune |
Motorola has officially announced the newest addition to the Xoom family of tablets, the Xoom Family Edition. This new version has been rumored for a while now, but this is the first official confirmation of its existence. “Nowadays, everyone from mom, dad to the youngest…
By Emily Price |
What do Verizon and Motorola have in store for us for the rest of 2011? We’ll know as soon as next week. The two companies announced today that they are holding a joint event in NYC next Tuesday to show off their holiday lineup. Expected…
By Mike Perlman |
As the mobile gadget population continues to flourish, phone and tablet names grow increasingly idiotic. Marketing and branding teams run out of ideas, and gold is handed to me for rants such as this one. It’s been one hell of a busy week, but that…
By Emily Price |
The 4G LTE update is now available for Verizon Motorola Xoom owners, and already upgraded tablets will be available at Verizon stores and online starting October 13. Already have a Xoom? If you already have a Motorola Xoom, to score your upgrade you’ll have to…
By Sean P. Aune |
Pictures have surfaced of a Motorola tablet with the model number “MZ617,” and some believe that this could be the successor to the original Xoom, the Motorola Xoom 2. An anonymous tipster sent the pictures you see in this post to DroidLife, and it clearly…
By Adriana Lee |
For a lot of people, Hulu Plus is like a necessary evil. No, you don’t get quite the same content through the mobile app that you would online, and your $7.99 per month for shows and movies still comes with ads. But it’s still at…
By Mike Perlman |
I feel like the black sheep in the Tablet herd, questing to find meaning within this gadget’s baffling existence, but always strolling away with a sprinkling of pros and a bushel of cons. Let me spew more diesel onto the incendiary spectacle by adding this…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple has been on a bit of a lawsuit tear as of late. Whether you think they are in the right or wrong for all the legal actions they’ve been taking, one thing is sure that it seems like anyone who has ever released a…
