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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #10 on: 31 March 2012, 15:33 »
it is pretty weighty compared to the other tablets plus everyware near me has sold out of them now.

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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #11 on: 31 March 2012, 16:21 »
it is pretty weighty compared to the other tablets plus everyware near me has sold out of them now.

Yep. Its only online now!

Buy from Currys with promo code "tab5" for another £10 off.



I've just bought one :D I figure I'd buy it before stocks run low and I don't get the chance to not buy it. If its naff, I'll send it back. Got to love DSR.
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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #12 on: 31 March 2012, 16:36 »
it is pretty weighty compared to the other tablets plus everyware near me has sold out of them now.

Yep. Its only only now!

Buy from Currys with promo code "tab5" for another £10 off.



I've just bought one :D I figure I'd buy it before stocks run low and I don't get the chance to not buy it. If its naff, I'll send it back. Got to love DSR.

from having a play with it in the shop i reakon you'll be fine with it

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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #13 on: 31 March 2012, 17:01 »
Yeah, I really liked it, thought it was nicer than the Samsung + Sony sat next to them. Coming from having a Motorola Defy phone (which has an average screen at best), my expectations aren't too massive anyway. But the community behind Motorola means that there's a tonne of tweaks/roms/mods that can be dropped onto it with ease.


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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #14 on: 03 April 2012, 13:34 »
Got my Xoom ...

... Now to upgrade it to ICS :evil:

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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #15 on: 03 April 2012, 16:29 »
Boredom got the better of me, now its running EOS ICS

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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #16 on: 03 April 2012, 18:18 »
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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #18 on: 04 April 2012, 22:17 »
As long as you're happy  :wink: As a once avid Android I still wouldn't pay that much for it now :lipsrsealed: It was too much when they originally came out too and I was hugely disappointed with Android 3.x
I find the XOOM heavy which makes it uncomfortable to hold for a length of time and end up resting it on my lap with my legs crossed to prop it up, even with the free Moto BT keyboard and mouse they gave away for owners last year, it still lagged when typing, though I've not used the keyboard since they sorted out the general jitteriness of the OS and barely touch the slab now.
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Re: Motorola xoom tablet
« Reply #19 on: 05 April 2012, 09:08 »
@jay on the stock 3.2 Rom it was laggy on browser keystrokes but generally fairly reasonable, but since swapping it over to eos ics and oc'ing it to 1.4ghz it is very very snappy and all round perfect.

I can touch type in it at nearly the same speed I can on a pc, which is saying something.

I've got no grounds for comparison on the weight, it feels pretty heavy to hold, but its sat on a table/desk most of the time for me.

Price wise, seems fairly cheap for what you get in terms of hardware, as long as your prepared to do a little modification along the way to bring it up to par with other devices.