Got my Xoom

[alee]

Yay for my local Verizon dealer, who made good on his promise and sold me 2 Xooms today.

Initial impressions are very good... but with only 7 apps in the Android Market for tablets, the community clearly has a long way to go.

Here's your fun fact so far: there's an LED near the Verizon logo that blinks when you get a notification.

 

[gigglebox]

Now, if you wouldnt mind... could you not play with it at all for the next 12 hours and just have it run a video loop while connected to 3g and wifi to guage the battery?

Come on, think of the service that you'll be providing. We'd totally owe you one.

 

[BBalz]

Are you able to download normal apps not made for tablets?

Or are you limited to only applications for tablets in the Market?

 

[TheZuneLune]

Yay for my local Verizon dealer, who made good on his promise and sold me 2 Xooms today.

Initial impressions are very good... but with only 7 apps in the Android Market for tablets, the community clearly has a long way to go.

Here's your fun fact so far: there's an LED near the Verizon logo that blinks when you get a notification.

Did you confirm what we heard that if you purchase through a VZ store no activation is required?

 

[alee]

Are you able to download normal apps not made for tablets?

Or are you limited to only applications for tablets in the Market?

For now, you can sideload apps via the browser, but you need to go to Settings > Applications and check off Unknown sources.

For whatever reason, I can see some, but not all the Market apps. Compatibility flag maybe? Went looking for Beejive and it didn't show up. Might need to be updated to use the Honeycomb APIs?

 

[BBalz]

I notice the apple bluetooth keyboard... does that work with it?

I only ask because I have one and sometimes I know apple products can be sort of a b#$^@ when it comes to connecting to off-apple brand items.

 

[alee]

Did you confirm what we heard that if you purchase through a VZ store no activation is required?

I was getting contracts for both, so I didn't ask.

Note: neither of my devices are currently activated -- Verizon's systems apparently won't activate any Xooms just yet, so mine will be turned on tomorrow morning. For now it's Wi-Fi, and there was no problem getting it to work without the activation.

 

[parrotheadmjb]

It hasn't been released yet, maybe Google has some tweaking to do in their systems overnight before apps show up. 7 apps doesn't sound right..

 

[alee]

I notice the apple bluetooth keyboard... does that work with it?

Just tried it. Pairs and works fine. When you pair, it discovers the keyboard, and asks you to type a 4 digit code + enter on the Apple keyboard. Then all systems go.

 

[alee]

It hasn't been released yet, maybe Google has some tweaking to do in their systems overnight before apps show up. 7 apps doesn't sound right..

Could be. Note that the app store did update itself upon first launch.

 

[muyoso]

Ya feel like prying the back off of one of them and checking on the true size of the battery? Does it say what the size is on the box by chance?

 

[bwcorvus]

Ya feel like prying the back off of one of them and checking on the true size of the battery? Does it say what the size is on the box by chance?

+1
Thanks

 

[Old MuckenMire]

If you go to the new Android Market on PC, you can find a NYTimes Android Application for Tablets. Can you possibly have that downloaded to your Xoom and give it a try?

Here is a link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nytimes.android.tablet&feature=search_result

+4 on the battery requests

 

[Diversion]

Alee!

Open up the Xoom and tell us what mAh battery size is inside that sucker? We need to put something to rest.. claim is that it's 3250mAh.. we're hoping this is a mistake and it's actually much larger.

 

[alee]

Anyone know how to get to the battery? I see 2 screws at the bottom, but I can't mess with those right now as I'm syncing over a ton of stuff to the tablet.

 

[Old MuckenMire]

Anyone know how to get to the battery? I see 2 screws at the bottom, but I can't mess with those right now as I'm syncing over a ton of stuff to the tablet.

Yeah I saw somewhere, cannot remember where, but you have to remove some screws.

 

[BBalz]

Surprised that Engadget or another site hasn't tore the Xoom apart to see all the bits and pieces and see what everything is already.

Sort of odd. Then again those no real reviews from sites either... just a wirefly guy unboxing it and talking too much about things he seems to know little about.

 

[aodpoe]

Question; How much did you spend out of the door total ($960-$970)?

 

[zapote21]

All the major sites have posted their reviews and all concur that battery life is awesome. So who cares about the size as long as you get the life?
Its all about the power consumption and not about the battery size

Sent from my TMO custom Tab

 

[alee]

Question; How much did you spend out of the door total ($960-$970)?

$800 each + tax. So I didn't get the Verizon price for contract but totally worth it to get it a day early.