This is interesting

[Morkai Almandragon]

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/47255?tstart=0

And if you are wondering, there is a comment made in another thread that eludes to the fact that an SD card was never promised.

 

[dwboston]

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/47255?tstart=0

And if you are wondering, there is a comment made in another thread that eludes to the fact that an SD card was never promised.

SD card support hinges on Google. Honeycomb doesn't support external storage yet. This is a Google issue, not a Motorola issue.

 

[Morkai Almandragon]

That is what I have heard...

And you don't think Google and Motorola have discussed this? Come on now, someone knows the answer. My concern is Honeycomb starts to support SD, then the Xoom does not (I do not care why), we are left with a lame duck holding our junk and crying about an 800$ loss.

 

[wynand32]

I'm sure that Toshiba would also be pretty upset if Google decides not to support external storage. They're including an SD card slot in their tablet as well. I'm not sure about all of the others, but there are two manufacturers counting on SD card support.

 

[wynand32]

That is what I have heard...

And you don't think Google and Motorola have discussed this? Come on now, someone knows the answer. My concern is Honeycomb starts to support SD, then the Xoom does not (I do not care why), we are left with a lame duck holding our junk and crying about an 800$ loss.

Well, then don't be concerned: there's absolutely no reason why Honeycomb would support SD and the Xoom wouldn't. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

 

[jvward]

The Xoom is being treated as a google expeirance device which puts in the same league of updates as the G1, the Nexus 1, the OG Droid, and the Nexus S. It will get it so stop worrying. This is also the reason for the unlocked boot loader. Now as for when thats a whole other story but the more devices that ship with Honeycomb the better because that will put pressure on google to get the update out.

 

[eatonjb]

this might be odd, but what the heck makes it so hard to have SD support in the first place, you would think that this would be one the main functions of the software. I mean, its not like SD cards are new, and not like a million other devices that are running android (not 3.0 but older versions) have SD support. i mean, this confuses me in the first place.

 

[bwcorvus]

this might be odd, but what the heck makes it so hard to have SD support in the first place, you would think that this would be one the main functions of the software. I mean, its not like SD cards are new, and not like a million other devices that are running android (not 3.0 but older versions) have SD support. i mean, this confuses me in the first place.

I think the problem isn't that honeycomb doesn't support sdcards so much a it doesn't support two. The internal memory is being seen as an sdcard.

Sent from my EVO

 

[eatonjb]

I think the problem isn't that honeycomb doesn't support sdcards so much a it doesn't support two. The internal memory is being seen as an sdcard.

Sent from my EVO

but with that being said, same thing tho, does my Captivate not have the same setup?

 

[nindoja]

but with that being said, same thing tho, does my Captivate not have the same setup?

I'm not sure about the Captivate, but on the Xoom the /data and /sdcard mount points both point to the same logical partition on the internal storage. In most phones, /data has its own partition on the internal storage, and /sdcard is mounted from your sd card slot.

 

[eatonjb]

well.. not to argue the point, witch is completely valid, I still do not understand why that was not something that could have been added at the get go.

it just seems simple, as it would require a driver, an just a point in the script to mount it.

Flash, I can see why the issue, new hardware and stuff.

anyways, cant wait to get some SD action, would love to toss some movies on this thing!. (err.. more movies)

 

[patass]

the comments on the sd card slot being activated with the 4g is all bs right? Cause I'm getting the wifi one and obviously I'm not sending it in for 4g.

 

[familiarstranger]

It's a software (honeycomb) thing. It will be enabled with an update. which im sure will be OTA or at least available on XDA

the comments on the sd card slot being activated with the 4g is all bs right? Cause I'm getting the wifi one and obviously I'm not sending it in for 4g.

 

[Morkai Almandragon]

It's a software (honeycomb) thing. It will be enabled with an update. which im sure will be OTA or at least available on XDA

I have read this time and time again. But where are you getting your info? Who told you it would be updated?

 

[kcrudup]

the comments on the sd card slot being activated with the 4g is all bs right?

Yeah, I'm almost 100% sure they pulled that out of their ass, and was confusing the LTE SIM card slot (which is usuaily ultimately attached to a serial port, no special hardware required) with the SD Card slot.

 

[eaglecomm]

They were probably just hoping it would all get worked out around the same time as the 4G updates.

This is on the Wifi Model listing:

Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (functionality requires future software upgrade)

 

[smilepak]

Well, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 won't have SD card. Might be reason why

 

[MrZ123]

Well, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 won't have SD card. Might be reason why

Do you really think Google created a brand new Android OS that should be around for years to come that will not support SD cards? And on top of that, do you think Motorola working with Google would put an SD slot in the xoom and never activate it?

Really, come on...

 

[c0t0d0s2]

Source is available, if for some dumb reason Google doesn't want to support an SD card, motorola can do it themselves.

 

[xlGmanlx]

Is source available?

Source is available, if for some dumb reason Google doesn't want to support an SD card, motorola can do it themselves.