[Ballyman]

Originally Posted by Sisko

This is going for a decent price now it would seem.

Looking to buy my first tablet - as its more of a self indulgent thing than a necessity thing...I'd feel happier if I kept the budget under 400 euro.

Is there anything bad about the xoom I should know about? Seems just as good as ones going for 400-450 no?

Don't need 3g. I presume I can just use the 3g on my smartphone if I do use the xoom while out and about.

Do want - hdmi, USB, SD card slot - Android honeycomb and ultimately a smooth user experience. Don't want a laggy device.

Thoughts?

The XOOM has all of the above and i use my phone as a 3G hotspot when out of wifi range. I think its an outstanding device for the current price.

[mickoneill30]

Originally Posted by Ballyman

The XOOM has all of the above and i use my phone as a 3G hotspot when out of wifi range. I think its an outstanding device for the current price.

I agree with Ballyman. I've had mine since it was released in April and I've convinced a few friends to get some too. I haven't had any complaints.

I've a couple of extra thoughts. The Xoom 2 has been rumoured to be released soon. (http://gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/_news...izon-next-week).
I'd say the current Xoom has been reduced in price because of this. So if you can get it, don't hang around. It's probably not going to get cheaper and the Xoom 2 is probably going to be the normal price. This is all speculation on my part.

The only major advantage I can see is that the Xoom 2 will be skinnier. That doesn't bother me in the slightest though. It may be faster and have more memory. Both of those are nice of course but the current model is fast and has 1GB memory and 32Gb storage. So I'm happy with mine for a while. I may look at the Xoom 3 though if that is ever released. If Motorola keep updating it at this pace that'll be around May next year.

[Sisko]

Thanks lads, just what I wanted to hear.

Any tips on where the best place to pick one up would be?

[madmoe]

www.fnac.com have them and you can get €100 off if you have the FNAC voucher they gave away for those who they oversold the HP TouchPad too.

Cheers,
M

[djrichard]

Im expecting delivery of my Xoom tomorrow. I have an Android Desire HD and Im currently using Three as my network provider. I work in North County Dublin and I have suffered extremely slow network coverage in certain areas. Some places, which are quite populated have no #G signal at all, or at least no signal that will load a normal page anytime soon.

Does anyone have any first hand experience on which mobile provider will provide the best 3G coverage in North County Dublin? The areas are from Portmarnock up to Balbriggan and as far west as Blanchardstown and Asbourne.

Any help would be appreciated.

[mickoneill30]

Originally Posted by djrichard

Does anyone have any first hand experience on which mobile provider will provide the best 3G coverage in North County Dublin? The areas are from Portmarnock up to Balbriggan and as far west as Blanchardstown and Asbourne.

Any help would be appreciated.

I can't tell you who is the best but I've a work phone that is set up with Vodafone. I've used the 3G all over North Dublin (I live in Swords) and I haven't had any issues.

[Alt_M]

Anyone here gotten the 3.2 update for the european model?

Got it a few days ago... havn't noticed any major improvement apart from apps that arn't really designated as tablet apps playing nice. Scaling is still crap but at least they seem to work better.

[Ballyman]

Did you get it OTA or is it rooted?

[DrZeuss]

Originally Posted by Alt_M

Anyone here gotten the 3.2 update for the european model?

Got it a few days ago... havn't noticed any major improvement apart from apps that arn't really designated as tablet apps playing nice. Scaling is still crap but at least they seem to work better.

Yeah I got it few days ago too.
Same not much difference except the upscaling and stretching of non tablet apps.

Originally Posted by Ballyman

Did you get it OTA or is it rooted?

I got mine OTA, unrooted as it's not really mine to root

[Ballyman]

Excellent, just updated mine now too. I think it also activated the micro SD card slot did it not?

[Alt_M]

Originally Posted by Ballyman

Excellent, just updated mine now too. I think it also activated the micro SD card slot did it not?

Haven't got to test that actually. Long way off needing a SD at the moment!

[teddy_irish]

Got mine 3.2 OTA 3 days ago. Stock ROM non rooted. Stable, fast, maybe better battery. This is the last update before the general update of Ice Cream Sandwich. Nothing beats the XOOM so far. I love mine

[Alt_M]

Originally Posted by teddy_irish

This is the last update before the general update of Ice Cream Sandwich.

Fingers crossed for that! though i hear there might be a 3.2.1 hitting a few of the US WiFi Xooms...

[stereo_steve]

I love mine for travelling.

Recently came back from Australia and it lasted the journey for me. Obviously not on 100% but I watched a couple of movies/TV shows and played some games. It lasted the entire time I wanted to use it.

It just seems to have the battery that will not die.

[teddy_irish]

I saw info in XDA forum pointing that 3.2 is the last step. Then we go for a sandwich Maybe before New Year, but definitely among the first because Motorola is a part of Google and gets always priority updates first.