Two thumbs up on this woot. I suffered through the Viewsonic experiment, then when it crashed, picked up a Xoom. All updates have installed flawlessly. Pick up a BT keyboard and you are good to go!

And that's a hella price, woot, even for a refurb. Good choice.

Have one from a previous Woot. OTA ics update was smooth. Good tablet - no real complaints. Accessing external SD card still not as straight forward as it should be. 1Saleaday is selling new ones on their eBay store for $329.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-XOOM-32GB-Tablet-w-10-1-Touch-HD-Screen-Android-Honeycomb-WiFi
/200753595945?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item2ebdd8c629

The last version of Honeycomb was more reliable than the current version of ICS on the Xoom. The Xoom browser crashed just opening this first page of forum comments. Both email and the browser crash from a couple to a few times a week. I hope Motorola continues to update it. And humungus is right about the volume buttons being too small. Those issues aside, it's a sweet piece of kit. I keep mine on my dining room table so I can watch the news while I eat (like the astronauts in the 2001 movie).

If you want to use it for ebook reading, both Amazon and Barnes and Noble have free apps available for it. I recommend the Nook app as it has better page formatting and displays the book in 3d whereas the Amazon Fire app just has plain flat pages. Also B&N has magazines, newspapers, and comic books. I get Popular Science from it.

editorkid wrote:The last version of Honeycomb was more reliable than the current version of ICS on the Xoom. The Xoom browser crashed just opening this first page of forum comments. Both email and the browser crash from a couple to a few times a week. I hope Motorola continues to update it. And humungus is right about the volume buttons being too small. Those issues aside, it's a sweet piece of kit. I keep mine on my dining room table so I can watch the news while I eat (like the astronauts in the 2001 movie).

Never had any issue with the OS crashing. Some apps that are not yet fully optimized for ICS might not be stable.

Actually the Kindle app also has the magazine , newspaper and comic subscriptions also. But I agree that BN needs some of the loving also, so share your $$ between both services and keep the competition alive.

miniskunk wrote:If you want to use it for ebook reading, both Amazon and Barnes and Noble have free apps available for it. I recommend the Nook app as it has better page formatting and displays the book in 3d whereas the Amazon Fire app just has plain flat pages. Also B&N has magazines, newspapers, and comic books. I get Popular Science from it.

A couple of questions on the Xoom and ICS.

There was a problem with Honeycomb not allowing read/write to the extra SD card. Was this corrected for ICS?

Second, is the 32 Gbs of internal memory fully accessable to the Applications? Some of the other competitors to xoom limited the application space to 3gb no matter the size of the internal memory. Does anyone know the partition schema of the Xoom?

Thanks

mbrickell wrote:Yeah, this kind of gets me thinking. The Xoom is $100 less, but down the road a year or two, I can probably sell a used iPad for $100 more, so in the end, price is somewhere around a wash. So it comes down to which machine to buy on hardware/software interface merit, not really price. Curious as to thoughts from someone who has played around with this and an IP2 both...which to buy if price over the long haul were roughly equal?

I always hate to be "that rebel scum" that compares Android and Apple competing products, but I have messed around with both and prefer the Xoom. Better cameras, open source, HDMI and expandable memory are all pluses on the side of this tablet.

I stated earlier that I used this tablet till this week, and that is only because the new Transformer (300) was delivered....and I sold my Xoom for $300...so this is a very good price.

EDIT: "that rebel scum"...you insert THAT for a SC resident...WOOT!

mbrickell wrote:Yeah, this kind of gets me thinking. The Xoom is $100 less, but down the road a year or two, I can probably sell a used iPad for $100 more, so in the end, price is somewhere around a wash. So it comes down to which machine to buy on hardware/software interface merit, not really price. Curious as to thoughts from someone who has played around with this and an IP2 both...which to buy if price over the long haul were roughly equal?

I have an iPhone 3GS, and I bought a Xoom last fall to help me decide which way I want to go with my next phone ... unfortunately, it hasn't been definitive ... I like them both ... but having one of each isn't very handy ... I tend to keep my stuff until it dies, so the resale argument doesn't really apply, and I'll probably go with the androids moving forward to save the up-front cost ...

Buy it. Just do it. I got this exact same model about a month after they hit the market on here and it has been awesome. Battery life is great, graphics are excellent, this thing is legit.

Does anyone know which model Xoom this is? 600, 601, 604? I looked over the specs and didn't see any cellular data so I'm guessing its the wifi only. Maybe one of you who bought the last time could let us know. I would love to get this tablet, but I have to agree with the earlier post that the extra $30 for a new one makes this deal seem not quite the bargain I was hoping for.

Does anybody know if its possible to throw a sim card in this? ... decent deal but I'd like to be able to use this without worrying about tethering or trying to find wifi when I'm out on the road!

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/10f0a771-e923-4dc1-9c0e-2c0bc561c7d1/asus-transformer-16gb-with-dock#0

just noticed this was posted... its slightly more cash, but from what I've read, the Asus is a superior tablet, no?

miniaturepeddler wrote:A couple of questions on the Xoom and ICS.

There was a problem with Honeycomb not allowing read/write to the extra SD card. Was this corrected for ICS?

Second, is the 32 Gbs of internal memory fully accessable to the Applications? Some of the other competitors to xoom limited the application space to 3gb no matter the size of the internal memory. Does anyone know the partition schema of the Xoom?

Thanks

Yes, you can write to SD.

Mine shows 28.9GB available for general use.

miniaturepeddler wrote:A couple of questions on the Xoom and ICS.

There was a problem with Honeycomb not allowing read/write to the extra SD card. Was this corrected for ICS?

Second, is the 32 Gbs of internal memory fully accessable to the Applications? Some of the other competitors to xoom limited the application space to 3gb no matter the size of the internal memory. Does anyone know the partition schema of the Xoom?

Thanks

The only issue I have noted is some apps cannot delete files on the microSD, but they can read/write to it just fine. Likely just a permissions issue.

Yes all internal memory is available to the apps that isn't in use of course. It has one partition. Roughly 28 GBs are available for apps and storage. The rest is taken by the OS.

I bought one for $399 on here, had to send it back once to be fixed. This shouldn't dissuade you from getting a xoom but just know these type of things happen. The return itself was fairly quick and painless. I was more than happy with the purchase of my XOOM. I think the XOOM is a perfect device for reading material while on the pooper.

m1sterb0b wrote:Does anybody know if its possible to throw a sim card in this? ... decent deal but I'd like to be able to use this without worrying about tethering or trying to find wifi when I'm out on the road!

Yes, micro SD ... but I haven't needed it yet :-)

m1sterb0b wrote:Does anybody know if its possible to throw a sim card in this? ... decent deal but I'd like to be able to use this without worrying about tethering or trying to find wifi when I'm out on the road!

It will not read a SIM card. I know for a fact as I tried. The cellular module has not been installed in the WiFi only models.

Can you use an external wireless antenna on this?

Best Buy sells this new for $349:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp;jsessionid=CB2751360A8884BA1B79B82FBC30068D.bbolsp-app06-47?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=1870320858174356764&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=motorola+xoom&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&Blaster=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

reverendsponge wrote:http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/10f0a771-e923-4dc1-9c0e-2c0bc561c7d1/asus-transformer-16gb-with-dock#0

just noticed this was posted... its slightly more cash, but from what I've read, the Asus is a superior tablet, no?

The specs on the Asus are identical. The only difference was in the screen quality. Asus has had issues with light leakage that has turned users off. The Xoom I own has very uniform lighting across the whole screen and really decent black levels.

miniskunk wrote:It will not read a SIM card. I know for a fact as I tried. The cellular module has not been installed in the WiFi only models.

Thanks for the correction ... I saw "SIM" but read "SD" ...

reverendsponge wrote:http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/10f0a771-e923-4dc1-9c0e-2c0bc561c7d1/asus-transformer-16gb-with-dock#0

just noticed this was posted... its slightly more cash, but from what I've read, the Asus is a superior tablet, no?

I posted this. It is a very similar tablet (I feel the Asus is slightly superior), but 1/2 the GB on the Asus (16GB).....but if you were to get a keyboard for the Xoom like the one in the Asus deal you would not have the advantage of extra battery and the price would be about a wash.

Can the front facing camera be used aa webcam for video chat?

I have 1 Mac desktop
1 MacBook pro
<3 my Xoom wifi 32 <3 that I bought last year refurbished from Motorola , I have my tablet with me always! I have it set up to run my life( I am recovering from a spinal cord injury) It is only a toy if you treat it like one, I remotely control my Mac, watch Netflix, I print via Bluetooth, I can simply user my cell phone as a hot spot and surf even on 2g. I have some motor skills issues and I have dropped it hundreds of time. The gorilla glass is awesome, I know longer use a case
Down sides if you user Facebook prepare for a fight, it is as if FB know you are a google fan and nothing works right. On the internet version, not the mini one. I only have a problem with that site. It is made for a google user, and if you are it is a dream.
I was an apple tech pre OSX and the interface is not life windows or Mac, need to maintain this machine (Spend the time with one of the android tools kits and you will not run out of space. I was upgrade to icc months ago and it has really taken the place of my other machines.
The power plug is the only big issue, it is flimsy at port and only Motorola power supplies work, no USB charging. BUY IT AT THIS PRICE and get a speaker dock. Woot where were u when I spent $499???

sierra513 wrote:Can the front facing camera be used aa webcam for video chat?

That is pretty much what it is designed for.

sierra513 wrote:Can the front facing camera be used aa webcam for video chat?

That is the purpose, the rear camera is quite good, but I would only use the forward facing for chatting

I found this somewhere a week or two ago; don't know if its still available but FYI

http://www.cowboom.com/product/855992

miniskunk wrote:The specs on the Asus are identical. The only difference was in the screen quality. Asus has had issues with light leakage that has turned users off. The Xoom I own has very uniform lighting across the whole screen and really decent black levels.

Not identical. 16GB vs 32GB in this instance.

miniskunk wrote:It will not read a SIM card. I know for a fact as I tried. The cellular module has not been installed in the WiFi only models.

I use my cell as a hot spot or you can go to clear and rent a portable hotspot. With my cell its one touch and I am my own wifi, I am, talking to it and letting it transcribe so excuse my misspells

@ dliidlii:

We don't know where you shop, either.

Link?

ggrote wrote:Yes, micro SD ... but I haven't needed it yet :-)

I keep up with the xoom boards and I forsee writing to my mcsd card, there is a simple work around but the next machines dont s#M to be even putting in slots, there is a way to do almost anything, you have to take the time to figure out a solution

jjessop wrote:Great tablet but Motorola has the same thing (16gb) on there site with $30 of apps for $279.

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Tablets/MOTOROLA-XOOM-FAMILY-EDITION-US-EN?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=NA_US-EN_PPC_XOOM&WT.mc_ev=click

That 16GB is the catch. An extra 16Gb for $20 is the way to go.

sierra513 wrote:Can the front facing camera be used aa webcam for video chat?

Yes it can. That is why it is placed there.

Scratch that. As far as I know only the display side is useable for video chat.

editorkid wrote:The last version of Honeycomb was more reliable than the current version of ICS on the Xoom. The Xoom browser crashed just opening this first page of forum comments. Both email and the browser crash from a couple to a few times a week. I hope Motorola continues to update it. And humungus is right about the volume buttons being too small. Those issues aside, it's a sweet piece of kit. I keep mine on my dining room table so I can watch the news while I eat (like the astronauts in the 2001 movie).

I also never froze or crashed pre icc either. Have you noticed a battery drain since it went to 4.0.3?

Thanks for the clarification on the webcam. It mentions google talk several times for video chat, but i'm assuming it would work for other chat programs ass well as online video chatrooms.

I may just have to spring for this. Seems everyone likes it and I've been wanting to replace my antique laptop for awhile now.

Just ordered one. I leave for Europe next weekend....... I sure would love to have this for the long flight....PLEASE HELP ME WOOT!!!!!

jbgroup1 wrote:I wonder if this is upgradeable to Andriod 4.0 ICS.

ICS has been released by Motorola for this tablet. It will be delivered to you over the air as a system update. We have two of these and they get used more than any electronic device in the house. I take mine everywhere and use it tethered to my Droid razor for mobile broadband. Great tablet, especially after the ice cream sandwich update.

"But the XOOM didn’t respond. He had buried his past to become who he was today, so he had only just begun to fear for his life."

This really makes it sound like this guy's about to be superseded...

sierra513 wrote:Thanks for the clarification on the webcam. It mentions google talk several times for video chat, but i'm assuming it would work for other chat programs ass well as online video chatrooms.

I may just have to spring for this. Seems everyone likes it and I've been wanting to replace my antique laptop for awhile now.

It will work with other apps like Skype.

morriea wrote:I posted this. It is a very similar tablet (I feel the Asus is slightly superior), but 1/2 the GB on the Asus (16GB).....but if you were to get a keyboard for the Xoom like the one in the Asus deal you would not have the advantage of extra battery and the price would be about a wash.

And the Asus has a 3 month warranty versus the Xoom's 12 month.