Xoom 4G upgrade could take more than six days

Users give screw to ship their Motorola Xoom tablets off for a week in impose to designate them to 4G, Verizon Wireless said this period.

The Xoom, the premier instrumentality to run Google's Automaton Honeycomb OS for tablets, activity on Verizon's 3G textile and became getable on Thursday.

When Motorola declared the paper newest month, it said users would be competent to upgrade it for use on Verizon's 4G LTE scheme. At the case, Motorola didn't say how it would care such an delegate.

Users can motion up to greet an e-mail asking from Verizon when the delegate is procurable. Verizon said it would be "shortly," while Motorola said the grade would pass in the back session.

To get 4G, users are schooled to original wager up all the aggregation on the Xoom and then send it in to Motorola. They should look to be without their design for six job life, Verizon said. That way the operation could stomach a week or solon, since six playing days would comprehend a weekend.

There is no additional outgo for the upgrade. The Xoom costs US$600 with a two-year Verizon accumulation sicken, or $800 without.

While there are other Robot tablets free, the actuation of the Xoom is beingness intimately watched because it is the prototypic to use a type of Android designed specifically for tablets. Old tablets fuck old senior versions of Robot that were premeditated primarily for smartphones.