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Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi update brings phone-like Android Market to the tablet

Posted: 29 Sep 2011, 13:42, by Alan F.

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Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi update brings phone-like Android Market to the tablet

One of our loyal readers who happens to own an unrooted Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablet, turned it on this morning and was immediately prompted to update his device. After about a minute of updating, the Android Market had been updated to resemble the version seen on Android handsets. The only difference was that there still was a special section for tablets,

Take a look at the images below. Anyone other Motorola XOOM owners receive this update today? Let us know by dropping us a comment in the box below!

Thanks, Kyle!


An update to the Motorola XOOM brings a "phone-like" Android Market to the tablet

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1. mobilespecs.in posted on 29 Sep 2011, 13:49 0 0

nice addition

2. darth8ball posted on 29 Sep 2011, 13:57 0 0

I have to wait to get home and check mine, will get back to you on this.

3. dacastrator posted on 29 Sep 2011, 14:15 0 0

I hope the tablet S will have it too.

4. nelsonl21 posted on 29 Sep 2011, 15:05 0 0

Its awesomeeeee. Finallyyyy. Runs like a charm

5. ledbetterp3 posted on 29 Sep 2011, 16:27 0 0

thats a nice remodeling of the market, maybe other tablets are going to get it too readying for ICS

6. knightinc posted on 29 Sep 2011, 22:44 0 0

Just got it.... Real nice!

7. Chuck1 (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2011, 17:03 0 0

I got it

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1. mobilespecs.in posted on 29 Sep 2011, 13:49 0 0

2. darth8ball posted on 29 Sep 2011, 13:57 0 0

3. dacastrator posted on 29 Sep 2011, 14:15 0 0

4. nelsonl21 posted on 29 Sep 2011, 15:05 0 0

5. ledbetterp3 posted on 29 Sep 2011, 16:27 0 0

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