To get upgraded to LTE, your Motorola XOOM must be returned to the factory

0. phoneArena posted on 24 Feb 2011, 00:32

Want to upgrade your Motorola XOOM to LTE from the 3G connectivity it had out of the box? You will need to send the tablet back to the factory where the process will take 6 business days...

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1. Droid_X_Doug posted on 24 Feb 2011, 01:13 0 0

"Verizon reps are being told to sell the 4G experience for the Motorola XOOM by telling customers that 4G will increase the speed of the device by 10 times while songs will be downloaded in seconds and movies in minutes." Until you hit the monthly 95-percentile network usage threshold, at which time you get throttled down to EVDO speeds (~600 kbps).... One article I read recently, mentioned that the 95-percentile level is around the 5 GB level. I wonder how many HD movies being downloaded it will take to trip the 95-percentile throttling?

2. Sniggly posted on 24 Feb 2011, 01:45 0 0

During the months that I had the unlimited employee plan on my broadband card, I never hit any threshold and was never throttled. Is this something new with 4G?

8. Droid_X_Doug posted on 24 Feb 2011, 14:30 0 0

Your employer may have had a separate agreement with VZW for their plan. There was an article on phonearena.com about 2 weeks ago that discussed VZW's throttling policy. Maybe VZWEMPLOYEE will elaborate on the policy.

3. momo23 (unregistered) posted on 24 Feb 2011, 02:34 0 0

Why are they releasing this thing so early? No flash? No 4G? I hope something on the thing is ready at launch

4. Whateverman posted on 24 Feb 2011, 03:27 0 0

Doesn't even seem worth it anymore. Way to kill the enthusiasm Motorola!

5. BaiGanyo posted on 24 Feb 2011, 04:05 0 0

If it wont do anything you expect, you might as well get an ipad and not have to worry about when 4g or flash will be available. You know up front it won't ever have them lol.

6. VZWEMPLOYEE posted on 24 Feb 2011, 07:13 0 0

It has adobe flash 10.1 or do you mean flash for camera? This device blows an ipad away get off your apple kick really. If apple was is so great how many fortune 500 or U.S. dept use them. Mac is not the global standard PLEASE

7. VZWEMPLOYEE posted on 24 Feb 2011, 07:16 0 0

* If apple is so great

9. downphoenix posted on 24 Feb 2011, 15:43 0 0

good fail Verizon and Motorola. Good fail.

I thought the 4G ugprade was an addon for the device that you more or less just connect to the device. Now you have to send to the manufacturer for the chipset to be put into the pad? Also gotta love even though the upgrade is free, people who do not have LTE services have to pay the same for the tablet as those that day. Whatever it takes to maximize profits I guess instead of selling it for cheaper for 3G then charge for the 4G upgrade.

10. marshefen posted on 25 Feb 2011, 10:09 0 0

Then if they charged for the 4G upgrade you would be talking about how they are trying to maximize profits that way. No one ever said you have to connect the device to upgrade, you just assumed.

11. rtyecript (unregistered) posted on 23 Aug 2011, 12:35 0 0

I really liked the article, and the very cool blog

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