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Motorola XOOM comes with unlocked bootloader, unlike the Motorola ATRIX 4G

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By Daniel Petrov

Updated: Mar 08, 2011, 1:35 AM

Motorola XOOM comes with unlocked bootloader, unlike the Motorola ATRIX 4G

Motorola XOOM, the poster child of Google's tablet operating system - Android 3.0 Honeycomb - and the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset, will have a bootloader that can be locked and unlocked at will.

What this means is that Moto is giving carte blanche to modders and hackers to explore the 10" tablet and create their own iterations of the default ROM image on the tablet. The community over at XDA-Devs is surely pleased by that news, because it means countless hours of modding and hacking to bring out the best in the device. This almost eases the pain that Adobe Flash won't be shipping with the Motorola XOOM out of the box.

In other news, or, more appropriately, same-old-same-old, the Motorola ATRIX 4G dual-core phone is coming with a locked down bootloader, so modders will have a tough time cracking custom ROMs for the phone. What was the point of that again? Well, at least the phone is already rooted.

source: Electronista

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.