Comments on: Motorola XOOM Torn Apart, 4G LTE Upgrade Should Be Super Simple?

By: Zzwhale

Zzwhale — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:26:00 +0000

quite honestly I WOULD RATHER HAVE A DONKEY do the upgrade than the local verizon store sub human protoplasmoids

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:41:00 +0000

I just played with a Xoom at Verizon store. It’s amazingly smaller and lighter than the iPad. I really like it. I’ve been exposed to Honeycomb on my Nook Color, but the Xoom ran it so smoothly and effortlessly. Everything was really great.

I think I’ll wait till prices come down though.

By: Chris Nimon

Chris Nimon — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:39:00 +0000

yeah, dont they usually give us a parts to price comparison?

By: Wmsco51

Wmsco51 — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:04:00 +0000

How about how much it cost to make it now that they broke it down? (how expensive plastic is)

By: DBK

DBK — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:52:00 +0000

The 4G hardware is able to utilize the 3G network as well. So the answer is yes.

By: DBK

DBK — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:50:00 +0000

I thought one could do it at a Service Center? That’s what was being reported and I haven’t heard or read anything to the contrary…..yet.

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:19:00 +0000

I’m sure the reason why this upgrade can’t be performed in stores is because of liability. If an installation goes wrong then Verizon, not Motorola, will be to blame since it’s their employees performing the installation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:25:00 +0000

I’m not sure what this post is doing under this article, but I wanted to respond. Intellectual Property is very interesting, because it’s not as cut and dried as “you took our name without Permission. Motorola (almost?) certainly performed a trademark search before deciding on a name. You are allowed to share the name of a product as long as there is no likelihood of confusion. Xoom.com is apparently like an unknown Western Union, allowing you to send money from one place in the world to another. Kind very different than a tablet computer.

Remember Apple Corp. vs. Apple Corps. They originally settled because Apple Corp. made computers and Apple Corps made and sold music. The Steve Jobs started selling Music. Uh Oh….(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer)

Bottom line is that it will be resolved either through settlement or the courts will make a decision, and the lawyers will make some money,

You say “it’s possible that Xoom Corporation might really want Motorola to rename it’s tablet computer”. I disagree for a number of reasons: First of all, before the tablet ever existed, who has ever heard of Xoom Corporation? Yeah, right. Motorola is raising awareness of Xoom Corporation like never before. That is worth $$$ right there, unless Xoom Corporation didn’t want publicity, The lawsuit really just furthers that, and between forcing Motorola to change the name and giving them some bucls for each unit sold, which do you think the Xoom Corp. shareholders really want?

By: Teabling

Teabling — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:05:00 +0000

Yes I do remember those Solectron guys, I was one of them. I still have my potato sack colored shirt too.

By: 2ceedz

2ceedz — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:23:00 +0000

4/24/11
Yesterday the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius filed a trademark suit with the US District Court for the Northern District of California (where Xoom Corporation is based) against Motorola Mobility and affiliated legal entities, asking the court on Xoom Corporation’s behalf not only for a permanent injunction but also for a “temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction”. Should that interim relief be granted to Xoom Corporation, it would disrupt the launch of Motorola’s iPad competitor, which runs on Honeycomb, the latest (and tablet-optimized) version of Google’s Android mobile operating system.

Xoom isn’t holding anything back either in its attack on Motorola:

Motorola’s alleged trademark infringement is described as “willful and intentional conduct” for which Xoom Corporation believes to be entitled to “treble damages”.

So is this about making a quick buck? Mueller doesn’t think so:

A company of that nature and stature is less likely than a smaller one to file a suit against a major player like Motorola only to make a quick buck in exchange for dropping a pointless complaint. It’s possible that Xoom Corporation really wants Motorola to rename its tablet computer and wouldn’t settle even for a check over several million dollars. Xoom Corporation may want to defend its exclusive use of that brand

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:49:00 +0000

Think about it, every unit that’s upgraded to 4G is going to cost them money. If they make it really easy, almost everyone is going to do it. By making people send in their device and be without it for 6 days, not many people are going to bother, more profits for them…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:18:00 +0000

“It’s really killing me, any suggestions?”

What’s helped me is knowing that I’ve been fine for 28 years without a tablet computer. I can wait another 6-12 months to buy the next generation. By that time they will have worked out and hardware defects that pop up in the next few months. Maybe even have some of the manufacturers selling on their own instead of being dependent on carriers to do their marketing, meaning wifi models at launch. Also, there will be more than one option later on too. You’ll have more than just Motorola to choose from(a plus for me).

By: litd

litd — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:43:00 +0000

I’d rather install more RAM. 900 MHz or 1.0 GHz is plenty for me, I’d just rather have 512MB RAM.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:48:00 +0000

Hmmm, how many Moto techs does it take to perform a 10 min swap to 4g LTE??? Priceless

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:12:00 +0000

Swap antenna, small software update, and install SIM card.