xoom LTE update delayed until summer - engadget

**freeky1** · 04-28-2011, 06:56 PM

Awesome! :-(

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**l44l44** · 04-28-2011, 07:06 PM

Can we get a refund? A few months in tech time is forever. LTE was promised within a month.

**darkshade** · 04-28-2011, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by boldstorm

Can we get a refund? A few months in tech time is forever. LTE was promised within a month.

No it wasn't. Original estimates were May or June.

**freeky1** · 04-28-2011, 07:27 PM

Yeah, original estimate was 90 days from February 24, so May 24 would have been the initial date.

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**Smokexz** · 04-28-2011, 07:35 PM

I have a wifi only model so it doesn't really apply to me... I am just hoping that the little surprise Google has an update for Honeycomb, because as it stands now, this thing feels very betaish.

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**jeff327** · 04-28-2011, 07:46 PM

Waaaaaaaa. Another thing for Xoom owners to wine about. Man up Xoom owners! This is a great device stop finding one reason after another to complain. Man up!

**freeky1** · 04-28-2011, 07:53 PM

I love my Xoom!

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**jnewell** · 04-28-2011, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by boldstorm

Can we get a refund? A few months in tech time is forever. LTE was promised within a month.

Regardless of when it was promised, for this product family at this early point in its development, waiting until "summer" is just about the same as forever. There will be a lot of new products introduced as everyone tries to out-compete the others. Unless I had a pressing need for a tablet right now, I think I'd sit on my hands and my cash.

**2CupsWithString** · 04-28-2011, 08:24 PM

To be totally honest I was not looking forward to sending it in for a week. I'm kind of whatever about it but it would be cool for VZW or Moto to throw us a bone.

**freeky1** · 04-28-2011, 08:28 PM

I would love for them to let people do the update themselves.

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**qnet** · 04-28-2011, 08:31 PM

I can't say l'm happy about it. 4g was one of the things I was looking forward to. I guess I'll have to be more patient.

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**kurttrail** · 04-28-2011, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by jeff327

Waaaaaaaa. Another thing for Xoom owners to wine about. Man up Xoom owners! This is a great device stop finding one reason after another to complain. Man up!

How great can the Xoom be, when there are so many legitimate things that can be found to complain about it?

VZW/moto/google can't even compile a friggin' kernel to enable the god-forsaken SD card slot!

Hell, they won't even say that the SD card will be enabled sometime this summer, like the LTE upgrade. Might not happen until the end of the Mayan calendar, for all we know.

The Xoom is an unfinished product, at best. It's time you man up to that fact, just like birther's need to man up to the fact that the Mocha Bush (Obama) is, in fact, a natural born US citizen.

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**DrWu** · 04-28-2011, 09:16 PM

Oh well, until then they get no money for data from me.

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**freeky1** · 04-28-2011, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by DoctorWu

Oh well, until then they get no money for data from me.

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Exactly! I already have a data plan on my Droid X and tether to that. Until I can get 4g on the Xoom, there's no reason for me to pay for a second plan.

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**barkomatic** · 04-29-2011, 08:42 AM

I'm so glad I returned my Verizon Xoom to Best Buy when I still could. At the time it was predicted by several tech sites that Motorola would screw up the update process and well, it looks like that prophecy is coming true.

The take away is never buy an unfinished product with a promise from the manufacturer to complete it later. By the time the Xoom is fully functional there will be better, cheaper, and more complete Android tablet options.

**jnewell** · 04-29-2011, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by barkomatic

I'm so glad I returned my Verizon Xoom to Best Buy when I still could. At the time it was predicted by several tech sites that Motorola would screw up the update process and well, it looks like that prophecy is coming true.

The take away is never buy an unfinished product with a promise from the manufacturer to complete it later. By the time the Xoom is fully functional there will be better, cheaper, and more complete Android tablet options.

I returned mine yesterday also. I really like it, but it is at best a Gen1 product, maybe more like a public beta.

I understand the competitive pressures to get into the market, but releasing an admittedly unfinished piece of hardware, and then having to backtrack on the timetable for delivering the promised parts, is poor - and the world will not stand still while Moto and VZW figure this out. Too bad...it is a really great piece of hardware.

**tntdroid** · 04-29-2011, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by kurttrail

How great can the Xoom be, when there are so many legitimate things that can be found to complain about it?

VZW/moto/google can't even compile a friggin' kernel to enable the god-forsaken SD card slot!

Hell, they won't even say that the SD card will be enabled sometime this summer, like the LTE upgrade. Might not happen until the end of the Mayan calendar, for all we know.

The Xoom is an unfinished product, at best. It's time you man up to that fact, just like birther's need to man up to the fact that the Mocha Bush (Obama) is, in fact, a natural born US citizen.

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I still think its great. Did you sell/return yours? I look forward to updates but I got mine working fine for me. My sd card works. I have the Verizon XOOM but don't use data on it so 4g don't matter to me. Wasn't looking forward to sending it away.

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**freeky1** · 04-29-2011, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by jnewell

I returned mine yesterday also. I really like it, but it is at best a Gen1 product, maybe more like a public beta.

I understand the competitive pressures to get into the market, but releasing an admittedly unfinished piece of hardware, and then having to backtrack on the timetable for delivering the promised parts, is poor - and the world will not stand still while Moto and VZW figure this out. Too bad...it is a really great piece of hardware.

I hate to hear about douchebaggery like this, but maybe all the returns will light a fire under their butts.

My opinion is that if you couldn't afford the device, you should not have bought it in the first place. If you have to use a credit card to pay for your toys, then you should buy cheaper toys. Buyers remorse is a terrible thing, only compounded by the fact that you borrored the money.

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**jnewell** · 04-29-2011, 02:05 PM

Well, first, where did I say I couldn't afford it, or did you never manage to learn to read?

Second, the only remorse this buyer had was that a great product hasn't been adequately followed through on by Moto, Google and VZW.

Third, if Moto/Google/VZW can move the goalposts on the 4G (and probably the SD card) update, how on earth can they - or you - object if people return the product within the return period? That is exactly the kind of feedback that the market provides. Vote with your feet, as one of my favorite presidents said.

Finally - "douchebaggery" - I guess you'd know?

Thanks for playing.

Originally Posted by freeky1

I hate to hear about douchebaggery like this, but maybe all the returns will light a fire under their butts.

My opinion is that if you couldn't afford the device, you should not have bought it in the first place. If you have to use a credit card to pay for your toys, then you should buy cheaper toys. Buyers remorse is a terrible thing, only compounded by the fact that you borrored the money.

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**TJH132** · 04-29-2011, 08:01 PM

Oregon has no LTE cities currently and none are on the list for this year. I paid outright for the Xoom so I have the option of using Verizon in the future. In the meantime, I make do with wifi.

TJH

**tntdroid** · 04-29-2011, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by jnewell

Well, first, where did I say I couldn't afford it, or did you never manage to learn to read?

Second, the only remorse this buyer had was that a great product hasn't been adequately followed through on by Moto, Google and VZW.

Third, if Moto/Google/VZW can move the goalposts on the 4G (and probably the SD card) update, how on earth can they - or you - object if people return the product within the return period? That is exactly the kind of feedback that the market provides. Vote with your feet, as one of my favorite presidents said.

Finally - "douchebaggery" - I guess you'd know?

Thanks for playing.

Lets play nice guys.

**freeky1** · 04-30-2011, 01:16 AM

Not sure why people who don't own a Xoom keep coming back to the Xoom forum. You bought one, you hated it, you returned it for a refund. Now move along and troll somewhere else. We don't need the negativity here.

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**jeff327** · 04-30-2011, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by freeky1

Not sure why people who don't own a Xoom keep coming back to the Xoom forum. You bought one, you hated it, you returned it for a refund. Now move along and troll somewhere else. We don't need the negativity here.

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Agreed!

**jnewell** · 04-30-2011, 11:39 AM

My, my. Not replying, per the mod's request.

Originally Posted by freeky1

Not sure why people who don't own a Xoom keep coming back to the Xoom forum. You bought one, you hated it, you returned it for a refund. Now move along and troll somewhere else. We don't need the negativity here.

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