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How is the web browsing experience almost perfect with no flash and the browser defaulting to mobile sites? I love the tabbed interface and the browser is fast, but it still needs some work.
about:debug seems to work. I agree that as a default it shouldn't show up as a mobile browser, but at the same time a lot of non-mobile optimized sites are terrible not because of their formatting, but more because they're not finger friendly.
A lot of the sites that HAVE tablet optimized configurations are ones that were built for the ipad and they most likely won't show up correctly on the xoom unless the developers go back and re-code the site. (good example of this is how there were a TON of sites that displayed mobile automatically for an iphone, but didn't for a Droid)
I used to sell phones, and let me tell you that store models are some of the WORST ways to judge a device. They're handled by tons of people every week, doing who knows what with it. At my old store, we'd have at least one person a day try installing ATK on a dummy phone.
As for GPS, I haven't run through the activation for it yet, but I know that with most Android devices, you need to turn ON location services. We never did this with our dummy units.
I haven't bought a Xoom or any tablet yet, so my "judgement isn't colored by buyers remorse" but after playing with one I've decided that I want to get it (or another Honeycomb Tablet) as soon as I can.
-The speed was insane. Switching between apps was like switching between stuff on my computer.
-Paired with the BT keyboard, this could EASILY be a replacement for a laptop I was planning on getting anyway.
-Loved the browser. Most of the sites I frequent (that arn't tech centric) don't even have mobile versions, though I do wish they had desktop view turned on as a default.
-The few tablet optimized apps I played with got me really excited for the platform, and the non-optimized apps I use most (games excluded) seemed to work wonderfully.