as an added note, i have been able to narrow it down somewhat, the trouble is coming from the files I send from my atrix to the xoom only. I take a picture on the atrix and send it to the default email and when i receive it on the xoom it will not allow me to save it. when i open the same email on my desktop or laptop it allows me to save it. I called motorola, made them aware, but not sure if it is a motorola issue or an android problem. I can send a regular jpg from my desktop to the xoom via email and I can save the attachment. don't understand it as the atrix is sending it as a .jpg but the title is a little strange. it says content://media/external/images/media/166.jpg on the xoom, whereas when i receive it on the desktop it reads this file as content__media_external_images_media_166.jpg.
Next i will try saving the image to the gallery on the atrix and see what happens when i send one of those via email.
pingram