Happy Xoom day!
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up of what to expect when they sign in to their Xoom's today.
If you're coming from a Froyo device and chose to backup your Google data to your Google account your Xoom will start to download all of your apps, which is kind of funny because when you click on the market it'll say that your client is out of date and needs to update shortly. If you have a lot of apps, just chill here and play with them as they get installed. (Check back in the market after you get the "market updated" notification)
If this is your first android or you're starting from scratch with a new Google account you won't have to worry about this, you can enjoy the "apps for tablets section"
A quick heads up: The Honeycomb market will let you switch Google accounts! So you can start with a fresh account and then add your existing one and get the apps to that google account. I know a lot of people will like this.
Once your apps are in and your market does update, there's another market update! (I don't know if this happened over night or if these two updates will get rolled in to one). When you go in to the market now you'll actually see the market as an app, and it'll (for me at least) have an update, so you can go ahead and update that.
-- (will update the apps part, but please help out as you get setup)
Apps:
Google Voice - not in the market! I know I can't make calls but thought it would be cool to manage text messages from here, sadly either the app isn't ready yet or won't be included for tablets without phone abilities. (I'm hoping just not ready) - A great work around is to just go to voice.google.com - if you're a GV user this is more than manageable.
Facebook - no contacts sync, some views force vertical screen orientation and the widget is broken.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up of what to expect when they sign in to their Xoom's today.
If you're coming from a Froyo device and chose to backup your Google data to your Google account your Xoom will start to download all of your apps, which is kind of funny because when you click on the market it'll say that your client is out of date and needs to update shortly. If you have a lot of apps, just chill here and play with them as they get installed. (Check back in the market after you get the "market updated" notification)
If this is your first android or you're starting from scratch with a new Google account you won't have to worry about this, you can enjoy the "apps for tablets section"
A quick heads up: The Honeycomb market will let you switch Google accounts! So you can start with a fresh account and then add your existing one and get the apps to that google account. I know a lot of people will like this.
Once your apps are in and your market does update, there's another market update! (I don't know if this happened over night or if these two updates will get rolled in to one). When you go in to the market now you'll actually see the market as an app, and it'll (for me at least) have an update, so you can go ahead and update that.
-- (will update the apps part, but please help out as you get setup)
Apps:
Google Voice - not in the market! I know I can't make calls but thought it would be cool to manage text messages from here, sadly either the app isn't ready yet or won't be included for tablets without phone abilities. (I'm hoping just not ready) - A great work around is to just go to voice.google.com - if you're a GV user this is more than manageable.
Facebook - no contacts sync, some views force vertical screen orientation and the widget is broken.
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