Most Used For...

[cheeta186]

What does everyone mostly use their xoom for, or better yet, what are some things you use it for. Also, I have a laptop, but I really want a Xoom, is it worth buying? Anyone else in the same boat as me?

 

[weave majjik]

I have primarily used my xoom for web browsing, words with friends, and attempting to educate the world around me not to drink Steve Jobs kool aid.

 

[dieselnyc]

Web, email, eReader, music and remote support clients.

By the way, I have an HP Tablet laptop TX2510 which I have not turned on since getting the Xoom on Feb 24th.

 

[anon(42011)]

I have primarily used my xoom for web browsing, words with friends, and attempting to educate the world around me not to drink Steve Jobs kool aid.

Love it!

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[lobobuzz]

I use my Xoom as my instant-on information consumption and management device. How I managed without it I'll never know. For me it is not a laptop/desktop killer, but a perfect light-weight and small-factor companion, if you will.

 

[p08757]

1. Email (Work/Personal)
2. Web Surfing
3. Media Player (Music/Video)
4. Remote administration of Home PCs/Servers
5. Games

 

[clavodulce16]

the xoom completely got me away from my desktop for web surfing /emails / shopping/media player.
i find myself only using the desktop for school work and heavy downloading.

 

[Vudumedic]

With the ecpetion of transferring digital content from my home computer t the Zoom I have completely switched over and now don't use the one at home ever.

 

[88 FLUX]

Browsing, email (work and personal), PIM, media storage/playback, remote support, various apps, games, etc. etc. etc.

One of my main uses for it though is the convenience. It is much easier to use the Xoom on the couch, bed, girlfriend's back, chair, or lounging around wherever than my laptop is.

 

[lobobuzz]

Browsing, email (work and personal), PIM, media storage/playback, remote support, various apps, games, etc. etc. etc.

One of my main uses for it though is the convenience. It is much easier to use the Xoom on the couch, bed, girlfriend's back, chair, or lounging around wherever than my laptop is.

Girlfriend's back... classic!

 

[Maikai.Guy]

The XOOM has almost completely replaced my notebook.

My use is for e-mails (company exchange and personal POP) creating/editing docs, spreadsheets and presentations.

I also use it to write code. So far, no compiler runs on Android... at least none that I could use, but a remote connection to my desktop solves that. I was just on the other side of the planet for two weeks and was writing code, compiling and simulating remotely using my XOOM. The notebook was with me... just in case... but it didn't get opened. Not once!

Plug for Pocket Cloud: I found this program very useful. It's a bit laggy when full screen changes occur, but for small screen changes, like what happens while writing code in an editor, the update rate is plenty fast enough.

The only time I'll be at my notebook anymore is when it's time to actually run code on hardware.

Most of my shackles are gone and I'm am one friggin' happy electrical engineer!

 

[dhendriksen]

Mine pretty much match everybody else.

I use it for presentations, email, web browsing, just working on the go. I access my desktop for things I can't handle on it...

It keeps me productive while I'm away.

 

[azari]

Pretty much the same for me... Cruize the Web, do email (gmail and Exchange), manage my blog, write articles and papers and prepare, and show,presentations. I use PocketCloud to RDP to my PC to access my financial stuff (quickbooks & quicken), and anything else I can reasonably use the Xoom as a 'terminal' for.

Still going back to the PC to work with Photoshop, Premiere, and Lightroom.

What I am missing is a way to take photographs tethered to the Xoom, dropping them into my Dropbox, so that I can view/edit them in Lightroom/Photoshop. Also missing a native Portfolio app to showcase photographic portfolios to my clients. This one will diminish, once flash is available, since I can then use my Web portfolio site for this.

In all, I estimate that I have replaced my laptop completely with the Xoom, and reduced my need to go to my PC by 90% or so at least. Something I dfiniteky was not able to accomplish with my iPad 1...

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[dhendriksen]

I upload files to my dropbox from the XOOM all the time. Are you saying it doesn't work for photos?

 

[azari]

I am talking about connecting my camera to the Xoom via USB (tethering), sending the photographs directly to the Xoom an on into my dropbox.

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