Yet Another Oversized Phone/Tablet – This Time It’s The Motorola Xoom!
That’s right, thanks to xda-developer’s forum member, sangreal06, the Motorola Xoom – a tablet that was flagged as the first Android Honeycomb tablet to hit the market – has now been turned into an over-sized mobile phone. The tablet has impressive hardware and software specs, but people are now realising that what you could do on the Xoom can in fact also be done on a much smaller Android smartphone – so why not turn the big ol’ thing into a phone! Well, a phone of sorts – the hacked Xoom’s phone capabilities come via Google Voice, however since the mic and speakers don’t work, you can only send messages as well as initiate phone calls (so ultimately prank calls as you won’t be able to say a thing). This hack also changes the user’s agent in the web browser to automatically show the desktop version of websites, avoiding repeatedly having to manually configure it yourself. And like always with hacking your device, you’ll need to root your 3G Xoom model which of course voids the warranty and may brick the device so be cautious! You can get the phone hack link here.
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Categories: Android Phone, Android Tablet, Motorola, Tablet
Comments (2)
it can barely play back AVI let alone MKV files based on what i’ve been reading in the forums…And its not widescreen. Android has a long way to go let alone Xoom. Not worth even half of what they charge.
It seems that you’re not alone in thinking that, A.Bundy. The Xoom’s sales are appalling!