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Motorola's free Xoom 4G upgrade officially coming this September

By | July 27, 2011, 8:43am PDT

Summary: Motorola will finally begin offering Xoom owners the free upgrade to 4G - five months after it promised.

Well, it’s taken a while, but Motorola will finally begin offering Xoom owners that fre 4G upgrade the company promised a long, long time ago.

The upgrades begin this September, and until then Motorola suggests that users intending to upgrade start preparing now by backing up their Xoom’s data, encrypting it, or erasing the device altogether.

Of course, this program, which involves Xoom owners shipping their tablets to Motorola for a week, should have been started back in May. So, its a bit delayed, to say the least. But maybe Verizon’s boosted 4G speeds are worth it.

But for those looking to get in on the 4G tablet action a bit earlier, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available on Verizon tomorrow. So that’s worth considering, too, if you are less inclined to wait.

[DroidLife]

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RE: Motorola's free Xoom 4G upgrade officially coming this September
Rick_K 27th Jul
My only suggestion: Record you serial number, so you can make sure you get the same unit back.
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RE: Motorola's free Xoom 4G upgrade officially coming this September
davidfrankk 28th Jul
@Rick_K smart suggestion !

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RE: Motorola's free Xoom 4G upgrade officially coming this September
Hasam1991 27th Jul
Please tell me this is a joke... you have to ship your tablet back to Motorola??? good thing they only sold like 5,000 lol
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if Apple did something like that the press will call it '4G Gate'
Davewrite 27th Jul
months delayed (almost one device generation time) although it was advertised heavily as 4G capable and you have to SHIP the device in, if Apple did something like this it'll killed in the press and be called '4G gate'.
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RE: Motorola's free Xoom 4G upgrade officially coming this September
stevens_rick@... 28th Jul
I had done my research before buying my Xoom, so I knew that the 4G upgrade required returning it. I don't have 4G coverage in my area, so it is still a bit of a moot point. What I find more annoying is the failure to get the micro SD card support going. It's a practical thing, like the USB port, that differentiated it from the iPad and I'm sad to see that support has been so slow for the product.
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RE: Motorola's free Xoom 4G upgrade officially coming this September
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