Motorola XOOM™ 4G LTE Upgrade Available Tomorrow

Upgrade to Add the Speed of the Largest 4G LTE Network in America
Sept. 28, 2011
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Sept. 28, 2011 – Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI), today announced the Motorola XOOM 4G LTE upgrade will be available for existing Motorola XOOM customers beginning tomorrow. The Motorola XOOM 4G LTE will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning Oct. 13 for $499.99 with a new two-year contract.

Starting tomorrow, Motorola XOOM customers can visit www.verizonwireless.com/Xoom4GLTEupgrade for complete instructions and to begin the 4G LTE upgrade process. Customers who signed up for email alerts will receive an email notification with instructions tomorrow. Customers should expect to get their updated Motorola XOOM with 4G LTE back in approximately six business days. The 4G LTE upgrade is free of charge and customers do not have to change their current data plan when upgrading to 4G LTE. Customers are encouraged to back up any personal information prior to shipping.

Faster speeds and connections enhance the Motorola XOOM experience, allowing customers to download songs in seconds and movies in minutes. Customers should expect average download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband coverage areas. When customers travel outside of a 4G LTE coverage area, the Motorola XOOM automatically connects to the Verizon Wireless 3G network, enabling customers to stay connected from coast to coast.
Key features:

• 10.1-inch widescreen HD display
• 32 GB built-in storage (actual formatted capacity is less), with microSD card slot supporting additional 32 GB
• Android™ 3.2 Honeycomb - supports Google™ Mobile Services including Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™, Google Search™, Google Maps™, Google Movies™, Google Books™ and Android Market™
• Dual-core 1 GHz processor
• Adobe® Flash® 10- enabling the delivery of rich Flash based web content including videos, casual games and applications
• 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats over 4G LTE, 3G and WiFi
• 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash

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The Android Glossary

ADB: Android Debug Bridge

AMOLED: Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode

Android: Google’s open-source mobile operating system

AOSP: The Android Open Source Project

.apk: The file extension of an Android application.

Bluetooth: A short-range radio that lets you connect headsets, speakerphones or computers

Bootloader: An internal mode that helps in flashing ROMs

CDMA: One of two standards for cell phone communications. Code Division Multiple Access, it can be found in US Carriers Verizon Wireless and Sprint.

Cupcake: Android 1.5

DLNA: Dynamic Living Network Alliance allows wireless transmission of content from your Android
device to your television or other DLNA equipped device

Donut: Android 1.6

Eclair: Android 2.0-2.1

Factory Reset: Wiping all data, settings, and apps from a phone to make it stock a.k.a “out of the box”. In most versions of Android this can be found under Settings>Privacy.

FC: Short for force close

Froyo: Android 2.2

Gingerbread: Android 2.3

Google: Largest search engine company in the world and the company that created Android.

GSM: One of two standards for cell phone communications. Global System for Mobile communications, this is the system that requires the use of a “sim” card.

Hard Reset: Wiping all data, settings, and apps from a phone to make it stock a.k.a “out of the box”

Honeycomb: Android 3.0


JIT: Just-in-Time Compiler

Kernel: basic Linux building block of Android.

Linux: An open source variant of Unix, used as the underlying system on Android devices.

Live wallpapers: Animated wallpapers

NFC: Near-field communication

OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer

OTA: Over the Air as in OTA update. Most carriers use this system of over the air updates to send out an update to an Android device. This can include a security, service or operating system update.

OS: Operating System

QR code: (Quick Response Code) A black-and-white barcode that, when scanned by your phone, can open a web link, point to an application in the Market, etc.

Recovery Mode: A special mode within your Android device to which allows a firmware restoration
Root: A method of unlocking the Android operating system to allow deeper programs deeper access than is allowed out of the box.

SD card (or microSD card): A small plastic “card” that expands the available storage memory on your phone

SIM card: The little card used in GSM phones

Soft Reset: turning off phone or removing battery

Tethering: The act of using your smartphone’s data to provide Internet access to another device

USB: Universal Serial Bus

WiMax: World Interoperability For Microwave Access. Originally not considered 4G by the International Telecommunications Union (see above) it is now considered 4G and is the 4G that Sprint utilizes in their 4G network which is a partnership with Clearwire

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As of Yesterday Verizon Started Throttling its Top 5% Data Hogs

Back in February, there were letters of Verizon’s affairs to alpha throttling (data speeds reduced) or application “Network Enhancement Practices” on their top abstracts hogs (5%). Policies like this acutely are not taken able-bodied by customers, however, until today we had heard actual little about them. In our inbox, we just accustomed chat from Big Red on this new convenance with every little detail you could imagine. I’ll just say up foreground that the action sounds like the end of the world, but from our understanding, it will alone affect 3G barter on absolute abstracts plans.

Here is the capital agenda we accustomed assuming that this new convenance went reside as of yesterday:
Alpha 9/15, we will alpha anecdotic barter who accommodated these belief and will aggrandize to others in the abject afterwards chump communications are completed. Arrangement Enhancement Practices alone goes into aftereffect if an Internet or Smartphone accessory with an absolute plan/feature avalanche into the top 5% of abstracts acceptance and is on a chock-full corpuscle site.

Here is how the throttling action will work:
Verizon Wireless is consistently searching for means to accord barter the above acquaintance they apprehend from our arrangement – an amazing ability that – aggregate by tens of millions of customers. To accomplish this, barter aural the top 5% of Verizon Wireless abstracts users, may accept their abstracts speeds periodically reduced. This abridgement will endure for the butt of the accepted announcement aeon as able-bodied as the one anon following. This is to accomplish abiding all users adore top superior arrangement achievement even if on a chock-full corpuscle site.

Who could potentially abatement beneath this new practice? Barter who accommodated all of the following:

* Accept a 3G internet or 3G smartphone
* Accept an absolute or affection abstracts plan
* Are a part of the top 5% of abstracts users
* Are on a chock-full corpuscle site

Reps are getting told to action these as solutions to barter who wish to abstain throttling:

* Upgrade to a 4G LTE smartphone
* Migrate to a usage-based (tiered) abstracts plan
* Use WiFi added often

Verizon aswell wants anybody to apperceive that they are not “throttling” like AT&T and T-Mobile are:

The aberration amid our arrangement enhancement convenance and throttling is about arrangement 
intelligence. With throttling, your wireless affiliation is slowed down for your absolute cycle, 100% of the time, no amount area you are. Arrangement Enhancement balances the best accessible acquaintance on the arrangement and for the customer. Arrangement Enhancement Practices is added absolute and requires added administration than throttling, about it provides the greatest antithesis for everyone. So, if you’re in the top 5% of abstracts users, your affiliation is slowed alone if you are in a chock-full corpuscle site.

AT&T afresh appear that they will be throttling 5% of their top abstracts users alpha in October.
In addition, TMobile will be throttling barter who use added than 5GB of abstracts anniversary month.
And that’s appealing abundant that. As of yesterday, Big Red will alpha to apathetic down its top 5% abstracts users for about two announcement cycles. We are alone talking 3G absolute abstracts barter actuality though, so 4G LTE peeps can relax. For now.

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