Motorola XOOM update “project” starting soon, could be ICS

Motorola appears to be getting ready to start another update rollout for the original WiFi Motorola XOOM tablet. As usual they are calling this a “project” and are currently looking for a few testers. A few tips and our source mention this could in fact be Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich although it’s too early to tell, but they give a few hints.

Like many updates in the past emails are going out to members of the Motorola Feedback Network that are a part of their forum and have signed up with specific devices. Motorola is asking for owners of the “Google Experience” WiFi XOOM for participation — as in not the 3G/4G enabled Verizon model.

What confuses me is Google experience devices get updates directly from Google usually, and we’d expect ICS for the XOOM to be rolled out by Google themselves — not Motorola. Although we could be seeing an incremental update here that will be lining the XOOM up and preparing it for the future 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, but at this time we aren’t sure.

Google and Motorola could be working together and getting ready to start the rollout for ICS on the XOOM, but for now we’ll just have to wait and see what happens when this update starts hitting project test devices. We’ll be sure to share more details once available.

Device Specifications and Information

Device Info

Device Name : XOOM

Manufactuer : Motorola

Carrier : Verizon

Announced Date : January 05, 2011

Release Date : February 24, 2011

Also Known As :

Display

• Screen Size : 10.10 Inch
• Resolution : 1280x800
• Screen Type : TFT

Dimension & Weight

• Height : 9.80 Inch
• Width : 6.61 Inch
• Depth : 0.51 Inch
• Weight : 730 Grams

Battery & Power

Battery Type:
• Lithium Ion

• Battery Capacity : 6500 mAh
• Talk Time : NA
• Stand By Time : 336 hours

Software

Android OS:
• 3.0.x

Audio Playback:
• AAC
• AAC+
• AMR
• MP3

Video Playback:
• h.263
• h.264 / AVC
• MPEG-4 (MP4)

Messaging:
• SMS

Hardware

CPU : Tegra 2

CPU Clock Speed : 1000 Mhz

Core : 2

Ram : 1024 MB

Internal Storage : 32.768 GB

Front Facing Camera :

Camera Resolution : 5 MP

External Storage:
• MicroSD
• MicroSDHC

Camera Features:
• Auto focus
• Flash
• 720p Video Recording

Sensors:
• Accelerometer
• Ambient light

QWERTY :

Cellular Network

Network Technology:
• CDMA

CDMA Band:
• 800
• 1900

Device Connectivity

Wi-Fi:
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Bluetooth:
• Bluetooth 2.0

Location Features:
• Compass
• GPS
• Cellular location
• Wi-Fi location

FM Radio :

NFC :

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