Motorola, Xoom Tablet | featured news

After six months of delays by Motorola, the company jointly announced with Verizon late this afternoon that the much-touted first 4G tablet upgrade will begin tomorrow, with new device availability in Verizon stores on October 15. Starting on September 29, Xoom customers can log into Verizon for complete instructions on how to return their 3G units for the required LTE hardware changes.

Let's cut to the chase -- the iPad 2 that Apple just released pulls further ahead in the battle with the only real competitor on the market: the Android OS 3.0 "Honeycomb" Xoom tablet from Motorola Mobility. In our previous comparison of the first-gen iPad and the Xoom, the Xoom showed its mettle as a serious contender, beating the iPad in areas such as its inclusion of cameras and ability to mirror its video display.

Tablet operating system is set to make its debut on Motorola Mobility's Xoom.

The first portable devices announced for Verizon Wireless' new, high-speed wireless data network are a smart phone and a tablet from Motorola, both designed to take advantage of network's speed with cameras for videoconferencing....