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We found out yesterday that Motorola’s Xoom would be shipping sans Flash support on Verizon Wireless, and while Big Red claimed that an update would be doled out this spring, the folks at Adobe are pointing to a far more specific time frame. In a new post over at the Flash Platform Blog, Adobe has confirmed that “Flash Player 10.2 [will be] pre-installed on some tablets and as an OTA download on others within a few weeks of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) devices becoming available, the first of which is expected to be the Motorola Xoom.” We’re guessing that the company’s going public with a statement like this to fend off fears that the Xoom may be waiting an eternity for Flash, in essence removing a bit of fear from hesitant early adopters. Either way, it’s excellent news for those eying a Honeycomb tablet of any flavor, and we’re going to take the liberty of taking “a few weeks” to mean “a fortnight.” Cool, Adobe?

Adobe promises Flash Player 10.2 for Honeycomb tablets ‘in a few weeks,’ Xoom gets namechecked originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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00:05:30 – Samsung Galaxy S II official: dual-core 1GHz CPU, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus, coming this month (hands-on with video)
00:05:50 – HTC Incredible S, Desire S, and Wildfire S video hands-on
00:06:00 – Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 preview (video)
00:16:22 – Qualcomm promises Netflix streaming support on ‘future Android devices’ with Snapdragon
00:16:43 – Android-powered LG Revolution caught streaming Netflix at MWC (video)
00:23:02 – Next version of Android will combine Gingerbread and Honeycomb, arrive on a six-month cycle
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00:46:20 – HTC Salsa and Chacha bring the dedicated Facebook button to Android (update: eyes-on)
00:51:30 – Motorola Xoom vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. LG G-Slate — battle of the Tegra 2 Honeycomb tablets
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00:53:00 – Motorola’s Sanjay Jha on Xoom: ‘Our ability to deliver 4G justifies the $799 price point’
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Engadget Podcast 233 – 02.21.2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon’s webpage dedicated to the Xoom has just gone up and one of our eagle-eyed readers has already spotted a disquieting bit of small print: “Adobe Flash expected Spring 2011.” You don’t sit around expecting what you already have, so that leads us to conclude that the Xoom, the mighty iPad-slaying, Honeycomb-bringing, world-changing tablet… won’t have Flash at launch. The version of Adobe’s rich media player it’s waiting for is most probably 10.2 for mobile devices, scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks, which should mean first-day buyers this Thursday will get a limited-time premium feature on their tablets: no Flash ads.

[Thanks, Chris]

Update: Motorola has confirmed this, in a very roundabout fashion. The company’s statement in full:

“Motorola XOOM will include full support for Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player(R) for accessing the rich video and animations of the web, to be available after launch.”

Motorola Xoom will ship without Flash support on February 24th, expects it in ‘Spring 2011’ (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wish you had your Xoom tablet already? Yeah, us too. We can’t get you there, but thanks to Droid Live you can at least pore over every page of the thing’s manual. 64 pages, actually, covering everything from how to turn it on to, well, how to turn it off again. Looking for other excitement? You’ll find a hipster on a bench on page 10, what appears to be Joanna Newsom on page 30, and a disgustingly happy couple on page 33. Oh, and lots and lots of details bout Honeycomb too. Check it out!

[Thanks, Andy]

Motorola Xoom manual now available for download, ready to expose the ins and outs of Honeycomb originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There you have it, folks — the exhausting saga of the Xoom‘s pricing has finally been laid to rest by Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha. Reuters reports a $799 levy for the 32GB Honeycomb tablet when bought with 3G (which will be upgraded to 4G) connectivity from Verizon sans subsidies, while Jha is also quoted as saying that a WiFi-only version will set buyers back only $600. The latter price matches the 32GB iPad directly, however the 3G Xoom is $70 more expensive than the Apple alternative. Sanjay failed to say when said pricing or models will become available, but there have been strong indications that pre-orders or reservations will begin tomorrow (at least at Best Buy), with the tablet launching in full on Thursday next week.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Motorola Xoom price official: $799 unsubsidized on Verizon, $600 for WiFi-only originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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