I tried to get the Xoom today but Best Buy didn't have any (pre-order only), neither did the Verizon store. According to them, they were "sold out" but it was pretty clear they aren't stocking the Xoom tablet in retail stores, not a great sign of confidence in the device selling. Mine is on order for tomorrow. Verizon didn't require any data plan.
Shane On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, I'm officially XOOM'd. > > Some notes: > > -- No, you don't have to sign up for a data plan. My XOOM let me skip > that and go straight to the home screen, setting up a Google account > later. The XOOM quick-start instructions say you can skip the data > plan and do a WiFi setup on first start, which did not fit what I saw. > Regardless, if you don't want to shell out $20/month for a data plan, > you do not have to. > > -- Yes, it requires a proprietary charger. Proprietary chargers make > $BABYDEITY cry. > > -- HDMI-out does work to project the regular Android screen, though > the aspect ratio seemed to confuse my TV, causing it to crop the > bottom. A micro-HDMI to HDMI cable is all you need. I had one I tried > with a couple of devices last year (EVO 4G and DROID Incredible, > IIRC), and that cable worked fine for the XOOM. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.4 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
