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Review: Motorola Xoom

The Motorola Xoom weighs 730g – about the same as the first-generation iPad. Its 10.1-inch wide-screen display is quite bright. It supports up to 720p HD video.

It looks quite similar in style to many tablets out there at the front, with a black, glass facade. The back casing is made mostly out of aluminium, though it has a strip of black running across the top.

The on/off switch is at the back, which I felt was a strange location. Even after using it for awhile, I still found myself trying to feel around the back of the device just to turn on the screen. However, the button is slightly indented, reducing the risk of the tablet turning on while in your bag.

It has a 2-megapixel camera on the front, placed to work best when held horizontally, and a 5-megapixel camera at the back, with a dual LED flash. It also has a micro USB port, a micro HDMI output, a 3.5mm jack for headphones and a SIM card slot.

The Motorola Xoom came out in the US in March, and at the time, it was the first device with the Android 3.0 OS on it, designed specifically for tablets. As an interface, it certainly is quite nice. That said, there are a few design issues which may confuse users, with some options being hidden away.

Like on an Android smartphone, the main five homescreens can be customised to place app shortcuts and widgets onto them. The homescreen can rearrange itself to be viewed horizontally or vertically, though it tasks a second to register the switch.

The top left corner has a Google search tool which lets you find anything online. There’s a Google voice tool beside this, as well.

The apps menu, along with a tool to let you customise your homescreen, is located on the top right corner.

At the bottom, there are icons for back and home, along with an icon to let you view open apps. Settings can be accessed by tapping the clock icon twice, which I felt wasn’t immediately obvious.

The onscreen keyboard, when horizontal, includes spacious buttons, making it pretty easy to use for a touchscreen keyboard, but still doesn’t challenge its physical counterpart. However, when the tablet is held vertically, it’s a lot thinner, requiring more precision.

Its built-in browser is a tablet version of Chrome. At the top, users can add new tabs and close them down, replicating the PC web-browsing experience.

It offers typical gesture-control operations, such as pinch to zoom, and the browser supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1.

GPS Software and Maps for Pocket PCs | Buy Garmin

Various websites offer GPS maps and softwares for your little handheld device so that, you can go on a long road trip, without any prior knowledge of the route. The maps in your pocket PC or your mobile phone or even your car PC will guide you at every turn that you make and take you seamlessly to your destination.

Upgrading your GPS softwares and maps on your PCs and laptops is necessary.  Upgrading these maps regularly will offer you access to the latest software that come equipped with a lot more features, than just the route guidance. In addition, your new device with lots of storage space will not be a complete utility gadget, until you have latest GPS software for navigation.

An outdated version of a location map in your GPS software will not lead you to your destination. Roads, houses, towns, cities, streets are constantly changing and a map that was relevant last year may be completely useless today. So, to ensure that you are moving in the right direction during a long road journey, you must get an upgraded version of the GPS software or a map in your pocket PC.

Several GPS navigation software is available free for the travelers on the World Wide Web. All that has to be done by a traveler is to download this software on their handheld devices, and get started for the much awaited long distance road trip. Updated software for the GPS maps will enable you to easily locate even the minute details – landmarks, streets, and location within a city. The current condition of the roads and traffic will also be an added information that you can get on your car PC or handheld receiver. In fact, these softwares have been evolved over time keeping in mind the special requirements of the travelers. This is the reason they can also alert the drivers as soon as they make a wrong turn. This intimation may be in the form of a text on the screen, a voice or a beep.

There are some popular GPS softwares for navigation and route guidance. Earthcomber is a software program that allows the user to use Smartphone or blackberries to be used as the receiver. This software will elaborate on the ATMs, shops, hotels, restaurants and other landmarks that ensure a correct route. Garmap Win is GPS route guiding software that has been specifically made to work with a Garmin receiver. It offers a plethora of functions including creating route logs and managing waypoints. GeoTours allows the user to create his own tours and routes that contain images and text which are audio specific to the geographic location selected. Once the user creates that tour, it can be shared on the website with other users and travelers. GeoTours software is easy to use on your PDA, Garmin receiver, Smartphone or even your iPod.

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