Motorola Xoom: aggiornamento ICS via OTA

Il tablet della casa alata Motorola Xoom sta per ricevere l’ aggiornamento all’ ultima release di Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

L’  update, per ora, risulta essere distribuito solo nel territorio americano ma a breve sarà rilasciato anche nel resto del globo. L’ aggiornamento sarà disponibile unicamente per la versione  only WIFI.

Ecco il comunicato ufficiale di Motorola:

Android™ 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Software Update for the Motorola XOOM™ (IML77)

Introduction We are pleased to announce the new software update for the Motorola XOOM (Wi-Fi).

Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, delivers a refined user interface and introduces innovative features for

tablet users.  The software update includes numerous enhancements as well as providing additional

features, and will roll out to XOOM. Install today for peak performance.  For more information on Motorola

updates and product support, visit us at www.motorola.com/myxoom.

Who Can Use This Release: Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi users – USA only

After downloading and installing the software release, you will notice:

Updated Browser with faster rendering, zoom and pan   Users can also now save pages for offline

reading and request desktop versions of websites.

Swipe to dismiss notifications, tasks, and browser tabs   You can now dismiss individual notifications,

apps from the Recent Apps list, and browser tabs with a simple swipe of a finger.

Redesigned app launcher   In All Apps launcher, you can now simply drag an app to get information

about it, immediately uninstall it, or disable a pre-installed app.

New System Font for Improved Readability   An entirely new typeface (called Roboto) optimized for

high resolution screens improves readability and brings a polished feel to the user interface.

Updated “People” Application   Replaces contacts and integrates seamlessly with Google+ and other

social networks.

Improved text input and spell-checking The keyboard now features improved accuracy to make text

input faster. It also now includes an in-line spell checker to make corrections easier.

Type with your voice Now you can simply touch the microphone on the keyboard and start talking to

write emails, SMS, or any other text—more than 20 languages supported. Text appears in real time, so

there’s no waiting for server processing.

Richer and versatile imaging capabilities   For capturing larger scenes, the camera introduces a single

motion panorama mode.  Also, you can now take still shots while shooting video just by tapping the

screen as video continues to record. You can also launch camera directly from the Lockscreen. When

you shoot videos, you can now choose from a number of silly faces and other fun effects which

recognize individual facial features so you can give your friends big eyes, squeeze heads, make noses

bigger, or change the scenery with background replacement.

Redesigned Gallery app with photo editor   To help pictures look their best, the Gallery now offers a

powerful photo editor so you can crop and rotate pictures, set levels, remove red eyes, add effects, and

much more.Richer, resizable widgets   You can expand widgets to show more content, or shrink them to save space.

You can receive the update over a Wi-Fi connection. If you are not connected via Wi-Fi, or your Motorola

XOOM is off when the notification arrives, you will see the notification when you next connect to a Wi-Fi

network.

There is no charge for this update (other than any network data charges). Subject to change without

notice.