Teardowns of the new Motorola Xoom tablet reveal a device designed to be easily disassembled -- more easily disassembled, at least, than Apple's iPad. Those who've put the tablet on the dissecting table say this is probably due to the fact that Xooms will be upgradeable to 4G LTE data services, which requires a small hardware swap-out. It'll also require owners to part with their Xooms for the better part of two weeks.Unlike its arch-rival, the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPad, the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Xoom tablet is easy to open up for repairs and upgrades.
"It appears Motorola built the Xoom to be upgraded, so they have this parting line about an inch from the top on the back that lets you separate the device into two pieces," Miroslav Djuric, who tore down the Xoom for iFixit, told TechNewsWorld.
"A large portion of the back cover that slides down just enough to expose the PCIE slot and that lets you swop out PCIE cards and upgrade the device from 3G to 4G LTE," Djuric added.
PCIE stands for PCI Express.
The Xoom also has plastic cards in its SIM card and microSD card slots, Djuric said.
Owners will have to send the devices back to Motorola to have it upgraded to 4G LTE by installing a SIM card. That process will take six business days, but will be done at no charge.
Verizon Wireless has put up a website about upgrading the Xoom to 4G LTE. However, spokesperson Brenda Raney declined comment further.
Motorola Mobility spokesperson Kira Golin referred TechNewsWorld to the Verizon website.
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