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Excellent value
By Jerry Saperstein on Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2012
At the current pricing, this is a must-have item for those with compatible Xoom units. It will work with the original Xoom, but not with the Family Edition. I don't know about any other models. If Motorola had included USB ports - and at the original price, they certainly could have afforded to - this would have been a fantastic unit. As it stands, it is good and the current price makes it an excellent value. There are two back plates included, one to accommodate the Xoom without a case, the other with. My case is too thick, so I just take it off when using the dock. Setup is simple. Install the right back plate, plug in the charger and mount the unit. The last point is more difficult than it needs to be. There's an embossed dot7 on the dock that is supposed to be aligned with a diode on the Xoom. Takes more wiggling than it should to seat the Xoom firmly. Sound quality is pretty good. Not sufficient for an audiophile, but more than adequate for me. Audio is clear, no significant distortion. There's even a bit of bass. I suppose I could improve things if I used an equalizer app, but I am not that particular. Volume is adequate for a normally quiet room. There is a mini-HDMI port which is of no interest to me. The unit is too bulky and heavy in my opinion to travel with. I keep it on my work table for playing music and videos, so I don't tax my computer or take up screen real estate. For those purposes, it is excellent. Too bad it has no USB ports. Jerry
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Good dock, could be better
By T Ford on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2011
Overall, I am happy with the Motorola Speaker Dock for the Xoom. It fits the Xoom great, with or without the protective gel cover on the back. It did take me a couple attempts to learn how to place the Xoom on the dock. I can see how it could damage the dock if you have it at the wrong angle and press down too hard. Once you learn the correct angle to use, it slides onto the dock very easily. I was a little disappointed to see that the HDMI output on the back of the dock is not a fullsize HDMI slot. It is the same mini HDMI as on the Xoom itself, meaning you will still need to have a cable that goes from the smaller form factor the the normal. It seems to me like it would have been easy enough for the dock to include a regular size HDMI output. A USB output would have also been nice. The speaker is decent sound quality. It's not great but it's better than the built in Xoom speakers. A headphone jack on the front of the dock would have been nice too. What I do like about the dock, is that it holds the Xoom at a good angle, and charges the unit while you're using it. It pairs well with the bluetooth keyboard. I'm using both right now as I write this review.
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