Xoom gets USB host functionality, no thanks to Motorola or Google

The Xoom may have gotten a slight software update last night to prepare it for its long-awaited Flash playing capabilities, but some of the folks over at SlateDroid have an even more impressive — though much less official — update, bringing USB host functionality to Moto’s slate. Tinkerer-extraordinaire roebeet is the man to thank, granting Xoom owners the ability to read media from USB drives, essentially giving you a limitless amount of storage — provided you own the necessary microUSB OTG (on-the-go) cable and a rooted Xoom. If you’ve safely satisfied the pre-requisites, enabling the new-new is just a few file transfers and command line entries away. Full instructions available at the source link… if you dare. Xoom gets USB host functionality, no thanks to Motorola or Google originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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