Can you charge Motorola Xooms from the USB cable?

Can you charge Motorola Xooms from the USB cable?

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Unfortunately, you cannot charge your Motorola Xoom using the USB port. The USB port is designed for data transfer between your Xoom and a computer. The Motorola Xoom was the first Android tablet to be introduced, and it didn't include many features that we now expect in all tablets. In fact, by not supporting USB charging, the Motorola Xoom lacked a feature supported by the Xoom's main competition, the iPad.

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The iPad can be charged from the USB/charge port, as can many Android phones, but this was simply not a supported feature on the Xoom. It's disappointing to find out that you need to carry more than one cable and can't use popular emergency battery systems with your Xoom, but the Xoom is hardly the first piece of portable electronics that can't be charged via USB. Your netbook can't charge that way either. That said, it made no sense not to include a single port for charging and file transfers.

To charge your Xoom, you must either use the proprietary charging cable that came with your device or purchase a cradle accessory designed to work with the Xoom. Do not plug in any charger that is not specifically designed to charge a Xoom. If you find that your Xoom is not charging as expected, make sure the charging cable is properly connected to the device and then try restarting your Xoom.

The Motorola Xoom was the first officially supported Android tablet, and it was built like a brick – big and heavy. It ran on Android 3.1 Honeycomb, which brought a lot of innovation to Android. It supported tablets (obviously) and also introduced the first video app to search for movies from Google's Android Market (which is now known as Google Play Movies). Xoom also introduced video editing capabilities to the Android tablet with a simple video editing tool. Android Honeycomb also supported joysticks and other dongles, although none were released for the Motorola Xoom.