Motorola Xoom™: Companion

Using External Controls

The Xoom is composed of physical hardware. The CPU, graphics card, and built-in accelerometer, barometer, and gyroscope, among other things, are housed inside the device. Your Xoom has hardware available to you on the outside of the device, too.

They are all called out in the documentation that came with your Xoom, and you should take a look at that documentation now. However, you absolutely must be familiar with a few pieces of hardware, so if you can't get your hands on the original documentation at the present time, you can use the list here to locate controls you need immediately.

These hardware features are described here as they appear when the Xoom is in landscape mode:

• Volume—The up and down volume keys are located on the top-left corner of the Xoom, on the outside. Press the top button to increase volume and the bottom one to lower it. A Volume icon appears on the screen when you do this.
• Speakers—The Xoom's speakers are located on the back of the device, toward the top.
• Headphone jack—The headphone jack is located at the top of the device. You'll likely have to push harder than you'd like to attach headphones.
• Power/Lock—This button is round and is located on the back of the Xoom, toward the top. It is close to the volume keys. Press briefly to lock the Xoom; press and hold for a second or two to have the option to power off the Xoom; and when the Xoom is asleep but powered on, press the button to awaken it.
• Camera lenses—There are two camera ...