The Motorola Xoom: Visual QuickStart Guide

7. Navigation

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Using the Maps App

Configuring Maps

Using Google Latitude

When you think of the Global Positioning System (GPS), you may think of handheld or in-car devices. But the technology has fallen in price to the point at which GPS receivers are becoming ubiquitous in electronic devices such as cell phones (especially smartphones). Heck, even some wristwatches have GPS receivers built in. For this reason, it shouldn’t be a surprise to you that the Motorola Xoom has a built-in GPS receiver—one that’s capable of making your Xoom much more useful and powerful.

Whether you’re using the Xoom as an in-vehicle navigation device or keeping it in your backpack as you walk the streets of downtown San Francisco so that your friends ...