Motorola XOOM to Get Android 3.1 at Telstra in July

Australian mobile phone users can already enjoy the features and capabilities that Motorola XOOM, the very first tablet PC in the world to run under Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform, can deliver, but it seems that even more features are coming for them, through a software update that wireless carrier Telstra plans on releasing in July.

The said software is none other than the Android 3.1 OS upgrade that Motorola and Google announced a few weeks ago.

As soon as the new firmware arrives on Motorola XOOM, users would benefit from a wide range of improvements, as well as from fixes and other enhancements.

Some of the main changes the new OS version brings would include:

- Full support for the final release of Adobe Flash Player 10.3, delivering significant performance enhancements when viewing rich Flash content on the web.
- Resizable widgets to enable further customization of home screens.
- The MicroSD card reader activation enabling customers to play apps and media from MicroSD cards.
- Support for USB-connected peripherals and accessories, such as keyboards, mice, game controllers and digital cameras.
- Expanded Bluetooth features to support Bluetooth headsets in Google Talk video chats and Bluetooth mouse support in addition to additional shortcut keys with the Bluetooth keyboard
- Picture Transfer Protocol Feature support to enable easier transfer of photo files to your PC without the need for drivers.
- A file manager app allowing you to easily navigate through your storage.

Telstra plans on making the software available for its customers in July, but it should start testing it as soon as next week.

Apparently, the wireless carrier is set to make sure that all of the new features would run soothly on its Next G network, and that the tablet PC can provide users with the best possible data speeds.

Of course, the testing would be focused on ensuring the Motorola XOOM runs stable with it, and that it provides users with the performance levels they are expecting it to.

When released, the new software update will be delivered over-the-air to all Motorola XOOM owners out there. Users will be able to download it directly on the device via a Wi-Fi connection.