Motorola officially got into the Android-based tablet game last week when its Motorola Xoom became the first commercially available tablet to run on the tablet-centric Android 3.0 ("Honeycomb") operating system. praised the strength of Motorola's hardware but said that the Honeycomb version of Android needed significant work. Many early users have experienced frequent application crashes while others have expressed concerns that there isn't yet a robust market for tablet-centric Android applications as there is for 's . Other reviewers expressed frustration that there was no Adobe Flash installed on the Xoom, although Adobe has said it expects to have a Flash ready for use on Android tablets within the next few weeks.

Along with rival mobile device manufacturer HTC, Motorola has gained a boost from its early adoption of Android for its new devices. In addition to the Xoom tablet, Motorola has also released several high-profile Android-based , including the Motorola Droid on Verizon's network and the on AT&T's network.

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