Motorola’s Xoom may not be the first device you pick up when you want to make a quick phone call or send a text message to your loved ones , or haters if thats more your bag ! It can be done – Xoomers everywhere can patch the Android Honeycomb operating system so its able to perform phone functions just as any Android phone would.
The image above may not instantly look too familiar but it is the phone app your average Nexus phone would be using to make a phone call, thats not all you need though, first your Xoom must be rooted and as such im going to assume you allready know that bit or you would most likely not be reading this anyway !! So whats the other bit you need then ?..
The magic ingredient is the ‘Framework-res.APK’ or at least a somewhat modified version of the framework-res for your specific Xoom, take a look at this XDA post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015857 for the low down on all the specs and all the instructions to achieve your TEN inch phone !. Please read carefully as there are many different versions of the Xoom and all the different regional variants need a different Framework-Res.apk .
You can see the contacts app above and you might notice it looks a bit messed up once this hack is in full swing, thats because your now looking at the contacts from the phone apps point of view – the original contacts app is still available simply by using the good old Google Search widget just like all Androids.
As for texting you can download Handcent-SMS or use a copy of the MMS-apk found in most Android roms of the Nexus generation, either work very well indeed, you will now also have that lovely CRT animation that flashes off when you power down the Xoom screen, just like the nexus-s nice side effect !
