Motorola Xoom running Android 3.0 Honeycomb (photos)

LAS VEGAS--Part of Verizon's keynote address this morning was devoted to one of the more talked-about devices to come out of this year's CES: the Motorola Xoom.

The much-anticipated Xoom is the first device to run on the tablet-optimized version of the Android operating system, called Honeycomb. During Verizon's talk, we got a look at the tablet and the software it runs on.

Here, Mike Cleron (right), principal software engineer at Google, joins Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Lowell McAdam (left) and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha during the address.

Click here for hands-on photos of the Xoom.

Here is a view of the Motorola Xoom desktop running Honeycomb with three widgets--Gmail, Google Calendar, and Bookmark--with additional apps along the bottom.

Accessing the settings panel, you can see a preview of available widgets that can be dragged up to the five available desktop panes.

A view of Google's Chrome Web browser on the Honeycomb-powered Xoom showing The New York Times' Web page.

A version of Gmail specially built for Honeycomb shown running on the Motorola Xoom.

Task-switching in Honeycomb shows the previous five applications used on the left.

During a demo of games running on the Xoom, Cleron played what he says is one of his favorites, Dungeon Defender.

Panel view of YouTube video grid in Honeycomb.

Google Books running on Honeycomb, your "virtual nightstand."

A view of reading on the Xoom. The virtual button of the tablet disappears automatically so you can focus on the content.

A view of Google Chat on the Xoom.

With a front-facing camera, you can do a full-screen video chat with any of the millions of people with Gmail addresses.

Click here for hands-on photos of the Xoom.