I have a Xoom and I had the same issue (I feel the same way about my wife's iPad).  I solved the slipperyness by purchasing a Motorola gel cover - works like a charm.

From Da Rock's Xoom

joe@actionline.com wrote:

>
>Do any members of this esteemed group happen to have a Motorola Xoom tablet?
>
>(Or, what other types of tablets do you have? -- Android or iPad?)
>
>I recently purchased a used iPad-1 and found it too restricting, so I
>started researching tablets for quite a while, and finally settled on the
>Xoom (in part because I found one at a really good price on Craigslist).
>
>So, I'd like to learn from and compare notes with any other pluggers that
>have one.  FWIW: started keeping some preliminary tablet notes here:
>
>http://www.upquick.com/simple/android.htm
>
>
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