The Motorola Xoom – Mashable is calling it the, ‘iPad killer’, but will it be? there’s certainly been a great reception for the Motorola Xoom which boasts 3G (and, later on, 4G) and sports a 10.1” widescreen HD display, a 1 GHz dual-core CPU, a 5-megapixel camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel one on the front, Wi-Fi support, an accelerometer and a HDMI output. The tablet is one of the first that will be running Honeycomb (Android 3.0), the tablet-specific fork of the Android mobile operating system.
Motorola also states the device “delivers console-like gaming performance on its 1280×800 display, and features a built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer and adaptive lighting for new types of applications. It also features Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction and delivers access to over 3 million Google eBooks and thousands of apps from Android Market.”
There are mixed reviews with one tech blog stating that, “In its very core, it is an iPad copy with some improved features at a substantially higher price. It’s not going to fly.” whereas Mashable writes of, NFL’s Twitter fan Chad Ochocinco who loves his Xoom, ‘”posting an image of the device on Twitpic, adding on Twitter that the Xoom is “pretty awesome” and that Motorola “won’t be getting this back!””
I guess at $800 we’ll probably try our friend’s one out first just to be sure…
