Motorola Xoom is the recent new Android tablet on the block

Now that Apple has shown the best way with the iPad, quite a few other producers are scrambling to hitch the tablet revolution by launching their own products concentrating on this similar sector of the computing market. One such extremely-publicized product is the Motorola Xoom, which was announced in January and hit the streets on 24 February.

A pill refers to a brand new sort of hand-held pc, exemplified by the Apple iPad. Smaller than a laptop computer or netbook, however larger than a smartphone, a pill is believed by many to be the way forward for web shopping on the go. Certainly that may seem like true based upon the runaway success of the iPad, so this explains the eagerness of others, in this case Motorola, to get in on the act.

The Motorola Xoom has attracted special attention via being the first pill pc to be based mostly on the new 'Honeycomb' model of the Android working system. Honeycomb is version 3.zero of Android, which is an open supply OS pioneered by Google that has gained a firm following among smartphone users. Compared to other incarnations of Android, Honeycomb is claimed to be optimized for use on a tablet.

The Motorola Xoom is powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2.1 GHz dual-core CPU chip, and comes fitted with 1 GB of RAM memory, along with 32 GB of onboard flash memory for storage of data. Extra data storage is feasible by utilizing the Xoom's SD card port or the USB 2.0 port. The system's 10.1 inch show has a decision of 1280x800 pixels and helps HD video at 1080p. There may be additionally an HDMI port, which permits connection to a TV.

In accordance with the concept tablets should share most of the features of smartphones, the Xoom has a camera. In actual reality, it has two cameras: a 5 megapixel stills and video cam going through to the rear of the gadget, plus a 2 megapixel webcam dealing with forwards.

In terms of connectivity to the internet, consumers of the Xoom have two options. One model of the Xoom has 3G connectivity, and US consumers of this version are required to take out a contract with Verizon. A second model of the gadget will include Wi-Fi connectivity but this isn't due for launch till later in 2011.

One critical downside of the Apple iPad is that it can't display internet pages that use the Adobe Flash player, for instance YouTube. The Xoom, then again, is absolutely Flash compatible. As one would expect provided that Android is a Google creation, the Xoom comes pre-loaded with the Google Chrome browser.

In frequent with the iPad and different such devices, the Xoom doesn't waste front panel house with any hardware buttons. The whole front is taken up by the display, and textual content enter is by way of a virtual, onscreen keyboard that appears when necessary.

Based mostly on its specification, the Motorola Xoom would appear to have a great chance of constructing some serious waves, but it's in fact combating both Apple's 'cool' factor, and also the fact that a souped-up iPad 2 is on the best way, which is probably going to present Apple the advantage once more earlier than very long.