Topic: Mobility

CES: Motorola Xoom tablet specs

Summary: At CES 2011, Motorola and Verizon announced the Motorola Xoom tablet, a 10.1-inch device with a dual-core processor and Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

By Andrew Nusca for The ToyBox | January 6, 2011 -- 17:49 GMT (09:49 PST)

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LAS VEGAS -- Motorola and Verizon on Wednesday announced the Motorola Xoom tablet, a 10.1-inch device with a dual-core processor and Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

The tablet offers 1080p HD video support and is one of the splashier entrants in this year's tablet race.

Here's what we know:

A 2GHz dual-core processor
10.1-inch widescreen HD (1280x800) display
4G LTE upgradeable
1080p HD video support
HDMI output
Adobe Flash Player support
Front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video chats over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G LTE
Rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that captures video in 720p HD.
"Console-like gaming performance"
Built-in gyroscope, barometer, e-compass, accelerometer and adaptive lighting
Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction
Mobile hotspot capability for up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices

Motorola's Xoom will launch as a 3G/Wi-Fi-enabled device in Q1 2011 with an upgrade to 4G LTE in Q2.

Plus, a video:

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RE: CES: Motorola Xoom tablet specs

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  jywhy888
  7 March, 2012 19:52
  
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Battery performance ???

What about the battery performance? how long does it lasts. Xoom has a hardware specs like a laptop and something tells me that the battery performace will also be like a laptop

Ben

Ben_rockwood
6 January, 2011 19:32

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  @Ben_rockwood If you watched the video, you would have heard the rep say that the battery life is 10 hours minimum while playing video continuously.
  
  BillDem
  6 January, 2011 21:41
  
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  - Single tasking watching a video, you can achieve 10 hours, but, I imagine,
    
    since Android allows full multi-tasking, If you run a bunch of different applications at the same time, the battery life will go down really fast. Things like stupid flash advertisements will also chew up battery. I would expect that iPad will have much longer battery life in typical use cases, but, Android might be a lot more fun, and easier to use. Using the iPad, for instance, it was VERY irritating to not have even TWO web pages open at once.
    
    DonnieBoy
    7 January, 2011 06:42
    
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This sets the bar high for the iPad 2

Apple has its work cut out for it. This device, as it is now, is superior to the current iPad in most respects. A better aspect ratio screen, better CPU, better integration with the Google world, Flash 10.1 playback, SD card reader, a dock with USB ports, more e-books available, works as a WiFi hotspot, no-AT&T lock-in, etc. Unless Apple delivers some remarkable improvements in the iPad 2, they're in big trouble.

BillDem
6 January, 2011 21:46

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- Right, but, as they say, this is not on the market yet, and it will be
  
  interesting to see the battery life when multi-tasking. I will for sure wait for a Honeycomb tablet, even if the battery life is not as good as iPad.
  
  DonnieBoy
  7 January, 2011 07:25
  
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- Not an Apple fan
  
  @BillDem but to be fair - iPad is available on Verizon as well as ATT (so not ATT lockin as suggested)
  
  Also, ebooks - are you kidding? There are ebook readers available for iPad from both Amazon and Barnes & Noble as well as the vanilla format readers - so don't think the "more ebooks available" is a supportable argument.
  
  Not sure whether "better integration with the Google world" is an advantage or disadvantage - iPad has no trouble accessing Gmail - but why would anyone want to deal with the crapware known as Google Docs? Certainly very cool Google Maps interface though
  
  The rest of your points are certainly valid
  
  archangel9999
  7 January, 2011 13:30
  
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RE: CES: Motorola Xoom tablet specs

The specs are amazing! Check out this video of it being showcased at Verizon's CES keynote..simply amazing! Can't wait!

http://www.xoomblog.com/verizon-showcases-android-honeycomb-3-0-and-it-looks-sweet/

Jonathan2445
7 January, 2011 02:30

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RE: CES: Motorola Xoom tablet specs

I still like my ViewSonic G-Tablet, modified by the xda developers.

jimi444@...
7 January, 2011 07:07

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What about business productivity/connectivity?

I am ready to junk the desktop and the laptop for a single portable unit, that can be my total work/personal computing device. The horsepower is there. The question is, will they be smart enough to support strong business functions too, (without rooting)? VPN, strong document production tools, server connectivity/sharing... on a device like this would be awsome!! I have a Droid phone. I don't need just a larger version of the same thing.

jc@...
16 February, 2011 11:10

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RE: CES: Motorola Xoom tablet specs

Motorola Xoom is trendy.
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yuranet
16 January, 2012 13:27

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