Motorola, the cell phone pioneer which, however, later lost out to rivals, makes its first serious bid for its place in the tablet computer market with the launch of its much-hyped XOOM tablet.
It looks like 2011 is going to be a year of tablets as another tablet computer makes its debut. This time it is the turn of Motorola, the cell pioneer which, however, lost the smart phone race to the likes of RIM’s Blackberry and iPhone later.
For the consumers already spoilt for choices as this year alone has seen a slew of launches from almost all the top consumer electronics giants from Samsung to LG, Apple to Acer, and more recently HP, now get another option as Motorola unveils its ‘XOOM’ tablet.
And it seems the new offering from Moto justifies the hype that preceded its launch with tech geeks and fans giving rave reviews to it.
But first things first. It is the first tablet to feature Google Android’s latest 3.0 Honeycomb o/s, and with a screen size as big as 10.1 inches, XOOM is at par or in fact bigger than that of Apple iPad (9.56 inches). In what seems to be another first, XOOM boasts of dual-cameras, one front-facing and another rear-facing, for a social ‘you’. Another surprising part is its radical new ‘floating’ multi-finger user interface.
Its other features include 1 GB internal RAM, is fully upgradable to 4G, has screen resolution of 1280×800 pixels, and has also got dual-core processor.
Already on the Facebook, XOOM has hit 17,500 likes, within a few hours of its launch.
Looks like in XOOM, Motorola has got its first big opportunity to present a serious challenge to iPad, the reigning tablet so far. However, for that to happen, Android App store has to beef up its offerings to catch up with Apple’s App Store, as tech geeks point out.
Nevertheless, we’ll say, rivals better watch out.
Amy, Chief Editor
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Source and images courtesy: Motorola.com
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