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The Much Awaited Motorola Xoom is Now on the Market!

April 11th, 2011

The Motorola Xoom is the first Android based tablet computer launched by Motorola and is finally available in the market after so many rumours. Yes, the long awaited Motorola’s Xoom is now available for sale. The Motorola Xoom is running Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS with a Dual Core 1 GHz CPU NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. The Xoom sports a 10.1 inch screen, both front and rear cameras, Google’ s tablet optimized version of Android, expansion slots and maxed-out RAM.

The Motorola Xoom has 1080p HD video playback streaming, 10 hours of video playback, extended memory with MicroSD cards, a 10.1 inch screen supporting 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, Bluetooth 2.1, micro USB, Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity, 32 GB inbuilt memory, and 720p HD video recording. Motorola’s 2011 Android tablet got a good response from critics and remains the most viable competitor to Apple’s iPad 2.

The Motorola Xoom is the first Android tablet with Google’s tablet specific honeycomb Operating System. It is fast, beautiful and the touch screen is highly responsive. It also has HDMI output for computer or television monitor viewing. Motorola has packed in some great hardware and 4G network compatibility, for those regions where 4G is available. A few problems have been encountered by some users, such as an overcomplicated user interface, a few minor bugs and a shortage of high quality Honeycomb specific apps. The Motorola Xoom is also a little more expensive and heavier than Apple’s iPad, but overall is a solid choice for anyone looking to pick up an Android tablet this year.

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab – the better tablet Alternative?

October 12th, 2010

The Apple iPad has been hailed as the next best thing to happen in the world of mobile wizardry after the iPhone. Rightly so, it has the qualities of the Amazon Kindle, the multitouch wonders and apps of the iPhone, the multimedia prowess of the iPod Touch and all of these in a tablet with a 9.7-inch screen. Then came the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It stopped the iPad’s march right on its tracks.

Size Doesn’t Always Matter

For a tablet computing gadget, size has its appeal. A bigger screen never fails to make the multimedia viewing a more pleasing experience than on a smaller screen. That’s the appeal of the iPad.

It’s a bigger iPhone and a bigger iPod Touch in one plus some nifty features. But the Samsung Galaxy Tab shows that size isn’t everything. It’s bigger than the biggest smartphone on the planet will all the telephony and connectivity features, plus, it has the size advantage to fit a large pocket or a hand bag at 190 x 120.5 x 12 mm and weighing 380g.

Better Features

It has a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and D1 video recording at 30fps. It also has 3G video call support with a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera. It has a microUSB v2.0 slot and topping it off, it runs on a true multitasking Android v2.2, which is today’s hottest OS on any mobile gadget. All this the Apple iPad misses out.

Apart from that, the Samsung Galaxy Tab matches just about every feature on the iPad. You have the same 1Ghz ARM Cortex A8 processor with PowerVR SGX540 graphics accelerator under the hood. With a choice of 16GB or 32GB variant, it has all the radio and data connectivity options starting with a quad band GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE on 2G and a tri band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUP on 3G while local connectivity comes with WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP.

Other features include GPS receiver and A-GPS support, TV-out jack and 3.5mm headphone jack and a 4,000 mAh Li-ion battery that allows up to 7 hours of movie playback. Considering the Samsung Galaxy Tab offers available, this tablet really is an excellent choice.

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Consumer’s Choice: Smart Phone and Tablet or Computer?

July 6th, 2010

Electronics are expensive; they are quite the big investment. This is why choosing one’s home and outdoor experience is often a big choice between the many possible hardware combinations possible.

At the moment, smart phones like the iPhone are the gadgets of choice when it comes to outdoor experience. While netbooks provide more functionality, their bulk and limited battery life (well, at least they have less battery life than the typical iPhone), makes them less accessible in outdoor environments. For indoors, there is a tradeoff between the iPad (which is currently the only tablet), a netbook and a desktop computer.

Figuring out the right combination of the above is a pretty big choice and one that has to be considered properly.

For the outdoors, getting a smart phone is the most logical solution, it is accessible, easy to use and it also serves as you mobile phone (as opposed to carrying around a basic 2G handset and a netbook). Unless you spend hours outside the home but still have access to a table and chair, a netbook is difficult to use.

The big payoff with a desktop computer is that it can do everything –except be accessible. It is not mobile, it takes longer to open, it takes up more space and unless you really need all that hardware, users might be better off with a netbook instead. Unless you are a professional who needs a computer for heavy computing work (programming, graphic design and others), or a hardcore gamer whose games need the latest hardware, a desktop would be too much on an investment. Opt for a netbook for home use instead.

Tablets, particularly the iPad, are media access devices, so users should not expect to get much functionality besides web browsing, media playback and the occasional app.

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