Motorola XOOM 2

Xoom 2 is designed to feel light in our hands, weighing just about 599 grams around 130 grams lighter than its predecessor which was weighing around 730 grams. Well there are lighter tablets than this of other companies but for Motorola Tablet Company probably this is the lightest tablet. The tablet is designed quite similar to iPad 2 having 8.8 mm thickness.

Display

1-inch, 1280 x 800 capacitive displays, in conjunction with 2-megapixel front-facing camera and 5-megapixel backside camera with 720p video recording. It also boxes a Corning Gorilla glass and a splash resistant coating that will be protecting the tablets display from all sort of physical damage. Tablet has a dimension of about 253.9 x 173.6 x 8.8 mm.

Performance

The performance based on starting and responding over the application and hardware is pretty fast as Motorola XOOM 2 has 1.5 GHz dual core Qualcomm processor with 1GB RAM. The inbuilt cameras one with 5 megapixels rear and 1.3MP from camera gives good results. The XOOM 2 carries the power of NVIDIA Tegra2 T20 With 1.2GHz dual core A9. The inbuilt 16GB /32BG (internal flash storage) storage but no micro SD slots to expand storage of tablet, this device comes with android 3.2 Honeycomb OS. It is less time consuming in opening, running or doing more in apps. This enables to work in very less time in site with flash in it. Motorola XOOM 2 supports HTML 5 based Android Web kit. Few pre-installed office application like Quick office HD, Twonky and Ctrix are available for business user. Motorola XOOM 2 allows holding the tablet screen while doing multi-touch scrolling and zooming. The micro USB port work for two features which increases the usability as synchronization and charge point as it charges the battery along with the synchronizing with PC. The file transfer feature is very handy while synchronizing with Mac or Linux with the support of MTP protocol, but with windows one need to install Motocast file manager. It also has the feature of GPS with GPS Support with cool stylus. Battery life ends with 8-9 hrs of usage which is pretty less on the count as other runs much more.

Expert

What does work for the Motorola Xoom is the reality that hard-core multi-tasking is probable even under heavy download. This is a big plus as you’ll be able to do more than one thing at a time without glitches or lag. The 3D graphics performance is also top class and tends to make watching HD multimedia subject material a pleasure.

You must know that Motorola Xoom 2 has been available in two version in the States a 10.1 inches and an 8.2 inch Media Edition.