The mobile phone market is witnessing a new trend with the growing popularity and demand of tablet PCs. More and more consumers are going for tablet computers and looking at this new trend, all mobile manufacturing companies are launching tablet PCs to attract customers. Apple iPad and Samsung galaxy Tab are already available in the market since past few months. Recently Apple has launched the second edition of iPads in the form of iPad 2. Immediately after its release in the market, the device received a record sale of over one million units.
Many other tablets from leading mobile manufacturers are waiting for their launch such as Motorola Xoom, Blackberry Playbook and LG Optimus Pad. In this article we will compare some of the features of the iPad 2 with Motorola Xoom which, by many, is considered as the strongest competitor of this second tablet computer from Apple.
The iPad 2 comes with a 9.7 inches wide backlit-LED IPS display whereas the Xoom offers a standard 10.1 inches wide TFT display screen. Although this bigger dimension offers a superb platform for watching movies or surfing the Internet but for users accustomed of using iPads may find the viewing angles a bit awkward.
The designs of both the tablets are great however Motorola’s version of the tablet is a bit bulkier and heavier than the slim and compact iPad 2.
If we talk about the processor, Xoom is powered by a powerful 1GHz dual core Tegra 2 processor whereas iPad 2 is equipped with 1GHz A5 chip with 512 MB internal memory. With 1GB of RAM and Android 3.0 OS make the Xoom really fast and efficient and gives it an advantage over its competitor with better and faster execution of tasks. Apple’s tablet comes equipped with the new iOs 4.3 and Motorola provides Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS in its tablet computer.
Talking about the camera feature, iPad 2 comes with dual cameras with a 0.7-megapixel primary camera with 720P movie capture capability, and a secondary VGA camera for making video calls. Xoom comes with a much better camera feature with a 5 mega pixel primary digital camera with dual LED flash and autofocus features. It also includes a 2 mega pixel secondary camera for video conferencing.
On the connectivity front also the Xoom gets an advantage over iPad2 by offering Wi-Fi a,b,g & n (dual-band) and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and EDR along with MicroSD support, Micro USB port, HDMI-out features whereas its competitor provides Wi-Fi a,b,g & n, and Bluetooth 2.1 capabilities with A2DP and EDR.
Considering the above mentioned points, Motorola Xoom seems to offer better functionality than the iPad 2. However, with a great price tag and a long list of Apple fans iPad 2 will seems to be a best seller in the tablet PC segment in the coming months.