Motorola Xoom 10.1 inch Android Tablet (1GB RAM, 32GB Memory, 3G + Wi-Fi, Android 3.0, Up to 10hrs battery life)
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in a word Brilliant, By
jenniemay15 - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motorola Xoom 10.1 inch Android Tablet (1GB RAM, 32GB Memory, Wi-Fi, Android 3.0, Up to 10hrs battery life) (Personal Computers)
I have had this tablet now for a few weeks so feel able to give a good review, in a word bloody marvellous.... its just the best knocks ipad into a cocked hat... its smooth, very fast loading pages, im running dolphin, browser which is great also.. beauty full photos from the camera, and the video calling with g talk is so good.... I can talk all day why you should buy this tablet, oh yeah the battery life is something else it lasted four days, the kindle is brilliant also, and you can use the Google books as well I like the way the Google books are as they turn like real page the kindle just flicks to next page but hey im not knocking either as I use both.... go on get this tablet you will not regret it...... 26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Using the Xoom, By
llangorse John - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motorola Xoom 10.1 inch Android Tablet (1GB RAM, 32GB Memory, 3G + Wi-Fi, Android 3.0, Up to 10hrs battery life) (Personal Computers)
Very impressed with the Xoom it has changed my surfing habits, I mostly use the Xoom for Internet research instead of my workstation. It's a bit heavy in the hand, but the battery life makes up for that, it seems to go on and on and on. While on holiday in Europe this year I used a Navigation App to do all my overland navigation, the built-in GPS gets a fix really quickly and again the battery life meant I could complete a long route without needing to charge up. The built-in camera is sensitive in low light albeit a bit grainy and switching between front and back camera's is great for video chat's. The Android app market seems to be chock full of interesting stuff and so far I've not had many bothersome compatibility issues between the Xoom Android version and apps designed for mobiles. Occasionally some apps don't respond to rotating the screen properly or just can't make use of the larger screen over a mobile phone.I've had the web browser crash a couple of times on websites with email clients built in, but the Xoom itself has never crashed, if an app crashes it tells you and Android cleans up the mess. The on-screen keyboard ought to have some way of changing it to give you a more personalised input method, it has .com as a shortcut, why not give the option to change that and others to .co.uk or whatever locale type is appropriate.
Handling to start with is a little tricky, you have to avoid touching too far in to the screen when swapping hands so as not to fire off an app or in one instance I managed to accidentally click an instant buy button for some personal item when swapping hands!
The hardware itself has a quality feel about it over and above others I have fondled in high street stores, but is slightly heavy when using it for prolonged periods. Using the 3G function when not near a hotspot is great but sometimes orientation can have a big influence on signal strength. I suspect this is going to be a problem in all these kinds of tablets just like the iPhone signal problem, the antenna is crammed into the case out of sight and warm moist hands are going to affect the mobile signal. Speed is no problem the processor seems to be capable of handing everything I've chucked at it including watching videos without stuttering which is more than can be said of others types I've tried in-store.
Overall I'm very happy with the Xoom, it's a bit pricey but I feel you get what you pay for with this kit.
213 of 219 people found the following review helpful
A good start but it's not there yet, By
Emil Stoev - See all my reviews
This review is from: Motorola Xoom 10.1 inch Android Tablet (1GB RAM, 32GB Memory, Wi-Fi, Android 3.0, Up to 10hrs battery life) (Personal Computers)
I have been using the Motorola Xoom for 2 weeks so I will share my experience so far. The tablet build is very good - it's heavy (hard to hold with one hand for long) and solid. The screen is gorgeous and Android 3.0 looks beautiful. The battery can easily give you 8-10 hours and charges up quickly.Now for the bad part - it's not a finished product. I have been using Android phones for the last 3 years and their browser is very fast and stable. That's not the case with the Xoom - the browser is slower and it crashes often closing all your tabs. The tablet standby function often doesn't work and the tablet drains battery even if not in use.
Hopefully Motorola will release a firmware update soon with fixes for all of those frustrating issues. I will update my review when that happens. Until then I would recommend this tablet only to the most geeky guys like me who are willing to work with beta software.
UPDATE 16/05: Android 3.1 update is available and it does fix most of the issues. The browser is faster and I haven't experienced crash since the update. However most sites still show mobile phone sized version and there is no setting for user-agent in the browser.
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