iPad 2 Vs. Motorola Xoom

“Year 2010 was the year of tablets,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the event in San Francisco while he unveiled the second generation iPad, the iPad 2. He was right when he said that because year 2010 saw a huge sea of tablets coming from major players with a sole aim to become the most convincing iPad killer after the launch of the original iPad in year 2009 that took the world by storm.
In a blow by blow comparison between Xoom vs. iPad 2, one can see which tablet to buy. Apparently both are similar and only upon close scrutiny one can find difference between the two. The screen size of the iPad 2 is 9.7-inch whereas that of Motorola Xoom is 10.1-inch, not a significant difference. Each of them come with 1GHz dual core processor, it is Nvidia Tegra 2 in Xoom and Apple A5 in iPad2. Both the tablets have cameras, front facing and rear. Motorola Xoom has a 5MP rear camera and 2MP front facing camera while iPad 2 has a VGA front facing camera with Face Time feature and a rear camera with 720p resolution.


The iPad 2 is lighter not only than the original iPad but also than Motorola Xoom. iPad 2 weighs 1.35lbs while Xoom weighs 1.6lbs. The iPad2 comes in a variety of memory options namely, 16, 32 and 64GB while Xoom comes in 32GB memory. The screen resolution of both the tablets is however nearly the same, the screen of iPad2 has a resolution of 1,024 x 768 while that of Xoom is 1,280 x 800. The operating system of the iPad 2 is iOS 4.3 while Xoom runs on Google’s Android v 3.0. Android v 3.0 is designed specifically for tablets whereas if you like Apple’s OS, then iOS 4.3 is the latest by Apple. iPad 2 is available through AT&T and Verizon Wireless whereas Xoom is only available through Verizon.

The price comparison of the two tablets- Apple iPad2 is priced between $499 and $829 and Motorola Xoom is priced between $599 and $799. iPad 2supports 300k applications, the maximum for any tablet in the market while Xoom supports 100k applications. Both the brands however have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR and AGPS but you get Wi-Fi only model with iPad2.