Apple iPad 2 Vs Motorola Xoom Vs Samsung Galaxy Tab

Apple iPad 2:

iPad 2 is Apple’s next generation of magical device for reading and sending email, browsing the web, watching videos, enjoying photos, reading ebooks, playing games, listening to music, etc. Apple iPad 2 is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad. Apple iPad 2 comes with an entirely new design and 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen. Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor is featured in iPad 2 for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics. Two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera and a rear-facing camera are included in iPad 2. A front-facing VGA camera is for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and rear-facing camera captures 720p HD video and brings the ground-breaking FaceTime feature to iPad users for the first time.

Pad 2 run on AT&T’s and Verizon’s 3G networks and it is available in black or white color. Up to 10 hours of battery life is delivered by iPad 2 while it is thinner, lighter, faster, and packed with new features. The innovative iPad 2 Smart Cover is introduced in a range of vibrant polyurethane and rich leather colors. iPad 2 comes with the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, iOS 4.3. Faster Safari mobile browsing performance; iTunes Home Sharing; enhancements to AirPlay; the choice to use the iPad side switch to either lock the screen rotation or mute audio; and Personal Hotspot to share an iPhone 4 cellular data connection over Wi-Fi are features of iPad 2.

Motorola Xoom:

Motorola Xoom is a 10.1in tablet and believed to compete with the flagship of the tablet market, Apple’s popular iPad. Motorola XOOM runs on the only Android operating system designed specifically for tablets, Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb. A new type of mobile computing experience such as a widescreen HD display with 1280×800 resolutions to support HD video and with HDMI out; a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera for 720p video capture and 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats is delivered by Motorola XOOM. Motorola Xoom includes a built-in gyroscope, accelerometer, barometer, e-compass, and adaptive lighting.

Samsung Galaxy Tab:
Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 10.1 inch tablet and it has been secretly developing the Tegra 2 chipset in collaboration with Nvidia, a dual-core processor running at 1.2 GHz. Samsung Galaxy Tab comes with a high resolution 10.1” WXGA TFT LCD touchscreen, dual camera’s and the ability to record and playback full HD video at 1080p. Samsung Galaxy Tab includes the rear-facing camera of 8 mega pixels with auto focus and flash, whereas the front facing camera of 2 mega pixels. The 10.1 inch tablet is featured with dual surround sound speakers, a 3.5mm ear jack, 16GB or 32GB of DDR2 memory, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, and an amazing 6860mAh battery.



Video formats such as MPEG4/H263/H264, runs at an unbelievable 1080p Full HD at 30fps during playback, and 1080p Full HD at 24fps during recording, are supported by Samsung Galaxy Tab. It also includes MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, OGG, MIDI, and AMR-NB/WB formats for audio. It is featured with built in wifi and high speed networking based on the fast HSPA+ at 21Mbps. Dimensions of Samsung Galaxy Tab are 246.2mm x 170.4mm x 10.9mm and its weight is 599 grams. Battery life of it is up to 7 hours of video playback.

Conclusion:

The definitive champ tablet selection is really difficult because each tablet is made for different types of uses. iPad 2 will be enjoyable when it used for gaming, Web browsing and video chat. Motorola Xoom is good for those people, who want more industrious tablet that offers more in the way of ports and media options. If people want to take their tablet out and about with them on whirlwind adventures, then Samsung Galaxy Tab will be ideal for them because it is slimmest and lightest gadget.

Comparison table of Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung Galaxy Tab:

	Motorola Xoom	Samsung Galaxy tab 2	Apple iPad 2
OS	Honeycomb	Honeycomb (android 3.0)	Apple iOS 4.3
Resolution	1280 x 800	1280 x 800	1024 x 768
Display technology	WXGA touch screen LCD	LED-backlit TFT active matrix	WXGA touch screen LCD
Camera	5 MegaPix rear camera with LED Flash / 2 MegaPix front camera	8 MegaPix rear camera with Flash and 2 MegaPix front camera	Rear camera pix rating unspecified, front camera VGA
RAM	1 GB	Not Available	512 MB
Display	10.1”	10.1”	9.7”
Processor	1 GHz Terga 2 dual-core	1 GHz Terga 2 dual-core	A5 1GHz dual-core
Memory	32 GB – Expandable memory up to 32 GB in microSD	16 or 32 GB – Nothing specified yet about external memory	16, 32, 64 GB but no external expandable memory
Ports	HDMI, USB 2.0	USB 2.0	HDMI (with adapter)
Battery life	Up to 10 hours	Unknown	Up to 10 hours
Weight	601g	599g	601g
Wi-Fi	802.11 b/g/n along with Personal Hotspot	802.11 b/g/n	802.11 b/g/n
Network	3G (upgradable to 4G – if you don’t mind shipping it back and forth to Verizon to get this done)	4G HSPA / EDGE / GPRS	3G HSDPA / GSM / EDGE / CMDA
Externals	9.8 x 6.6 x 0.5 / 12.7 mm / 1.61 lbs	9.67 x 6.7 x 0.43 / 10.9 mm thick / 1.32 lbs	9.5 x 7.3 x 0.34 / 8.8 mm thick / 1.33 lbs

Video of iPad 2 Review by Consumer Reports, iPad vs Xoom vs Galaxy Tab from youtube: