Within the last few days Apple announced the launch of the new iPad for March 2nd, and now the Motorola Xoom is available at Best Buy & Verizon. If only Harry could let us borrow one of his magic balls to see which one is worth the wait and the price. I am sure that either price will imprint a Harry Potter lighting thunder on our foreheads whenever we pay the bill: the Xoom costs a hefty $799 and if you’re willing to sign a 24-month contract with Verizon, the price for the device drops to $599. Apple has not announced the price for the new iPad.
Xoom is the world’s first tablet powered by Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), an Android OS aimed specifically at tablets which I am sure would also do a fantastic job powering Quiddich games (wizarding sport). Honeycomb is the version that should help Android tablets reach their full potential and become a serious alternative to Apple’s iPad and finally defeat Voldemort. The choice is yours for now, and very much like choosing which is a better team between Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin deciding on one will be tough.
The Motorola Xoom supports up to 1080p video playback and Adobe Flash which the old iPad doesn't. It features a 2 MP front-facing camera for video chatting over Wi-Fi or cellular Internet and a rear-facing 5 MP camera that records 720p video, again, upstaging the old iPad. The Xoom has a 1280×800 widescreen, 10.1-inch display and 3D graphics acceleration, as well as HDMI-out. It features a variety of sensors, including a gyroscope, a magnetometer, an accelerometer and a barometer. The Xoom uses Nvidia Tegra 2 SoC.
The Xoom is exciting, but for now, we will all have to wait until Apple unveils its magic on March 2, at the special iPad 2-revealing event.Only at that point we will decide who wins the cup!
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