Motorola's first tablet - Xoom is a good tablet, but delay in arrival to Israel makes it a lot less relevant
Hard to say that entering into tablets forced on Google - the giant company obviously thought quite a bit about emigration Android OS mobile devices more devices. But the schedule? It, like much else in this industry, the writing is dark. And Csbmrtz 2010 released this the iPad, starting the clock tick, each additional day of delay is a day when there is no real alternative to the operating system iOS. No matter her calf through the storm brought iPad industry. Meteoric leap tablet ads also put the panic hardware manufacturers, which was reflected in the first generation is problematic and not always calculated. Everyone was clear Scssmsong Galaxy Tab launched its previous autumn with Android 2 - It was a compromise, and one that came to the device without a credit, and other competitors on the market just closed their labs and refused to talk about the products. Then, in early January, at CES - the most important consumer electronics show in the world - Google's angel landed and touched a piece of Motorola's hardware. The result - Motorola Xoom, the first tablet with Android OS 3.0, tailored entirely tablets. Zoom was launched in the U.S. in February, and arrived in Israel during August, when he carried away by the lukewarm reception worldwide.
Battle hardware - iPad with zoom
If this were a hardware battle, the zoom would win the iPad 2 at many points. They have the same speed processor (1 Gighhartz, dual-core), and similar battery time (7-8 hours) but devise a larger screen (10.1 inches with 9.7 of the iPad 2), and higher resolution (1280x800 with 1024x768), many good camerasmore (5 megapixel and 2 megapixel rear front with horror - on and just - horror of iPad 2), support for Flash memory cards. IPad winning weight - 600-610 grams against 730 grams and a thickness (8.8 mm against 12.9 mm). But it never came to hardware. This battle usability. And so we must Lhtscl data not only on Zoom's impressive physical but also on his android brain. If you have not left you to use Android 3, the first few hours you'll have to get used to the new interface, very similar to that of previous versions. Is he comfortable?
Lukewarm interface, the widget help
Problematic interface In our view, not very. Instead of concentrating all information in bar buttons at the bottom of the screen, the interface Google scattered in all four corners. Right corner - top, for example, you will find the application drawer button, while the lower right corner the back button "," home ", and become the 'managing applications." But after a few days of use, get used to it, even he had never really learned to love him. Because this is not in Android iOS, Zoom's home screen can be much more functional than the iPad, thanks to widgets - software whose sole purpose is to present information on the Home screen. Indeed, much more convenient to check the diary or notes you left yourself without going into various applications - just using the home screen.
What about the consumption habits?
The vast majority of current Tablet PCs are designed primarily for consumption of content, as well as zoom. Its screen displays a very impressive film, even those that are encoded in high definition. Beautiful colors, sharp image. And the interface itself - they play the movies and play the music, shows excellent results. The only problem we encountered is the Zoom's stubborn refusal to play a video file with the coding standard (Xvid) was not faulty. It is unclear why this happened, but the rest of the files that were supposed to be supported is played properly. Web browser, too - another important building block in consumption of content - is fast, and provides, as Google did not stop to remind, support Flash. And while Internet - Android 3 has Nochi Gmail application, using the tablet's screen area and divide it in half - part of the list of emails and some of which you see the email in which you choose to watch.
And now, the problems
Three main problems have to zoom. One is the fault of Motorola, the second fault of Israel and third Motorlh Google's fault. And start, of course, house. Zoom is the first generation of Android devices 3 - generation lifespan adds up to six months. When launched in February in the U.S., was irrelevant. When launched in August in Israel? Much, much less. In the near future is expected to vacuum up the second generation of tablets - including new products from Samsung and LG - thinner products, with more powerful processors (which promises a long supportmore in future updates). and the first generation, companies like Asus have managed to launch their products a few months ago.
That's how we remember the Motorola, not with boring rectangles - RAZR
End of the day, still immature Motorola's fault? Differentiation. Motorola did not expect to get a black rectangle already in the first generation of its tablet. The company is known that she had a breakthrough in design, and only then chews this design for years, whereas here they seem to have already begun a bad spot. Look for tablets Sony introduced in June, for example - this innovation. It is unclear whether it is successful, but at least they try. And Google? Still, here we come to the biggest problem of all tablet Android everywhere today. All of the Android ecosystem is not ready. There is no other way to say it - not just the operating system can be cumbersome sometimes horribly, she also does not provide fair value to ensure its openness. When Google says "leave the dark, they have an enclosed garden, we have an open garden", if you're not dazzled by the absence of the gate you can see that the front garden and Apple's rich public park is sad. Yes, it's getting better, but still can not compare the offerings of Apple tablet apps in front of Android applications adapted to the big screen. That will change with time, but in the meantime those of you who do not have the outdoor garden, might prefer to buy tickets for the Garden of Apple.
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