Motorola unveiled the highly anticipated XOOM tablet running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS meant for tablets at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. Yes, XOOM's hardware specifications and Android Honeycomb debut did blow many of us away. DigiTimes reported that Motorola has placed orders for about 700,000-800,000 XOOM tablets with four color options for the first quarter of this year. The XOOM tablet orders from Motorola are expected to go above one million this year. Motorola's XOOM tablet features a 10.1-inch display supporting 1280x800 pixel resolution. Packing dual-core 1GHz Nvidia Tegra T20 SoC processor with 1GB DDR2 RAM, XOOM runs Android 3.0 update dubbed as Honeycomb. The tablet has onboard 32GB memory and one can add up to 32GB microSD memory card for increasing the storage. This tablet has 5 megapixel camera capable of recording 720p HD, LED Flash light and 2 megapixel camera in the front.
According to DigiTimes, notebook chassis makers, such as Catcher Technology and Foxconn Techonology along with handset chassis makers such Taiwan Chi Cheng and Silitech Technology would benefit from the XOOM Tablet orders.
Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb has been optimized for the tablet and the sources noted that it indeed is suitable for 7-inch and 10-inch display bearing tablets. Motorola and Samsung are said to have received assistance from Google. Both companies are priority partners of Google, who are followed by LG Electronics and HTC.
Looks like Apple iPad 2 will have tough competition with Motorola XOOM and other Android Tablets. Components of the same would be manufactured in Taiwan, so obviously there's going to be a pull-push of production schedules. As for the consumer, we'll get to see more amazing tablets from Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC and others to compete with the current hot favorite - the Apple iPad.
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