Motorola recently announced Motorola Xoom 2 which is the successor of the previous version. Comparing to original Xoom tablet this new Motorola Xoom 2 is 33% thinner, 10% lighter and Xoom 2 has more than 10 hours of battery life. Verizon will sell this Xoom 2 has Droid Xyboard 10.1 (MZ617) with some hardware changes. This new Motorola Xoom 2 has curved edges; some websites claim that this feature makes more comfortable to hold. I think it’s better if we compare this device with another hot product, so I’m here decided to do a comparison between Motorola Xoom 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (checkout the Galaxy Tab 8.9 article). We already know Samsung is the leader in IT; they manufacture RAMS, displays, hard disks, ARM application processors, etc. etc. Samsung makes some quality consumer products too. Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 is an awesome product, comparing to the previous version Samsung Galaxy tab this new tablet has a bigger screen size and more processing power.

Before I continue this comparison I would like to point out that above mentioned Motorola Xoom 2, Droid Xyboard 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy 10.1 are powered by Android Honeycomb OS. Android operating system now has more than 500,000 apps in the Android Market place. Google claims that they have received 200 million Android device activations. The latest Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich natively supports multi core ARM application processors. So now let’s begin the step-by-step comparison just scroll down for more information.

Design
Motorola Xoom 2 10.1 and Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 are same in dimensions 259.9 x 173.6 x 8.8 mm and it weights 599g. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 dimension is 256.7 x 175.3 x 8.6 mm and weights 565g; you can see Galaxy Tab .2mm slimmer and 34g lighter than the Xoom 2, so one point goes to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Display
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has a PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 1280 pixels of resolution; the Motorola Xoom 2 has a TFT capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 1280 pixels of resolution; the Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 has a HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with with 800 x 1280 pixels of resolution. As you can see only the display technology differentiates the panels. Let me tell you, this fight between PLS TFT and HD-IPS LCD. According to Wikipedia PLS (Plane Line Switching) technology developed by Samsung and it bears similarities to IPS panels and touts improved viewing angles and image quality, increased brightness and lower production costs. So the display point goes to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Processor and GPU plus sensors
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Motorola Xoom 2 powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 processor, but Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 powered by Texas Instrument’s OMAP 4430 processor. The processor battle begins between Tegra 2 and OMAP 4430. Nivida Tegra 2 running at 1GHz but OMAP 4430 running at 1.2GHz, extra 200MHz for better performance, at the same time OMAP 4430’s GPU is PowerVR SGX 540 and it is overclocked to 300MHz normally it runs at 200MHz. this boost gives more performance than Tegra 2 GPU checkout this article for more information. These three tablets have the same amount of RAM (1GB). Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has Accelerometer, gyroscope, digital compass and GPS sensors. Motorola Xoom 2 also has the same sensors Accelerometer, gyroscope, digital compass and GPS. But Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 has Accelerometer, gyroscope, digital compass and GPS plus barometer. So the point goes to Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1.
Connectivity
These three tablets integrate same connectivity features, Wi-Fi 802.11 B/ G/ N, Wi-Fi hotspot and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, EDR. So one point for each brand.
Camera
Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 features 5Mega pixel camera with autofocus and LED flash plus geo-tagging. It can record 720P videos at 30 frames per second. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 features autofocus with LED flash plus geo-tagging. It can record 720P videos but it has only 3Mega pixel camera. So Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 gets one point each.
Final words
Motorola Xoom 2 got two points, Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 (MZ617) got three points and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 got three points. Galaxy Tab and Droid Xyboard scored the same points so it’s up to you. Your turn to choose, by the way don’t forget to type your opinions as a comment.