Motorola's Xoom the Real iPad Rival's

Motorola XOOM Android Powered Tablet Computer

After months of speculation, the tablet wars begin in earnest this week. Motorola is release a new a gadget it's Xoom tablet on Feb. 24, and I consider it the first truly comparable competitor to Apple's hit iPad. That is partly because it is the first iPad challenger to run Honeycomb, an elegant new version of Google's Android operating system designed especially for tablets.

Google’s new Android operating system 3.0 Honeycomb who claimed to have been designed from the ground up for the tablet device.  Honeycomb v3.0 Android Google Mobile feature the latest innovations with improved Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browse, notice and customization.

Both Motorola's hardware and Google's new software are impressive and, after testing it for about a week, I believe the Xoom beats the first-generation iPad in certain respects, though it lags in others. Like the iPad, the Xoom has a roomy 10-inch screen, and it's about the same thickness and weight as the iPad, albeit narrower and longer. And, like the iPad's operating system, Honeycomb gives software the ability to make good use of that screen real estate, with apps that are more computer-like than those on a smartphone.

Motorola Xoom Android Tablet offers NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processors with each core running at 1 GHz, providing up to two GHz of processing power, and features 10.1-inch widescreen HD display. Motorola Xoom Tablet allows consumers to experience HD content right on the device, supports 1080p HD video and HDMI output for displaying HD content on a bigger screen, and playing video and other web content rich seamlessly with Adobe Flash Player.

The Xoom has a more potent processor than the current iPad; front and rear cameras versus none for the iPad; better speakers; and higher screen resolution. It also can be upgraded free later this year to support Verizon's faster 4G cellular data network (though monthly fees may rise.)

Motorola is taking aim at the iPad just as Apple is expected to announce, next week, a second-generation of its tablet. Little is known about this second iPad, but it's widely expected to take away at least one of the Xoom's advantages over the original iPad—cameras—and is rumored to be thinner and lighter, since weight was one of the most common complaints about the generally praised first iPad.

Motorola Xoom Android Tablet also features Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction and provide access to more than 3 million eBooks Google and more than 100,000 free and paid applications from the Android Market.

Motorola Xoom Android Tablet also provides constant connectivity, including connecting to Gmail or Exchange e-mail documents, opening and editing, spreadsheets and presentations, and view calendars and send notifications appointments or meetings with speed mobile broadband.

Tablets are also equipped with a mobile hotspot capabilities that provide an online connection to five other Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Motorola Xoom Android Tablet will launch a Tablet device as a device 3G/Wi-Fi-enabled in Q1 2011 with an upgrade to 4G LTE in Q2. Starting in 2011 Q2, the Motorola Xoom will be LTE/Wi-Fi- 4G-enabled device.