Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 Review

Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 is a high quality tablet launched back in the year 2011, provisioned with a 1.2 gigahertz Dual-Core CPU, a 10.1" multi touch capacitive screen, and 2 cameras, a 5 MP back camera and a 1.3 MP front camera. We will get a better idea about this device's characteristics when we get into deeper details.

The Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 is just 0.35 inches thick, making it one of the thinnest tablet devices in the market. The Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 is a compact tablet device, considering it presents a 10.1" display and it only has 10 inches long. This tablet doesn't feel very lightweight comparing to other tablets , with a weight of 21.13 oz.

Motorola decided to power this device using a good performance Dual-Core CPU clocking at 1200 megahertz, included in the TI OMAP 4430 system chip and 1 GB RAM. Graphic rendering generally consume lots of CPU cycles, so the Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 uses an additional 200 MHz PowerVR SGX540 graphic processing unit to take care of them, leaving the processor free for other tasks. An amazing feature of this tablet is its 32 GB astonishing internal storage memory and although it doesn't include a slot for external memory cards, it is still enough to store lots of apps, games, pictures and videos without worrying about running out of space.

Motorola designed the Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 with a good 10.1" display, and a resolution of 800 x 1280 , providing this tablet device with an average graphic quality. Its display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and can detect multiple fingers at the same time.

The Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 has two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back camera and a 1.3 MP front camera. this tablet's back camera has a F2.8 aperture so it has serious difficulties taking clear photographs in dark conditions. It can also shoot videos in HD 1280x720 at 30 fps. In addition, the camera has auto-focus and flash.

This tablet has wi-fi capability (and it can be provided to other devices acting as a router or modem), LTE (4G) high performance internet connection and 3G connection type, over EV-DO A technologies. This tablet doesn't have a SIM card, because it doesn't work with GSM connections and it works with CDMA networks.

The Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 uses amassive 7000 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery, enough to provide this tablet with a great battery life. An issue to evaluate is that the Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1's battery isn't removable so you won't be able to replace it when it begins losing capacity, whereas with such a big battery you will probably discard this tablet device before it happens.

This device also comes with a handful of useful features as Bluetooth (2.1, EDR) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

Motorola is selling this device for 175 dollars, which is quite a high price for a device this level. No matter if you want a social tablet device, you love taking pictures, need a tablet for work or are looking for a tablet for playing games, you will probably be very satisfied with this tablet.