Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition Review

Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition is a mid level tablet released in 2011, provisioned with a big 8.2 inches capacitive screen, a Dual-Core processor running at 1200 MHz, a 5 megapixels back facing camera and a 1.3 mega-pixels front camera. Let's take a better look at what this portable tablet has to offer.

Motorola sells this tablet with a TI OMAP4430 chip, holding a great 1200 MHz Dual-Core CPU and only 1 GB RAM memory which is a bit disappointing for a tablet of this quality. Graphic intensive applications often uses lots of CPU time, so this tablet uses an additional PowerVR SGX540 GPU speeding at 304 MHz to improve overall performance. This tablet counts with a 16 GB quite big internal storage memory and even though it doesn't have a slot for external memory cards, it is enough to install a couple hundred apps and games, but it probably wouldn't be suitable if you are planning to install a couple of the largest games currently available.

The Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition isn't very light comparing to other tablets , weighting 13.62 oz. While the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition only has 8.5 inches long and 5.47" wide, it still manages to contain a 8.2 inches screen. This tablet is thin, being just 0.35 inches thick.

Motorola equipped this tablet with a interesting 8.2 inches screen, and a resolution of 800 x 1280 , which makes all pictures and videos look quite nice. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.

The Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition has two cameras, a 5 megapixels back side camera and a 1.3 megapixels front-facing camera. This tablet can also shoot videos in HD 1280x720 at 30 frames per second. This camera also features auto-focus and flash.

This tablet uses a huge 3900 mAh Li-Ion non-replaceable battery, enough to provide the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition with an incredible battery life. An issue to take into consideration is that this tablet's battery is not removable so you won't be able to replace it when it starts to have trouble holding its charge, while with such a big battery you will probably replace this tablet before it happens.

This tablet provides wi-fi capability (although it can't be provided to other devices acting as a router or modem), HSPA+ (4G) data connection, that is not as fast as LTE-A or LTE networks and 3G fast connection type, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This tablet uses a SIM card for GSM services.

The Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition also includes a couple interesting characteristics like Infrared Transmitter, Bluetooth and GPS (Global Positioning System), and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

No matter whether you need a tablet device to play games, are looking for a tablet device for work or are looking for a portable tablet to mainly use social networks and internet browsing, this portable tablet is probably the correct option for you.