Motorola's Xoom Family Edition Review: Not Just For The Kids

12:00 AM - December 2, 2011 by Andrew Ku Table of contents 1. Is The Xoom Family Edition A Second-Gen Tablet? 2. Preinstalled Software: Value-Added Bonus 3. What Makes This A "Family Edition" Tablet? 4. GPU Performance: Tegra 2 5. Display Quality: Color Gamut 6. Display Quality: Black And White Uniformity 7. HDMI Output: Business As Usual 8. Image Quality Examined: Front- And Rear-Facing Cameras 9. Benchmark Results: Real-World 10. Battery Life And Recharge Time 11. Wireless Performance 12. Xoom Family Edition: Not Just For The Kids

Don't let its name fool you. Motorola's Xoom Family Edition is one of the best values in tablets that we've seen up until now. It offers almost everything we want. If you're in the market for an Android-based tablet, this one deserves your attention.

As the first Android-based tablet, Motorola's Xoom represented the hopes of all tablet vendors vying to compete with Apple. Unfortunately, no matter how we looked at it, the Xoom was at a disadvantage as soon as it launched. Compared to the iPad 2, it was thick and heavy. It wasn't complemented by as many third-party apps. And it was priced comparably to the iPad 2, rather than more aggressively. As a result, it was hardly a surprise that the Xoom didn't take off in the way Motorola and Google had hoped.

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