The Motorola Xoom tablet has won the Cnet CES 2011 Best in Show award today, beating out a plethora of other tablets, smartphones, HDTVs and more.
Motorola’s powerful tablet will ship with a 10.1-inch display, 1280×800 resolution, a Nvidia Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 32GB onboard memory (expendable via SD), a 5MP dual-LED flash standard camera and a 2MP front-side camera for video conferencing.
Furthermore, the tablet has a micro USB 2.0 port, HDMI-pout, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and run on the tablet-optimized Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
Battery life has been rated at 10 hours (peak) for video playback.
Motorola has allegedly already ordered 800,000 units of the device for the Q1 2011.
The 3G-supporting device will launch in February or March while the LTE 4G model will launch in the Q2.
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Verizon has officially launched the Motorola Droid X today, and the smartphone packs a punch.
The device had a 4.3-inch, 16:9 multitouch display with 854×480 resolution, a 1GHz OMAP processor, 512MB RAM, HDMI-out, DLNA support, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Hotspot tethering.
Additionally, the phone has an 8MP camera with 720p HD video recording, three mics, 8GB on-board memory and a 16GB microSD card and a 1570mAh battery.
Included with the phone will be video apps from Blockbuster, V CAST video, NFL Mobile, Skype, and Backup Assistant.
Apparently, the Skype Mobile app will be “deeply integrated” with the Droid X. As is now standard, the device will have Swype built-in, as well as full support for Microsoft Exchange.
Unfortunately, the device will not launch with Android 2.2 Froyo, but it is promised for the near future.
Starting July 15th, the Droid X will be available for $200 through Verizon.
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The world’s possibly worst kept secret, the upcoming Sony PSP Go, has been leaked today via video, showing off the design of the handheld.
John Koller, director of hardware marketing at Sony America, speaks during the video and notes that the differences between the new PSP and the older slim PSP-3000 model are “on-board memory, the flash memory, and 16 gigs of space. There’s Bluetooth on board as well, so you can use a Bluetooth headset, and you can actually tether it to your cell phone as well. But ultimately, it’s the portability. Since you can bring all that content with you in a smaller form factor, you’ve got the most immersive games to play, and now you’ve got a smaller unit to do it with.”
It is unclear whether the handheld will remove the bulky UMD drive, but it is clear Sony is moving its emphasis towards downloadable games and movie content.
