Tuesday, February 8, 2011

New Tech Devices

What new Tech Devices are you looking forward to that are coming out in the next few months?

There are several that I'm looking forward to, but the two main ones are:

  • Motorola Xoom (Release Date: February 24th | Price: $800)
  • ASUS EEE Pad Transformer (Release Date: April | Price: $399 – $699)
Both are Android Honeycomb (Android 3.0) tablets.  One of the biggest differences is price.  And that will probably be the biggest factor on which tablet I purchase.  Even though I'm still leaning more towards the Transformer, mainly because of the cool dock that makes it a netbook and the that it's half the price of the Xoom.

The Transformer has alot of the same options as the Xoom.  The battery life is 8-hours without the docked keyboard and 16-hours with the docked keyboard.  When docked, the Transformer folds just like a netbook or any laptop computer and works as a case -- protecting the 10.1" screen.

The Xoom, which also has a 10.1" screen, has everything you would want in a tablet.  Also, is hardware upgradeable to 4G when available.

What products are you looking forward to?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I'm keeping an eye on these. Since I'm developing for Android, it might help justify buying one! But to me, anything over $500 for a tablet seems overpriced.