Monday, February 28, 2011

Apple iPad vs Motorola Xoom: Tablet Wars, Part 2

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Apple iPad vs Motorola Xoom: Tablet Wars, Part 1

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Rip and convert Blu-ray to Motorola Xoom Tablet

The Motorola Xoom tablet
is easily the best competition Apple’s iPad has ever seen. Sporting a 10.1-inch screen, front and rear cameras, HDMI output, a dual-core processor, and Google’s tablet-optimized version of Android, the Xoom is entering the tablet wars with guns blazing. With 10.1-inch HD wide screen display, It’s a great enjoyment to watch HD Video on Xoom tablet, it supports MPEG4, H.263, H.264, MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR NB, AMR WB, XMFR, etc. With such a gorgeous movie player, you may want to put your Blu-ray movies to Motorola Xoom
for enjoying in travel time.



Foxreal Blu-ray Ripper will help you rip the Blu-ray movies to Motorola Xoom most compatible H.264 .mp4 format with 1280×800 resolutions. It is the best Blu-ray backup software for you. What’s more, based on the latest
NVIDIA CUDA technology and its
advanced video and audio sync technology, the professional Blu-ray ripping software makes it possible to get the ripped BD/DVD files at highest speed possible without audio out of video problems.

The guide on how to rip Blu-ray and DVD to Motorola Xoom tablet:



Step 1: Run
Foxreal CUDA Blu-ray Ripper and load your BD/DVD disc files from the drive you use into this program. (For BDs, a BD ROM is needed.)

Step 2. Choose output format MP4 for Motorola Xoom.

Chick Format to select H.264 Video (*.mp4) for your Motorola Xoom as the output format for conversion.

Tip: Click “Settings” to set the Video/Audio Parameters like Size (resolution), bitrate, frame rate, etc to be more suitable for Motorola Xoom. For example: Set Size/Resolution to 1280*800 pixels.

Step 3. Select subtitle for Motorola Xoom Tablet videos.

Click the Subtitle
option and you choose the prefer language you want from the drop-down list.

Step 4. Rip Blu-ray to Motorola Xoom MP4.

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the conversion from Blu-ray to Motorola Xoom starts immediately. Just wait for a while, and the Blu-ray Movie to Motorola Xoom Tablet Converter
will rip Blu-ray movie to Motorola Xoom .mp4 video for you with the best quality.

That’s all! Hope the article will help you watch Blu-ray and DVD movies on Motorola Xoom
with ease!

Source: community.active.com

Cameras, display add costs to Motorola Xoom

Research firms that have taken apart Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s Xoom tablet computer uncovered some additional clues about its features and why it costs more to build than Apple Inc.'s hit iPad.
UBM TechInsights estimates the components inside the Xoom cost Motorola about $278, compared with about $245 for a comparable iPad with 3G cellular capabilities and 32 gigabytes of flash memory. Motorola priced the Xoom at $799, excluding any wireless service contract, compared with $729 for a similar iPad.
 

Couple of Xoom promo vids

Promo vids..that is all.






..and another.

Breakdown Reveals Xoom Cost To Build: $278

by Devin Coldewey @Crunchgear.com

Motorola’s Xoom, the first Android 3.0 tablet to get into consumer hands (if you don’t count hacked Nook Colors), has a total build cost of about $278, according to UBM TechInsights and iSuppli, as reported by the WSJ. That’s $33 more than the iPad’s cost-to-build estimate. On the consumer pricing front, an iPad with 3G and 32GB of storage costs $729, while the Xoom is $799. Motorola is, of course, going to

1.5 GHz Xoom Overclock


Video: Guy overclocks Xoom to 1.5GHz!
Don't know If this is a good idea or just cool.
One of many Xoom mods sure to come along.
See the video

HERE!

Xoom sales start off "relatively well"


Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., which began selling its Xoom tablet computer last week, said sales have started “relatively well” at Verizon Wireless and it plans to introduce tablets with other carriers this year.
Motorola Mobility will introduce models this year based on Google Inc.’s Android software that are smaller than the 10-inch Xoom, Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jha told analysts at a conference today in San Francisco. He didn’t name any of the carriers that will offer the new models.
Jha plans to offer a variety of tablet sizes and features to counter the wide appeal of the market-industry leading Apple Inc.’s iPad, which comes in a single 9.7-inch format.

Video: Xoom with Honeycomb

First impressions of the Motorola XOOM tablet with Honeycomb

 

Video HERE!

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