When Motorola released its original entry to the tablet market, the Motorola Xoom, a lot of people were not satisfied with the design and build of the tablet because of its bulk and heft. When you come to think of it, the original Xoom is one of the bulkiest and heftiest tablets in the market and only the Toshibe Thrive is the only tablet I can think of that is thicker and heavier than the Motorola slate. Good thing that Motorola learned from its design miscues on the original Xoom and was able to come up with another tablet last year that did not have the bulk and heft of its original slate.
When Motorola announced the Xyboard 10.1 back in December, the manufacturer boasted that the tablet is almost as slim as a smartphone with its dimension of 259.9 x 173.6 x 8.8 mm. Still relatively hefty at 599 grams, the tablet though is no longer as bulky as the previous Xoom and its catch weight is actually average for a 10-incher tablet to begin with. Of course, the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 also had the solid build quality we have seen in Motorola devices in the past.
In US shores, Verizon added the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 to its lineup of Android-powered devices and released the tablet in December of last year. Released with Android 3.2 Honeycomb for its operating system, Motorola and Verizon promised users of the tablet that it will also get cranked up to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in due time.
And that time is now almost upon us.
As it stands, Verizon has already approved the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 and the only thing missing in the equation right now is the exact timeframe as to when we can expect ICS to finally land on the tablet. However, with the green light already given by the carrier, we are betting the farm that the ICS update for the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 can now be expected to hit the tablet any day now. The update obviously will crank up the software version of the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich but it will also come with a lot of goodies and treats for the tablet.
As for the Motorola Xyboard 10.1, its operation is powered by its Texas Instruments OMAP4430 chipset in its internals and this SoC brings to the tablet a dual-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and a full gigabyte of RAM for a flawless performance. The tablet was released in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB in terms of storage space but sad to say, a user has no option to expand the Motorola Xyboard 10.1’s internal memory. Display-wise, the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 comes with a 10.1-inch HD-IPS LCD capacitive multitouch panel with a 1280 x 800 resolution while its camera department includes a 5MP shooter at its back panel while a 1.3MP video call camera resides in its front bezel.
