Motorola Xoom arrives in India at Rs 32,990

New Delhi, Jun 28: Forget your smartphones, buy tablets! Finally, Motorola also joined the 'India Tablet War'. Motorola Mobility has announced the launch of its Android tablet Motorola Xoom in India with a price tag starts from Rs 32,990.

The much awaited Motorola Xoom arrived in India few days after its rivals BlackBerry Playbook and HTC Flyer landed in Indian soil. Motorola Xoom is the world's first tablet running on Google's tablet only operating system Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

"Motorola Xoom is redefining the tablet experience by preempting the future mobile experience today... Motorola Xoom will delight customers with its ease of use, speed and vivid graphics," said Rajan Chawla, Motorola Mobility Mobile Devices Business Country Head for Sales and Operations (India and South West Asia).

Motorola Xoom has a 10.1-inch touchscreen display with 1280-by-800 pixels resolution and is capable to watch 1080p HD video. This new tablet boasts dual cameras, 2 megapixel camera at front for video calling and a 5 megapixel at rear which supports 720p high-definition video capture.

Motorola Xoom Specifications & Features:

• 10.1-inch 1280×800 resolution display
• Android Honeycomb 3.0 OS
• Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor
• 5 MP rear-facing camera with dual LED flash
• 2 MP front-facing camera
• 1GB RAM
• 32 GB inbuilt memory
• Micro SD support
• Wi-Fi 2.4GHz & 5GHz 802.11b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Micro USB 2.0 HS
• 730 g weight
• 249.1mm (h) x 167.8mm (w) x 12.9mm (d) - dimension
• AAC, AAC+, AMR NB, AMR WB, MP3, XMF support
• 10 hour video playback - battery

Motorola Xoom's competitors in India include the Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Blackberry Playbook, HTC Flyer and the soon-to-be launched Huawei MediaPad.

The Motorola Xoom is available in two variants. The Wi-Fi on version has a price tag of Rs 32,990 and the Wi-Fi + 3G version will cost Rs 39,990.

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