Motorola today announced two successors to its XOOM tablet, the XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition tablets. The key difference between the two is the size of the display. The XOOM 2 comes with a 10.1-inch display whereas the XOOM 2 Media Edition has a smaller 8.2-inch display.
Motorola XOOM 2 specifications:
- Processor: 1.2GHz dual-core processor
- Operating system: Google Android 3.2 (Honeycomb)
- Display: 10.1-inch HD with Corning Gorilla Glass
- Input: Capacitive touchscreen and optional Motorola Stylus
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Storage: 16GB internal
- Rear-facing camera: 5MP AF with LED flash
- Front-facing camera: 1.3MP
- Dimensions / weight: 253.9 x 173.6 x 8.8 millimeters / 599 grams
Motorola XOOM 2 Media Edition specifications:
- Processor: 1.2GHz dual-core processor
- Operating system: Google Android 3.2 (Honeycomb)
- Display: 8.2-inch HD with Corning Gorilla Glass
- Input: Capacitive touchscreen and optional Motorola Stylus
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Storage: 16GB internal
- Rear-facing camera: 5MP AF with LED flash
- Front-facing camera: 1.3MP
- Dimensions / weight: 139 x 216 x 8.99 millimeters / 386 grams
The Motorola XOOM 2 will also come with a suite of business-focused applications such as Citrix Receiver and Citrix GoToMeeting as well as enterprise-grade security and Active Sync for work email, contacts and calendar.
At this point, Motorola has only announced the Motorola XOOM 2 and Motorola XOOM 2 Media Edition for the UK and Ireland in mid-November as Wi-Fi only models. Launch details for other countries have not been revealed yet. One past rumour suggested that the XOOM 2 is headed to Verizon.