Xoom media edition tablet £149

losttheplot

This might be of interest to someone (I know the nexus is better but this is about €75 cheaper)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0060VHIE4/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

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Anyone have one of these and care to comment??

Considering this mainly over the price!

Rusty_Mectum

Only thing taking me away from this offer is the fact that it's not a 10" screen!

mcgovern

T3 seem to rate it quite highly, number 7 on their list, which puts it ahead of the iPad 2.

Excelling where its 10.1-inch sibling faltered, the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition is a premium product that combines a strong specs offering with a well styled, comfortable and reassuring form factor and a strong user experience.

This is easily one of, if not the best, sub 10-inch Android tablet on the market and had Motorola been able to bring this level of quality to its 10.1-inch Xoom 2 we can’t help but think the iPad might finally have had some decent competition.

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Rusty_Mectum wrote: »

Only thing taking me away from this offer is the fact that it's not a 10" screen!

Have you used a 10" screen size before?

I had a touchpad, which was about 9.7" i think. Anyway the point Im making is for me, it was too heavy for prolonged use, i.e browsing, media consumption etc.

Smaller=lighter=better IMO

chris85

Tempted and cheaper and larger screen than the Nexus 7 i was also considering

duffmagic

Davie89 wrote: »

touchpad...was too heavy for prolonged use

I had a touchpad briefly. It's a good bit heavier than ipads or samsung galaxy 10.1, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_tablet_computers

_Kaiser_

Hmm.. €200 delivered from Amazon

More reviews:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1288951/motorola-xoom-2
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/motorola-xoom-2-1045975/review

.. both say the lack of an SD slot (although it has what looks like spacing for them?) could be an issue. One also says the build quality isn't what they'd hoped

Seems a lot for a branded product with not even an SD slot.. but I am drawn to the bigger screen

justsomebloke

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Seems a lot for a branded product with not even an SD slot.. but I am drawn to the bigger screen

The base nexus 7 is dearer, has less memory and still has no SD slot

Prefect_1998

this is interesting, but the lack of drag and drop media transfer is a big downside.:mad:

-Corkie-

Davie89 wrote: »

Anyone have one of these and care to comment??

Considering this mainly over the price!

I have one a few months and they are grand except for being a bit laggy while using the keyboard plus the memory is non expandable even though the bit of plastic is on the casing for a sd card.. Im looking forward to ICS which is coming soon.

Oh ya thats a great price mine cost 270 2 months ago on Ibood....

lindtee

I am considering this too but I think I'd prefer a bigger screen.. Currys on ebay were selling off the 10.1 inch xoom1 for £134 but won't deliver to Ireland (and no parcel motel in Cork:() http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/motorola-xoom-1-10-1-wi-fi-tablet-134-91-ebay-currys_pcworld-1288073 Think I am going to wait until a bigger one hits the same price point or lower.

CourierCollie

Think this can be marked as expired. I ordered one at 19.30, when it said there were 10 left. They're gone back up to £185 now.

Quite the largest impulse buy I've made in some time. Spent hours researching sub €200 tablets, then ordered this on a bargain alert whim. Can't resist a bargain:o

DjFlin

The 1280x800 resolution makes this seem like a fairly good tablet for video.

lindtee

Am kind of sorry I didn't go for it now but am going to continue holding out for 10 inch tablet to drop nearer to this price range.

Eoghan41

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/MOTOROLA_XOOM_2_MEDIA_EDITION
don't know if they post to Ireland mind you