The XOOM runs on Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb – the Android OS for tablets – and is unofficially the Google tablet (in the same way that the Samsung Nexus was its Gingerbread phone).
Let’s get the specs out of the way: widescreen HD display with 1280×800 resolution to support HD video and with HDMI out; 5-megapixel rear-facing camera for 720p video capture; 2-megapixel front-facing camera; gyroscope; barometer; e-compass; accelerometer and adaptive lighting.
Its being launched in a 3G/WiFi-enabled version as well as WiFi-only.
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