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  • nice review .. keep it going

  • @husainml Thanks! We will. And please share our reviews with others. :)

  • Has the motorola xoom been updated to ice cream sandwitch?

  • @eyybetoo Not yet.

  • @eyybetoo It has now ;)

  • @eyybetoo now it has

  • xoom..........

  • Xoom pwn iPad, but what about the android store?

    is it richer in content than itunes store or...?

  • Xoon is better of course you want to.pay for everything from accessories to music.to etc

  • I think the first gen iphone lags less than the new dual core android tabs/phones when it comes to things like opening apps and little things like keyboard sensitivity

  • @hagertyjim trying to copy ipad and iOS with so laggy results :( would be alot better if android was designed from the ground up and not the other way around. Can't really have fun 'customising' my device when even swiping between app pages lags. Also things like live wallpapers is just a selling feature which I have used on this galagy s maybe once.

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  • iPad 2 is sayy better Motorola is rubish

  • @Norbichrapowicki12 Please elaborate.

  • Excellent comparison. How about Magazine subscriptions? and student oriented apps? Im not crazy about the Ipad. I like the Xoom but worry about delayed updates like smartphones suffer from. I own a Google Nexus S but since there isn't a Nexus tablet around, Im always hesitant to purchase a non Google specific tablet. Also, how does Motorola treat updates? Ive heard horror stories with Samsung. and will it get 4.0? thanks again!

  • @kenw30 Motorola, now a part of Google, has just released a follow up to the Xoom, the XYBoard, which we also have a review on this channel. The Xoom had some lag on updates including the update that supports the expansion slot. The new XYBoard will probably one of the first to get 4.0 ICS update.

  • fecking adverts...

  • so offiously the xoom is wayyyy better than the ipad

  • Xoom is just embarrassing

  • @lolippi What is embarrassing about it?

  • i told my mother i want the xoom for Christmas! Great review btw !

  • I think motorola xoom copied samsung's galaxy tab 10.1 not a hater

  • @victory4193 well the thing is the Motorola Xoom at first had a larger price so shut ur fucking mouth Apple fanboys can't afford android

  • You mentioned only 150 apps for the Xoom? Does that mean apps on the android market aren't available?

  • @TonyAirlines There are more now, we made this video 6 months ago. Not everything on the Android Market works on Honeycomb, but a lot more now compared to back then. You can also run Android phone app now if you have the latest Honeycomb version.

  • I should be getting a zoom by the end of this year :) great video :)

  • I had an ipad 1 and 2, as soon as the xoom came out and I played with it in verizon for several hours, I ended up purchasing it going home and putting my ipad on Craigslist... bye bye ipad hello Xoom...

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  • lolz xoom doesn't have flash

  • @TehNoobzPwner it does

  • Is the Ipad 2 screen brighter or is it just the brightness settings

  • Who wouldn't want something that starts with a "x"

  • XOOM i have and it is much better than ipad promise......

  • Motorola Xoom is way better than the ipad because u don't have too download everything from itunes

  • the only thing xoom wins is the customized homepage, 4g and flash but on other things I think Ipad 2 wins, Ipad2 is faster especially when u try to rotate the screen.... and Ipad 2 is really responsive...(all of these are only my opinions)

  • what about flash online games

  • can you not run i pad games on android devices using some program like an emulator?

  • Im thinking of getting one of these tablets for christmas but i dont know which one, i want one with good gaming, good internet experience and a good battery life which one would you recommend?

  • @DyNaMiTz720 Ipad is the best for what you are asking.

  • @TehNoobzPwner thanks

  • @DyNaMiTz720 Anytime

  • motorola's screen looks terrible from the review, i'm just wondering why you didnt touch on that? Anyway I like your voice and I'll have sex with you any day : ]

  • fair comparison helped me out alot still a little confused on which one i want tho lol

  • wait how do u have 6 icons at the bottom i can only have 5 on the ipad 2

  • 1:21 where did the ipad go?

  • I think we all know that deep down Lisa has a strong hate for Apple :)

  • weird lots o lag on that ipad on samurai game compared to other...

  • Why would Apple release an interim version of the iPad instead of including better resolution screen (Retina?), usable camera, stereo speakers and better battery life (took almost 24 hours for my iPad 2 64GB WiFi +3G to recharge to 100%). It is really unfair to consumers, they should have released later and with better functionality instead of making us purchase a 3GS-like device.  Just my $.02 worth.

  • Excellent,and fair comparison. Thank you kindly for taking the time to make this video.

  • @Damenblack Thank you for the feedback! Please share our videos with your friends and family!

  • The gaming thing is not that true, because as you can see, the samurai game lagged at iPad 2 and dident on xoom, obviously you have a lot more aplications on apple store, because it is older than the android market, but i think market will be better then app store in a year.

    So, final conclusion:

    Apple iPad is the cutest one, but if you want to do anything else then stare at your device, BUY A XOOM!

  • Ipad completly wins, the xoom is just like a computer if you want a computer buy a xoom -_- if you want something to be more portable and to have fun with get the ipad.

  • @jeremiahqwe More portable? They're basically the same size. If you want aesthetics, go with the Ipad 2. If you want more, go with the Xoom.

  • If you're a gamer or a retard get an ipad.

    anyone else go with the xoom.

  • @lik3OMJ Or if you live in a country where the android market is limited like, UAE, go for the iPad. Otherwise if you like trying to seem different or "special" go for the twice-as-thick xoom.

  • the motorola xoom is the best of the two

  • If you go for elegance and fashion choose Ipad 2 if you go for a real HW device with full capabilities choose xoom

  • I prefer xoom

  • i was surprised that the iPad lagged in the game and CNN app.

  • The xoom is more for gaming then the iPad but it loses there too. The app support is just staggering with iPad as opposed to the xoom Its a Goddam tablet and it still doesn't have a decent note taking app?...

  • @cuntquistador32

    I don't know what you mean when you say, "the xoom is more for gaming than the iPad", but according to hardware and performance benchmarks, the iPad's GPU is much, much faster than the xoom's GPU by at least 50%. Granted, the xoom has 30 odd percent more pixels, but if the iPad had the same resolution, it would still theoretically be faster.

  • xoom is way better! i meen overall i pad only wins in 1 way and thats the screen brightness, which really is nothing i pad is just a basic boring device terrible cam bad video cam reception, has more apps but android will definately catch up and soon be in the lead again as far as tabs go, ipad 2 definately lagged way more when she was playing that game, which was pointed out O.o im definately gonna get the xoom over the ipad its just better in many ways not to forget the freedom to customize!

  • @Dangelo1990 and i pad wins in apps and das it really thats why i got a xoom its way better ....cuz my friend has an ipad 2 and its fun with apps and thats it

  • @Dangelo1990 xoom is just too heavy and that changes everything

  • Id just like to say motorola did screw up with the camera but thats because of the anti scratch lens window. Its not the camera its just the window. take out the window and your colors wont be washed out they will be better then the ipad 2 photos. But who cares about photos when you can emulate n64 and ps1 and more. Play games like zelda, smash bors, and many more or on the ps1 metal gear solid, final fantasy and also many other games. Easy way to root the xoom(unlock)

  • you sound very biost idk if that is how you spell it but it sounds like you dont like apple so your saying as many bad things as you can about it i own the ipad2 and it is way better for app playing and in the long run is cheaper!!

  • @Beastly2214 it's spelled biased :P

  • this is a bad comparison the xoom sucks compare it to the sumsung galaxy or asus eee pad transformer

  • I had the xoom for 2 months. I'm a big fan of Android but I also have Mac Mini desktop, so I also appreciate Apple. I swapped my Xoom for an iPad 2 yesterday, not a easy decision but definitely the right one. The Xoom is heavy, clunky, has a poor quality screen (watch something like Toy Story on both and you can see the difference with ease) and just isn't that great. Honeycomb is buggy and half baked, I was so disappointed with the whole experience.

  • i think the xoom is prettty sexy

  • I love her product review....company should pay her or give her sample forever..to review ...it......

  • It pisses me off that Android hasn't made a fucking decent note taking app. It's a god Damn tablet its supposed to replace a notebook not be a high def gameboy.

  • I need to buy a tab for school and I want to get the xoom simply because 3.0 looks a lot better than ios and it has much better hardware but two equally important things are that ios has itunes for music and movies and I don't think Android has a dedicated media store and Android does not have an app like notes plus that is the damn deal breaker as much as i don't want to be an Apple bitch I am forced to because Android has no apps in comparison.

  • is vlakia

    

  • Since when did the word "fanboy" become an insult? Anytime anybody picks an Apple product over something else, he gets labeled a fanboy. It that's your idea of an insult, you nerds and geeks are surely a sorry bunch

  • @Calebg220 Well there you have it...an Apple Fanboy, making fun of people with AIDS and Cancer...

  • I can't even see the xoom's screen.

  • I've been agonizing over this decision for weeks now. I finally managed to get a hand's on demo of both these units myself recently. First let me qualify I have no experience with Android or iOS and have never owned an Apple product in my life.

    I've got to say, the iPad 2 just felt right to me, it was nicer to hold and the screen seemed much clearer, brighter and more responsive. But really when it comes down to it, it's the App selection. Android simply cannot compete at this time.

  • @AlaCarcuss That's true, I'm not biased with any product, I think iPad 2 or Xoom is just as good as any other tablet. But Apple does count with more than 65,000 apps, and Android isn't by any mean near that quantity yet :/

    I'd say that, specs=Xoom

    And entertainment= iPad 2

  • @derox1800 i will agree apple has a lot of apps but how many are actually useful i looked through a lot of them and they all aren't that useful or they are just useless people i know who have an iphone or ipad they have like no apps installed because ones they did download were crap or didnt work

  • @pattycarljackson Useful at all? Maybe you're researching the wrong way. Exactly what apps did you look for? If you looked for games, then OBVIOUSLY they are useful only for entertainment. If you looked for apps like, Evernote, iWork, DocsToGo, those are all for working and business apps. They are guaranteed to work. Maybe the people you know had their iDevices jailbroken which in fact does contribute to apps not working. And gaming on iDevices isn't crap.

  • xoom is better, but the toutch screen in apple is still better. I don't know why android never gets the quality of the toutch of apple devices! I'm realy fan of android, but apple have better toutch screen response always!

  • @andeciuala Apple revolutionized touch screens. First smart phone to ever work without stylus if I'm not mistaken. And since they've managed to develop such technology first (not mentioning touch screen technology since it was Palm that did and not Apple), they have had the advantage to make the touch experience, much more responsive and smoother than any other produt out there.

  • I rather not be under Steve jobs' vision for technology.

  • Android FTW

  • I think there both great tablets.I like iPad2 because it has a brighter screen which is a very nice feature.When scrolling trough there home pages I found that the Xoom is a bit slower/laggy than the iPad which was responsive.The iPad's cameras do suck.I really prefer the Xoom's camera's.Now the other thing about Xoom that I really liked is the ports which are very very useful.Not like iPad where you have to buy em separately.I really love that the iPad is thinner + more apps.For me its iPad.

  • you're supposed to do combo moves in Samurai II Vengeance -_-'

  • Apple licks butt...

  • To be quite honest, I like both so this opinion is no bias. But seriously...the xoom won in almost EVERY category, except the fact that its a new device and doesnt have the same apps apple has had for YEARS! Xoom>Ipad2

  • apple is the best

  • Dang Android ftw

  • You can show an Apple fanboy a device that cures AIDS and cancer and he will still think his iPad 2 is better

  • @farizster motorola is the best competitor for apple..they shouldn't let apple to dominate the  tech world.......

  • @farizster

    You say that as if the Ipad 2 DOESN'T cure AIDS and cancer?

  • @farizster lolz. 

  • @farizster pretty much true of all Fanboys!

  • "obviously you shouldn't be buying either of these based on looks"

    - the motives of millions of apple users

  • Ipad is better xoom jus sucks big ones

  • 18 people are apple fanboys

  • XOOM - 1

    X

    IPAD2 - 0

  • @Cassiao true so true!

  • U know why? Coz saying u have an Apple iPad 2 sounds way more awesome and respectable than saying u have a Motorola Xoom.

  • @furrymonster4life you have got to be kidding me, are you that shallow?

  • the ipad2 got owned, apple needs to step it up performance-wise, not sure why so many noobs keep on paying big bucks for an underpowered, non-flash device..

  • @maiky3838 apple owns bitch

  • very nice yes i decide Xoom is the new super tablet for me; but 800 to 600 dolars to much, but ok !

  • u should have an ipad becuase all people want is flash and a better cam they dont care about pixels all we apple fans care about is flash storge games cams and looks not pixels or ports if u loved apple as much as me i would by the cam and the hdmi and the dock for it

  • "...honestly you shouldn't be buying these based on looks alone. They're both nice looking tablets but we should care more about the functions and the features and the software than just simple cosmetics..." LOL tell that to a apple fan.

  • @kiman2 i went mad

  • Another Android fail what a surprise.

  • Im actually an apple fan because their products have always been user friendly and elegant throughout the years but I say the motorola xoom beats the ipad 2 in this video.

  • @alden009 i can deffinately see how apple products are good but until recently well not to to recent they added folders and still no great multitasking and a few other simple stupid things they never added and i think that apple leaves the littlest but simplest things out everytime a new phone comes out its not a huge change from the first one and a lot of them had major issues like connecticity with the calling and few other issues as well

  • Ipad 2 hands down the best anyone who says different just says it because most of the time they cant afford apple stuff.

  • @victory4193

    Both xoom and ipad 2 are about 450£...

  • @victory4193 For now I agree, but when the next generation of both Honeycomb and Xoom comes out, Xoom all the way! Sometimes your right, but people can't afford apple stuff but thats also untrue sometimes as well. I can easily afford Apple products but I chose not to. Paradiiise is right, the are around the same price.

  • @victory4193 Or maybe not all people are hipsters and they know that they would be over paying for an ipad 2. but i guess since you couldn't figure that out you can just enjoy your dum friendly ipad. umad?

  • @mydan78699 It was still quite obvious that Ipad2 was a bit slower.

  • the xoom cost 800 dollars for a 32 gig the ipad 2 only cost 600 for a 32 gig

  • @cflo4881 Thats the 3g version when unlocked. They released the Wifi model a couple months ago. And as a result they have the same price. 599 for both 32gb on each tablet.

  • That's wrong. iPad 2 has ~1MP rear camera. HD video requires 921,600 pixels, which is more than 0.7MP. Still doesn't matter much though, but it was wrong.

  • wait so lets say i just got the Motorola Xoom but i didnt get the 3g would i have to get a contract with verizion?

  • I clicked like because ipad 2 lost... unless you want to play games.....

  • Xoom has horrible colours on display looks all murky compared to the iPad 2

  • screw apple.. apple is so boring like everyone has used apple and everyone has an ipod or iphone or somthing similar and it gets so BORING after a while i want to throw my ipod against the wall bc of that but no matter what the specs are for the ipad and the xoom, the xoom beats ipad way far bc you can do ALOT more on it

  • also android market has an app called Laputa and it looks exaclly like the ebook on ipad 2...

  • I would choose the Motorola Xoom because there is a FLASH App and Apple doesnt have Flash *like always*. And you can download apps on the Motorola that download free music and download album covers. and you can save the videos from the web and the ipad cant!

  • biest towards the xoom. if some one offerd you a tablet for free you would obuvisly take the ipad . the apps on the ipad are so much better and so is the battrey. and wich sounds better i have a ipad 2 or i have a motarala ermmm ipad yayayya i have a ipad 2 and i can safley say it is a very good tablet and the diversity of apps is worth the money. and who cares about the camra. your not exacly going to go out and use the ipad as a camra are you. daaam right hoomie

  • @beneaton95 i can safely say you are a retard because your language skills are comparable to the ios

  • @beneaton95 IPad are toys.

    Android are for more serious users who aren't going to only play games.

    Might as well buy a PSP if you are going to play games.

    By the way spell check more often even if English isn't your native language.

  • ipad 2 sucks, apple sucks =P

  • This is a great video. The xoom is a very nice tablet. I used Iphone and Android phone. The android operating system allows for so much more usability and access to so many more types of files. The Ipad on the other hand has a wonderful screen 'pop' , and I cannot for the life of me find a comparable word processor to pages on Android. My vote, very regretfully, goes to the ipad. :(

  • wow the audio is awesome!

  • Superb review, as always.  Thank you.

  • Very Nice Review, Thanks.

  • xoom is much better and for one price u already have a Wi-fi and 32GB memory which is much cheaper that the same version of the Ipad, i'm not saying that the ipad is bad cos its not, its a very good device with lots of support and apps but Xoom is... well... cheaper, it has more RAM has a card slot and HDMI and Mini-USB, so if this device is gonna get the love it deserves and is gonna be well supported for the few next years this could be the device i will buy

  • currys, the motorola xoom is only £479 :O

  • You can get playback controls on videos in a web page on the iPad.

  • @Bungle2010

    how man ?

  • @Hamzansour1996 Just tap on it.

  • face it.. xoom really sucks in every fashion except widgets and maybe flash on the camera

  • I can tell you are a Apple hater

  • I believe in your reviewn youre wrong itsna .01 megapixel camera. For the back facing camera. Not .07

  • @Ragingfighter1 its a 0.7 megapixel camera.. look on the apple site

  • @darktwistedfury You said apple steals ideas which I guessed you referred to xoom which is in the video on this page so to you iPhone and iPod wasn't original

  • @darktwistedfury typical dumb fandroid LOL when xoom came out it was over 800$ I payed 700$for my 64gb ipad 2 the cam on iPad is for video chat and shooting video not taking pictures and last time I checked flash existed on handheld device way before android came out so I don't know where you are getting this idea that apple stole that from them ...idiot

  • xoom's screen looks like SHIT!

  • @NEardood2 oh and one more thing you said how androids unrestricted environment is encouraging to developers ummmmm it actually makes it harder for them because they have to code each app to the specific android OS and there's like 100 versions of them so no its not easy or encouraging to them its a lot harder for developers to make apps for android devices which is why there's so little of them(lol)

  • @NEardood2 first of all ipad is cheaper than the xoom also look at apps ipad has like 70,000 apps while xoom has around 100 apps or less(lol) the sales of xoom sucked(lol) while ipad dominated :) gee i wonder why ipad 2 is a clear winner if you need an add on buy it for 10$ or less on ebay i got the 30$ apple adapter on ebay for like 4$ xp

  • @neoarcadezr Still, loads of the Ipad apps are just resized versions of the Iphone ones. And as Android does a much better job in resizing in the first place, the difference is not that memorable. I know Steve said it and you must believe him (because you cannot help it), but there are many more apps that run on the Xoom, and many of the ones I found not to be working when the Xoom came out have now been updated to run just perfect.

  • @ThemeIshere lol wow you fandroids tell yourself just about anything to make yourself feel better about your product which last about a month until next android device comes out

  • @neoarcadezr Out of arguments, are we? Btw, yes, there are loads of Android devices. Which means: Choice! But sadly, you would have to do some thinking about which phone to get so I guess you should stick to your Iphone and Ipad and let others do the thinking for you

  • @ThemeIshere lol i do love apple but im not a fandroid who can't help him self and bash other things not android i admit that the galaxy tab 10.1 is nice and it if it had the apps ipad has i would probably get it

  • @NEardood2 ok he said that its better because of flash which is actually bad for battery and its not safe and forces you to watch annoying adds also how apple is overlord that controls everything which is a good thing because last month there were like 50 malicious software added to android market because of its openness il give him that the browser and customization is better but that still doesn't mean it beats ipad2's 1 and only solid IOS which is gonna be overhauled when ios 5 comes out soon

  • @NEardood2 have i used cam on ipad yes i have the ipad 2 and it is bad in the dark but in light its fine

    and yes flash is useful on a phone not a big ass tablet memory is expandable on ipad look up (Genuine Ipad Portable Micro SD Memory Card Reader (White) also either you are lying to yourslef or your delusional tegra2 did NOT outperform the A5 processor i told you to look up ipad2 vs xoom benchmark you did look that up didn't you LOL my logic is crushing yours just like ipad 2 is crushing xoom