Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. didn’t take too long to launch its first android-powered tablet, Xoom and various smartphones to establish itself as an independent company.
Xoom works on the latest version of Google Inc.’s Android software, Honeycomb. The tablet has a 1080 screen resolution, an accelerometer and a front and rear facing camera. In the first quarter it will be sold as a 3G device which will later be upgraded to 4G in the second quarter. Consumers can get it upgraded at the Verizon Wireless stores.
Motorola Mobility's First Tablet, Xoom
Sanjay Jha, the CEO also launched a phone named Droid Bionic which is Motorola’s first device to run on Virezon Wireless’ 4G network. The company hopes to sell it in the second quarter. He also talked about the Atrix 4G that will run on AT&T Inc.’s fresh 4G network.
The phones have large screen with a dual-core Tegra processor from Nvidia Corp. that promises a high speed.
The products will decide how Motorola Mobility competes as a small company with the big guns in the field like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
Mr. Jha in an interview said that it’s not the size that matters for a technology company but the ability to continue innovating. Mr. Jha but added that Motorola would work more on devices with broader appeal.
According to Mr. Jha, though Xoom has a hype but over the years the smartphones will still be more in demand. He believes a release of 4 to 5 smartphones for every tablet launch in future.
Xoom is expected to be available to the customers in 2011.