The original Xoom was a piece of junk. Lightweight (in a bad way), plasticky and cheap-feeling, it had nothing on the then-current iPad 1. Until we get a hands-on, we won't if the new one feels any better, but it is certainly thinner, faster and lighter.
The main difference between the regular Xoom2 and the Media Edition is size, with 10.1-inch and 8.2-inch displays respectively. Both are 0.35-inches thick (the original was a shade over half an inch), and the new ten-incher weighs 1.32 pounds against the original's 1.5 pounds.
Both new Xooms run on a dual-core 1.2GHz processor (up from 1GHz), include 1GB RAM and run Android 3.2 Honeycomb.
But despite these improvements, Motorola is clearly building down to a price. The storage has been halved from 32GB to 16GB, the front-facing camera is now down from 2MP to 1.3MP. The front camera remains at 5MP, but has hopefully been improved since the awful first version.
Both tablets will launch later in November in Great Britain, with no U.S or Canada dates yet announced.
Xoom2 product page [Motorola]
Xoom2 Media Edition [Motorola]
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