10-inch tablet shootout: iPad 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. HP TouchPad vs. Motorola Xoom vs. LG G-Slate and Toshiba Tablet

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The 10-inch tablet space is the new battlefield in consumer electronics and the lines have been clearly drawn. On one hand we have the new and improved iPad 2, the thinnest and lightest of the bunch. The Honeycomb clique is composed of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Motorola Xoom, the LG G-Slate and the Toshiba Tablet which are all powerful next-generation10-inch  tablets aiming for the iPad's market share. We also have HP's webOS powered TouchPad which is a dark horse but is the most similar to the iPad 2 since HP makes the hardware and the software for this tablet.

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Motorola Xoom Honeycomb tablet up for $799 pre-order at Best Buy

Best Buy (US) has an pre-order page up for the highly anticipated Motorola Xoom Honeycomb-powered Android tablet. The first Motorola Xooms are expected to ship on February 24th. These are the Verizon branded version of the Xoom, which means an accompanying data plan is needed. The page shows that the Xoom is already backordered.

Honeycomb Slate Shootout: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola Xoom, LG G-Slate and Toshiba Tablet

Updated on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 2:02PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Honeycomb is Google's tablet-specific Android operating system that is expected to ship in at least four new tablets. We take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Motorola Xoom, the LG G-Slate and the Toshiba Tablet which are all powerful next-generation 10" inch  tablets aiming for the iPad's market share. Here's what we know about these new devices.

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A Sneak Peek at Google's upcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS

Launched recently at Google's headquarters the Android OS developed for tablets (said to work on smartphones, too) Android OS 3.0 Honeycomb seems to offer exciting functionality. If you have an hour or so to kill, you can view Google's launch event and presentation in its entirety after the break.

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