performance, usability, screen, reliability, size

94% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

reliability, price, performance, usability, screen

portability, battery

85% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Blazing fast ; PC-like functionality ; Sturdy build, good battery

Software needs improvement ; Just a handful of tablet apps ; Poor media performance

Android 3.0 ; 1080p video playback ; Dual-core CPU ; Decent camera ; Excellent features ; Excellent performance

Few tablet apps yet ; Fiddly to hold ; Expansion slot has issues ; No Flash support - yet ; It's expensive

The Motorola Xoom is the first Android 3.0 tablet to hit the market. That makes it the first Android tablet to ship with an OS that's designed especially for big screens, and that's why it's so exciting.

Interface looks great; OS is fast; customisable home screen; music sounds good; 720p looks great

Some motion issues with browsing and video; needs more apps; no iTunes-equivalent

Android 3.0, build quality good, acceptable camera performance, the novelty of being the first Honeycomb tablet

Honeycomb doesn't feel quite ready, microSD card not supported, Motorola don't bring anything extra from a software point of view

Scoring the Motorola Xoom is something of a challenge as at the moment it isn’t delivering the experience it could, that much clear. But it has potential oozing from every pixel. Taking into account that there is some tweaking to be done on the...

With Google's next generation of Android, Motorola's knack for great hardware, and Verizon's promise of 4G network compatibility, the Xoom tablet technically offers a more powerful, more capable alternative to Apple's iPad.

It's expensive, slightly heftier than the iPad, and novice users may balk at Android 3.0's read-the-manual attitude. Adobe Flash not yet supported.

The Xoom's spec sheet is enough to make any tablet tremble, but the price is high and Google still has some work to do before its tablet software experience is as fleshed out and intuitive as Apple's.

Brilliant, beautiful and buggy, this giant leap into the future of tablets is everything the iPad isn’t. And that’s mostly a good thing

Until now, Android tablets have shipped with various versions of the OS, all of which have been designed to power mobile phones. The Xoom is the first to run Android 3.0, nicknamed Honeycomb, which is

The Motorola Xoom is well-conceived and well-constructed, but some rough edges, software crashes, a middling display and a high price may deter even early adopters.