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The Motorola Xoom, which is the first Android device developed to run the tablet-specific Honeycomb 3.0 OS, will soon be available in the stores. Therefore, users will be able to get a kick-start in the next tablet war. According to first impressions, the device has earned positive feedback. However, a question still remains whether it will be able to compete against the iPad. According to the experts, the Xoom comes with amazing features and mobile technologies that will be able to beat the first-generation iPads. Some of the great features that users can enjoy using this device are the optimized operating system and screen size.

With all the high expectations, the Xoom comes with the best features and specifications to compete against most of the top tablet devices available in the market. For instance, the overall style as well as hardware specifications of the Motorola Xoom point out some noticeable benefits. Although iPads are still ruling the market, Google’s operating system installed in this Android device is also making it as a preferred choice for high end users.

The Motorola Xoom is also more customizable when compared to other tablet PCs available in the market these days. This device is upgradeable to faster 4G networks, where available, and the company is also planning to make numerous small acquisitions for differentiating itself from the rival handset makers.

The Motorola Xoom also comes with a Tegra 2 dual-core processor provided by Nvidia, which will be able to deliver up to two GHz of power. The device will be launched as a Wi-Fi/3G device in April. However, in the second quarter, Motorola Xoom contracts will be obtainable on 4G LTE networks. Due to the Tegra 2 dual-core processor, the device will be able to provide high quality graphics as well as viewing for the users. The image clarity of the dual cameras is also great in the Xoom.

While Apple wanted to define the tablet as a separate device from the smart phone, other manufacturers have a different idea.

Take Samsung for example, the Korean phone maker has just announced the Samsung Galaxy Tape, which is packing a huge 7 inch super AMOLED capacitive touch screen and will enable users to make and receive phone calls. It has the best of both devices –a big screen and the ability to make phone calls.

On a side note, for this argument, having a big screen is a definitive factor for what defines a tablet –the Apple iPod Touch is basically a really small iPad, but nobody refers to the device as a tablet, which shows that the general consensus about what determines a tablet also factors in screen size.

With that said, many are wondering, what is the threshold for size?

The most common rule of thumb that people would be willing to accept is that any touch screen device that allows users to make and receive phone calls that fits into a regular pocket is enough to be ruled out of the tablet category. And in that same logic, if the Galaxy Tape is to be the new standard for tablets, then the iPad is lacking features as it fails to allow both voice calls and video chat.

There are however, two types of tablets. The upcoming Android Galaxy Tape tablet and the Apple iPad are basic tablets. There are however, devices that come out before these two which are to be considered as computer or computing tablets (which are basically computers shrunk down into a tablet form). The difference between the two kinds is the purpose; normal tablets are only meant for accessing media, games and the internet. Computer tablets are basically tricked out desktop computers which have very little practical use.