Two popular tablets are getting new software updates during the final days of March, and the Amazon Kindle Fire 6.5 and Motorola Xoom both have some new features to show for it. While both tablets have their limitations, they are both in a good price range, and the new update could be just what nudges them over the line for some buyers.
At just $200, the Kindle Fire has a good mix of features and portability that have made it the only real hot-selling tablet besides the iPad. While the Xoom is still $400, it's still one of the only tablets to be powered by the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich system. The new Android 4.0.4 may just, um, sweeten the deal. We put together a few slides with brief descriptions of the new updates, so let us know if they combine with these tablets' features to make a compelling package or not.
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is the latest addition to Samsung's already overflowing Galaxy Tab line. The tab comes with Ice Cream Sandwich and dual cameras and a price tag of $250. Can it do better than the other low cost tablet Amazon's Kindle Fire?ReutersKindle FireAmazonAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Fire at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York, 28 September, 2011ReutersSamsung Galaxy Note 10.1 vs Amazon Kindle Fire: Powerful Tablets ComparisonIB TimesThere's been a lot of news coming from streaming video services recently. Earlier this week, Redbox, the movie rental service, announced a new joint venture with Verizon through which the companies will offer a streaming video service. Not to be outdone, Amazon has announced a deal with Viacom, Inc. that will allow Amazon Prime members to stream TV shows from Viacom-owned television stations such as Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT, MTV and others.ReutersThis is a Xoom tablet, Google's first so-called Nexus tablet.MotorolaMotorola XoomReutersThe Motorola Xoom was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011.MotorolaThe home screen is shown on Google's latest Android operating system, Honeycomb, on a Motorola Xoom tablet device following a news conference at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California February 2, 2011Reuters