[Q] How smooth is Honeycomb on the Motorola Xoom?

[emmib]

I'm really really close to convincing myself to get a Xoom over an iPad 2, but what I'm really concerned with at the moment is how smooth Honeycomb is on the Xoom. Does it lag or stutter, maybe with a lot of widgets open? Does it slow down significantly with a lot of apps open and so forth?

Basically, how smooth is it compared to the iPad or iPad 2?

 

[RoryPG]

I find it very fluid. The only issue is typing lag, which can be very annoying. However, if you like to root and over clock, this is resolved by the new kernels - Tiamat and Launchpad TDR. This thing Xooomssss when over clocked.

I have not compared it to an Ipad 2.

 

[abn.geek]

I don think it's as fluid when scrolling from screen to screen as the ipad is. It's just as fast overall in terms of load times and stuff, but the ipad really excels at being very smooth.

 

[bossjeeves]

I don think it's as fluid when scrolling from screen to screen as the ipad is. It's just as fast overall in terms of load times and stuff, but the ipad really excels at being very smooth.

IMHO it will only get smoother and smoother, now to the op, if you have an android phone it is pretty similar.

 

[kkq29]

Very smoothh

 

[gqstatus0685]

It's cool. You have to understand that the iPad is smoother because it's just loading icons.

The Xoom loads way more things depending on the user. The scrolling is fast for me and doesn't lag. You will however see faster response from the iPad because it doesn't have anything intensive to load. Hope I explained it right.

 

[emmib]

It's cool. You have to understand that the iPad is smoother because it's just loading icons.

The Xoom loads way more things depending on the user. The scrolling is fast for me and doesn't lag. You will however see faster response from the iPad because it doesn't have anything intensive to load. Hope I explained it right.

True. The Honeycomb UI is probably requires more processing power. Some slight lag or juddering won't really be a dealbreaker for me though.

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[emmib]

I find it very fluid. The only issue is typing lag, which can be very annoying. However, if you like to root and over clock, this is resolved by the new kernels - Tiamat and Launchpad TDR. This thing Xooomssss when over clocked.

I have not compared it to an Ipad 2.

Good to bear in mind. For me, Android without rooting is like buying a Skyline GT-R and not tuning it. It's good, and it will get you where you want to go, but it's not all it can be.

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[emmib]

IMHO it will only get smoother and smoother, now to the op, if you have an android phone it is pretty similar.

Thanks. I've had the Nexus One, and now I use a Desire Z. Both are smooth, but sometimes a little lag comes out of nowhere. But it's tolerable, so no dealbreaker.

Of course, my Desire Z is overclocked to 1.4GHz, so it's silky smooth XD

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[rschenck]

I would say it is as SMOOTH as the iPad. Where it falls down a bit it on responsiveness. As several people have already posted Android is doing a whole lot more on the desktop than iOS is which accounts for a lot.

When you go screen to screen in the default Xoom launcher it moves buttery smooth, but a bit slowly for my tastes. Therefore I installed ADW EX as my launcher and turned up the screen transition time to maximum speed. Now it is smooth AND responsive.

 

[wilsonhines]

Just got mine yesterday. I'm amazed at how sensitive it truly is. It's just as sensitive as any iPad i've ever fooled with.

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