23.05.12
Motorola gives you several input options on the Droid Xyboard: the guide Android keyboard, Swype, and Swiftkey Tablet X, which splits the keyboard in two (and puts a numeral pad in the middle). The latter was the best option for typing in landscape mode, as the Xyboard is neutral a little too wide, even for our relatively long thumbs. However, it takes some getting worn to. We would have appreciated haptic feedback, which is not supported for any of the keyboards.
Unlike the Xyboard 10.1, the 8-inch adaptation does not come with MyScript Stylus, which lets you write letters using your toy or a stylus.
Performance
Like the larger 10-inch Droid Xyboard, the 8.2-inch Xyboard has a 1.2-GHz dual-heart TI OMAP 4430 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of onboard memory. Combined, those specs made for somewhat speedy performance. On An3DBench, the Xyboard scored 7,269, which is about 100 points above the pill average, but well below the Tegra 2-powered Toshiba Thrive (7,635) and the Tab 7.0 Bonus (7,899), which has a 1.2-GHz dual-core Exynos processor. However, on the CPU subdivision of the Benchmark test, the Xyboard notched 3,385, comfortably above the ordinarily (2,708), as well as the Thrive (3,008) and the Tab 7.0 Plus (3,353).
Source: LAPTOP Magazine