Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Motorola Xoom vs Asus Eee Pad Transformer vs Motorola Atrix: Android Keyboard Wizards

A little while ago, we openly pondered if the Motorola Atrix’s Lapdock was the shape of mobile accessories to come or whether it was an idea that’d been scrawled down on the back of a beer mat.

With the announcement of the Asus Padphone and rumours abound of a quad-core sequel to the Eee Pad Transformer, it looks like the former and it seems that we are going to be seeing more of this kind of thing. The recently released Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 too, has an optional Keyboard Dock designed for those itching to get a bit of work done on their Android slates.

And lets not forget Asus’ Eee Pad Transformer and Motorola’s Wireless Keyboard, compatible with both the Xoom and the Atrix - Android tablets with keyboard options are already abundantly available.

If this is the way things are headed, we might as well get used to it. We picked up an Asus Eee Pad Transformer with keyboard, a Motorola Atrix with Lapdock and a Motorola Xoom (complete with a wireless keyboard plus a couple of docks) and compared them alongside our Galaxy Tab 10.1.

As well as giving you an idea of how these four typing solutions shape up against one another, it’s also good practice for getting used to carrying whole bunch of interconnecting, interlocking devices around with us.

We’ve seen the future and it’s Qwerty-shaped:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: keyboard wizard

Motorola Xoom with docks

Asus EeePad Transfomer and keyboard docking station

Motorola Atrix and Lapdock