LG Electronics is challenging Apple¡¯s iPad and Samsung Electronics¡¯ Galaxy Tab with an 8.9-inch Android-based tablet PC launching in the first quarter of the next year.



¡°LG Electronics decided to launch a new tablet PC, so-called LG Pad, both in the domestic and overseas markets in the first quarter of the next year when Google unveils Honeycomb, tablet PC-version Android OS,¡± a senior official from LG Electronics said on Wednesday.



LG Electronics has been preparing for LG Pad by forming a taskforce since early this year. It put much effort into building the tablet PC, for example, by reflecting North American and European consumers¡¯ opinions into the product.



The company¡¯s wild cards include the 8.9-inch screen, Honeycomb-based and Tegra 2 Dual Core Processor.



The 8.9 inch screen will be the deciding factor that makes LG Pad a success or failure, the company thought. The size is between Galaxy Tab¡¯s 7-inch screen and iPad¡¯s 9.7-inch, combining strengths and weaknesses of the two products.



The new LG tablet PC will run on Honeycomb, a tablet PC-version Android OS developed by Google, and adopt NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core Processor as its main processor.



¡°While the existing tablet PCs focus on e-book, movie, music and the Internet functions, LG¡¯s new tablet PC is jumping into the market with more diverse contents based on powerful functions,¡± an official from the company said.



[Written by Jae-kwon Sohn, Si-young Hwang - Su-hyun Song / edited by Soyoung Chung]



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