LG Electronics: To Launch Android-Powered Tablet PC In 4Q
LG Electronics Inc. (066570.SE), South Korea’s second-largest electronics maker by revenue after Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE), said Monday that it plans to launch an Android-powered tablet computer in the fourth quarter of this year.
The device will run on Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android operating system, but the company didn’t provide further details such as the price and in which markets the device will be available.
Its hometown rival Samsung is also planning to launch a similar device, the ‘Galaxy Tab.’, no later than in the third quarter of this year.
LG, the world’s third largest maker of cellphones by shipments after Nokia and Samsung Electronics, said it will also launch smart phones running on Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Windows Phone 7 operating system some time this year. Windows Phone 7 is the version of Microsoft’s mobile platform.
