Two years after the launch of the first LG G Pad 8.3, LG have launched the successor LG G Pad 2 8.3 in South Korea today. But the official launch has more to do with branding, since this model has been available in the US for months already just under the model name LG G Pad X (4G LTE) instead. The main change over the predecessor is a slightly faster … more…
A new unofficial 7-inch Android 5.0 tablet from LG was benchmarked over night, and the specs make it look like a LG G Pad 2 7.0. The tablet specs that leaked onto GFXBench were Android 5.0.2, a 7-inch screen with 1280 x 800 resolution, 1GB RAM and 8GB storage (reinterpreted from 0.8GB and 3.9GB respectively), and a 1.2 GHZ quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. The specs are identical to those … more…
LG announced the LG G Pad 2 10.1 today ahead of the first unveiling of this tablet at IFA in Berlin come September 4. LG also says the new tablet will be launched in the US, Europe, and Asia in September with both Wi-Fi and 4G LTE models. And as far as specifications go, this is a nice enough 10.1-inch Android tablet. The first generation LG G Pad 10.1 (LGV700) … more…
The 8-inch LG G Pad 2 8.0 (Korea) / LG G Pad F 8.0 (US) Android 5.0 tablet was announced in South Korea today, which provides us with a tablet that is very similar to the first generation model, but now has a integrated stylus on the back of it. The stylus is LG G Stylo, which is very thin at just 3.5mm, so it’s not particularly comfortable to write … more…
What looks like the unofficial new 8.3-inch Android 5.1 tablet LG G Pad 2 8.3 had its filings published at FCC today, where we got the first official specifications for this new tablet. It’s only listed with the model number and not the final name, but the model number comes in the three different versions, which are LG-V930, LGV930, and V930. The model name indicates that it is a tablet, … more…
The Leaksfly tipster in China has once again claimed to sit on some insights about a purported 2nd generation LG G Pad 8.3. It’s about time. The first LG G Pad 8.3 was launched in November 2013, and while it was a really lovely 8-inch Android tablet then, it has been bypassed by the even lovelier Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, and Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 with their retina … more…
AT&T will start selling a reworked version of the original 8-inch LG G Pad on May 29. Most of the hardware remains as it is, but it has been given an integrated stylus pen that fits neatly into the bottom of the back of the tablet, and it has a full size USB 2.0 port. Other than that, AT&T LG G Pad F 8.0 4G LTE is the same LG … more…
For the last two days evleaks have been leaking the name of a unofficial tablet for Verizon, which is LG G Pad X. Then yesterday he followed up with an image too. Unfortunately that’s it as far as details go. But the tablet looks by and large identical to the LG G Pad 8.3 that was launched two years ago, which have already been upgraded to Android 5.1 in Korea. … more…
IDC released their own Q1 2015 worldwide tablet shipping numbers report this week, which gives us an interesting update on what’s moving in the world of tablet computers. The numbers are for tablets that were shipped worldwide in Q1 this year, which is more interesting than regional sales figures, since there are tablets that launch months apart from one market to another. In the first quarter of 2015, IDC estimates … more…
LG have announced that all of the four LG G Pad tablets will be getting Android 5.0 Lollipop updates starting with the LG G Pad 8.0 (LG-V480 Wi-Fi model). The update starts in Korea where the Android 5.0 update can be downloaded from LG Mobile today. And it’s not just the LG G Pad family of 7-, 8-, and 10.1-inch budget Android tablets that gets updated to Android 5.0 either. … more…
LG launched their first Windows 8.1 tablet yesterday, on December 14, when then announced the LG Tab Book Duo. This tablet differs from the LG Tab Book series, that have always been sliders with keyboards that could not be disconnected. The new LG Tab Book Duo copies some of the success recipe of Asus Transformer Book T100 2-in-1 that is detachable. However, the LG Tab Book Duo is not a … more…
LG Electronics have filed for trademarks for the name WPAD and LPAD in the US, which could point to an early expectation of more LG tablets down the line. Filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the trademark for both the name WPAD and LPAD includes: “Smart phones; Tablet computers; Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; Computers; Television receivers; Software for mobile phones.” So … more…
LG have just taken their 11.6-inch Windows 8.1 tablet LG Tab-Book 2 and made an Android tablet out of it. The release of the tablet was announced in South Korea today. Originally, the LG Tab-Book 2 comes in two Windows 8.1 variants, which are the Intel Core i3 processor model (model name 11T740), and then the Intel Atom Z3740 processor model (model name 11T540). But now LG have taken the … more…
The LG G Pad 10.1 (LGV700) have been released today, for a price of $249.99: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MTITJ94/ (UPDATE: It has been updated to Android 5.0 since launch.) LG announced the launch of this tablet on July 7. In short the LG G Pad 10.1 is a Android 4.4 KitKat tablet at 10.1 inches, with a resolution of 1280 x 800, and a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Like a Android tablet … more…
LG seems to have hired some comics in their PR department as they today officially announced the global launch of the LG G Pad 10.1-inch Android tablet. However, it’s actually the 7-inch version that have found it’s way to stores, though LG haven’t actually announced the rollout of that one yet. The LG G Pad 7 popped up on Newegg and Bestbuy over the weekend, and sells for $149. As … more…