T-Mobile and LG announce the G-Slate Android 3.0 tablet

By Matthew Chung on 01/05/2011, filed in Home > Tablets

T Mobile and LG announce the G Slate Android 3.0 tablet [CES 2011] T-Mobile and LG definitely don’t want to be left behind by RIM and Motorola when it comes to the tablet game and now the T-Mobile G-Slate has been officially announced. This tablet is touted as the carrier’s first 4G Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet. Technical details of the tablet weren’t really mentioned, but we do know that it’ll support T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network and use Google’s latest version of Android that has been designed for tablets and devices with large screen real estate.

Features of the tablet include widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization. Other juicy services include Google Maps 5.0 with 3D interaction and more than 3 million eBooks from Google and Google Talk video/voice chat. Check out a video promoting this tablet after the jump.

CES: CES is the acronym for the (International) Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest consumer-electronics shows in the world. Although it is held in Las Vegas today, the first CES happened in June 1967 in New York City and Bob Gavin, the CEO of Motorola was the opening keynote speaker for that first edition. Subsequently, CES was held twice a year: the summer edition was in New York, and the winter edition was in Las Vegas, that is, until 1998 when CES became a once-a-year show. CES has been the introduction place for key products and technologies, including: Pong (1975), Nintendo NES (1985), Tetris (1988), Compact Disc (1991), HDTV (1998), Xbox (2001), Blu-Ray (2003), OLED TV (2008). Check our latest CES Coverage

LG: LG Corporation is a South Korean conglomerate that is based in Seoul. LG operates a number of subsidiaries including LG Electronics, LG Display, LG Telecom, and LG Chem. The conglomerate specializes in developing electronics, telecom products, and chemicals. LG Corp. was founded in 1947 by Koo In-Hwoi. Koo first established Lak-Hui Chemical Industrial Corp. in 1947. Today, Lak-Hui (pronounced lucky) is known as LG Chem. The company then expanded its business and created Goldstar Co. Ltd, now known as LG Electronics Inc. Both companies merged and formed Lucky-Goldstar, which was eventually renamed “LG” in 1995.

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