LG makes official G Pad 8.3 tablet statement, but is this a launch?

LG’s G Pad 8.3 tablet has been just on the cusp of going official for days now. We’ve been expecting to see it at the IFA next week, but the way LG’s taken to teasing the product’s launch on YouTube, it may have well have already launched. Apparently LG’s quite aware of such reactions to that video, because it’s immediately following it up with a short announcement, going public with its plans for the tablet. To be fair, though, we’re not ...

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LG G Pad render tries to anticipate the tablet’s looks

Looks like there’s no way around it: the iPad looks like a stretched out iPhone, the Samsung tablets all look like a larger S III or S4, depending on the year, and, if the render above is any indication (or legit), the upcoming LG G Pad will be… a stretched out LG G2. We’ve been hearing a lot lately about LG’s comeback in the tablet market, since the Optimus Pad of 2011, starting with the initial rumor of August 15, and, more recently,

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LG posts early G Pad 8.3 teaser to YouTube

Is LG just straight-up done with secrets at this point? The G2 was confirmed six ways form Sunday before its official launch event, which came almost like a formality by that point. Lately we’ve been looking forward to LG’s first new tablet in a very long time, and with a recent FCC appearance it was seeming very much real. While it still may have yet to officially debut, LG’s once again getting a head start on itself, and has begun teasing the G Pad ...

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FCC docs confirm new LG tablet; is this our rumored G Pad?

For the better part of the summer, we’ve been fielding rumors suggesting that LG was about to make an overdue return to the tablet game, releasing a new Android model. We’ve heard a possible name, seeing S Pad show up in some trademark filings, as well as came across a likely model number, with the LG-V500/LG-V507L surfacing on the Bluetooth SIG site. We still don’t have the whole picture, but today things really start coming together, with the discovery ...

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LG G Pad tablet rumored to make an appearance at IFA 2013

It’s been a while since LG threw a slate on the market and even those weren’t among the most successful ones. Apparently, the South Korean company is preparing a new tablet, the LG G Pad, to be unveiled in September at IFA 2013 in Berlin, according to reports. Those who claim to have knowledge of details concerning the LG G Pad talk about an 8.3-inch screen with 1920×1200 resolution, a quad-core processor, and 2GB of RAM. Additional rumors talk about a very thin form factor with minimal bezels and an aluminum back for reduced weight. It will allegedly be very pocketable ...

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