LG announces plans for Android-based tablet

From CNET News.com: LG Electronics announced Monday that it plans to release an Android-based tablet computer by the fourth quarter of the year.

The South Korea-based company said in a press release it would use Google's open-source operating system but provided no pricing or technical details. The tablet is part of an upcoming line of about 10 smart devices and smartphones the company plans to release by the end of the year, the company said.

The company's press release said the first tablet it would release would be based on the Android operating system, so it's unknown whether the new tablet would replace or compete with the UX10, a Windows 7-based tablet the company previewed at Computex 2010.

With the entry, LG will join a growing number of hardware makers using the open-source operating system for smarthphones and tablet PCs. Cisco Systems announced plans in late June for an Android-based tablet called Cisco Cius, which would retail for less than $1,000 and be geared toward business users.

LG also announced two smartphones--the LG Optimus One and LG Optimus Chic--would run on Google's Android 2.2, also know as Froyo.

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