LG plans for Android tablet by end of 2010

We can now add Korean electronics company LG to the ever-growing list of Android tablet makers. The company announced today its plan to deliver an Android tablet by the end of the year, according to Engadget.

There aren’t yet any details about the device, but the company unsurprisingly hints that it will be different from other tablets on the market. It’s also not the first tablet for LG — it recently showed off its Windows 7-based UX10 tablet at the Computex technology show in Taipei.

Other companies planning Android tablets include Asus, Acer, RIM, and Dell, to name just a few. It’s not surprising that so many are jumping on the Android bandwagon when it comes to tablets — Google’s mobile operating system is free and easy to integrate into a variety of hardware. HP is potentially working on tablets based on Palm’s Web OS platform for release by the end of this year as well. The rush toward tablets is one of the clearest examples of how mobile platforms are moving beyond smartphones.

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