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LG proclaims upcoming LG tablet “better than the iPad”

LG believes that it has what it takes to supplant the iPad as the most desired tablet on the market. LG showed off their tablet pride and joy in June with the Windows 7-running UX10 tablet. The latest volley comes from Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG's mobile device unit, who hyped LG's upcoming Android tablet as a productivity tool. Chang Ma, states that “our tablet will be better than the iPad.” That sounds like good news, if not only for LG but for the tablet market in general. While Ma is right that the iPad flounders with creativity in some areas -- but not others -- the iPad's limitations are often inherent to its form. Evidently LG has honed in on one of the main areas where the iPad has failed: productivity. The iPad has set the bar, rather low, at creating a mass-market MID tablet — not a full tablet PC. Certainly it does what it sets out to do well, but has lots of shortcomings that, when added up, equal a well-executed yet lazy product. LG's Optimus tablet, which is set to launch by year's end, will run Android OS. The Google Android-driven device is seen as being positioned by the South Korean company as a rival to Apple’s iPad, going by the capabilities being thrown in with regard to content creation. The tablet device will include content focused on creation such as writing documents, editing video and creating programs. Besides, the LG Tablet will also come with high-end features and added advantages that will have a focus on productivity. LG isn't just stopping at tablets, Ma told the Journal that in the smart phone market, "the race hasn't started yet."