This new Android tablet was first spotted at the beginning of December. Now, LG has officially announced their Optimus Pad LTE, the company’s first LTE capable tablet.

When compared to the original Optimus Pad, the Optimus Pad LTE is thinner and lighter measuring in at 245 x 151.4 x 9.34 mm and weighing 497 grams. The tablet boasts a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm CPU and an 8.9-inch IPS True HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 768.

You will get an 8 megapixel camera on the rear and a 2 megapixel front facing shooter for satisfying all your video chatting needs. And it is the first tablet to support SD cards of up to 32GB.

Other features include HDMI connectivity, DLNA, Smart Movie Editor, Wi-Fi, and it will be powered by a 6,800mAh battery. But the only disappointment is that it’s coming with Android 3.2 and no hints regarding the arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich. That might turn off quite a number of people, but that display and LTE support might be enough to lure many others.

The tablet will be available initially in LG’s home territory of South Korea before making its way to markets around the world. No word so far on pricing, but we will let you know as soon as there is an announcement.

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It’s one thing to come forward with a spec sheet that should leave users in awe. It’s another thing altogether to have a product that people will actually want, admire, and use in the long run. Apparently, the G-Slate from LG falls short in that regard.

Kat Hannaford had the opportunity to go hands-on with the G-Slate (known as the Optimus Pad on the other side of the pond). The specs were impressive, to be sure, but she was left feeling “kinda chilly.” The 3D camera and display are to be applauded for their innovation and boldness, but it’s little more than a novelty at this point.

The anaglyphic 3D is a pretty funky feature, but personally I can’t imagine using it. It’s not like I have a 3DTV and would only shoot stereoscopic video at 720p—because I don’t—but imagine yourself in day-to-day life, viewing your home videos wearing red and cyan glasses. You’d maybe show your friends once or two, for kicks, but that’d be it.

It’s not that the G-Slate is a bad tablet — Kat says the build quality is quite a bit better than LG products of the past — it just lacks that X factor makes you feel that “I have to have it now” kind of feeling. What do you think? Is a 3D display a winning feature for you? Or are you satisfied with just having a smartphone pull your mobile duties?

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There’s a price to be paid when you want to be on the cutting edge of technology. These days, being on the cutting edge means something to do with 3D displays, and that’s where we find the LG Optimus Pad. We also find the astronomical price that comes with this new tablet.

The 3D-capable LG Optimus Pad will apparently get stuck with a hefty 999 Euro price tag when it hits German store shelves in April. That puts it at twice the price of an entry-level iPad, but more or less on pace with the Motorola Xoom (which has since reportedly broken the four-figure mark for price).

This announcement comes by way of Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona and the Optimus Pad has specs that you’ve likely heard before. You’ll be doing the Honeycomb thing on the 8.9-inch 3D display. Unlike the Optimus 3D smartphone and the Nintendo 3DS, though, you will need special glasses to get the third dimension.

Considering that the Optimus Pad is the same as the G-Slate to be sold through T-Mobile USA, we have to wonder how much Old Magenta will be willing to subsidize this thing on a two-year data contract. Otherwise, you’ll be paying out of your teeth for this Android tablet.

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If you’re thinking that the Optimus Pad is sounding super familiar, there’s a reason: it’s basically the same as the T-Mobile G-Slate, though it’s unclear whether the international edition will ship with the same 4G connectivity as its USA-bound variant.

The rest of the specs, though, are assumed to be the same. There’s an 8.9-inch (3D capable) touchscreen, NVIDIA Tegra2 processor, front-facing camera, 5MP rear camera, and 32GB of internal memory. Both the LG Optimus Pad and the T-Mobile G-Slate are expected to get 6400mAh batteries.

LG hasn’t indicated the street price for the Optimus Pad yet, but they might have that information at MWC in a couple of weeks. With so many Honeycomb tabs set to flood the market, what will the iPad 2 bring to the table to shift the attention back to Cupertino?

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