T-Mobile G-Slate (LG Optimus Pad) Android Honeycomb tablet review

Score

4.3 stars
"Great"

(How we score)

Good hardware design, fast data speeds, solid camera with 3D capabilities, good battery life

Few tablet-aware apps available, 3D video viewing requires old-school glasses

Summary

The T-Mobile G-Slate is an Android 3.0 Honeycomb-powered tablet computer built by LG. In fact, the device is a near clone of LG's 3G-capable Optimus Pad, which I first saw at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year.

The G-Slate features a display that is smaller than its main competition, a fact that makes it lower in weight and thereby easier to hold than some. It also sports a great industrial design and can record 3D 720p HD videos with its dual-5 megapixel cameras. All of this is powered by a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor that hums along at 1GHz, making sure that even 3D games run smoothly on its high-res touchscreen display.

Apart from the continuing lack of tablet-aware Android applications, and a pretty high total price of ownership (on contract, at least), there's very little to dislike about this device. You'll find two videos of the T-Mobile G-Slate in action after the Table of Contents, below.