LG exec proclaims upcoming LG tablet "better than the iPad"
In an interview, an LG vice president announced that its Optimus-branded LG tablet will best the iPad by allowing content creation.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG Electronics' mobile-devices unit, acknowledged Apple's iPad as "a great device," but claimed that the South Korean company's first tablet, which is due out by the fourth quarter, will be better than it.
Ma, who says he doesn't do much work on the iPad, believes that high-end productivity features and benefits will make the forthcoming LG device "surprisingly productive." The tablet will focus on allowing users to create documents, programs and videos.
LG also announced plans to launch 10 more smartphones by the end of the year in addition to the Android-based tablet device. LG's place as "the world's third-largest handset maker by unit shipments" is in jeopardy, with market share declining as LG continues to lose ground to the smartphone market. In the second quarter, the company saw a 31% decline in sales, posted its deepest quarterly loss in 8 years, and held a smartphone market share of just 1.2%.
In an aggressive push, LG has significantly increased spending on marketing and research and development of mobile devices. According to Ma, the mobile devices unit won't be profitable until early next year, although he remains hopeful for a strong fourth quarter.
LG Display, an affiliate of LG Electronics, provides displays for the iPad, but has been unable to keep up with demand for the device.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG Electronics' mobile-devices unit, acknowledged Apple's iPad as "a great device," but claimed that the South Korean company's first tablet, which is due out by the fourth quarter, will be better than it.
Ma, who says he doesn't do much work on the iPad, believes that high-end productivity features and benefits will make the forthcoming LG device "surprisingly productive." The tablet will focus on allowing users to create documents, programs and videos.
LG also announced plans to launch 10 more smartphones by the end of the year in addition to the Android-based tablet device. LG's place as "the world's third-largest handset maker by unit shipments" is in jeopardy, with market share declining as LG continues to lose ground to the smartphone market. In the second quarter, the company saw a 31% decline in sales, posted its deepest quarterly loss in 8 years, and held a smartphone market share of just 1.2%.
In an aggressive push, LG has significantly increased spending on marketing and research and development of mobile devices. According to Ma, the mobile devices unit won't be profitable until early next year, although he remains hopeful for a strong fourth quarter.
LG Display, an affiliate of LG Electronics, provides displays for the iPad, but has been unable to keep up with demand for the device.
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Ma, who says he doesn't do much work on the iPad, believes that high-end productivity features and benefits will make the forthcoming LG device "surprisingly productive."
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When will people get it. Tablets aren't designed for productivity. They are designed for leisurely use. Anybody who is serious about getting work done will pick up a laptop. Not a netbook, or a smartphone, or a tablet--a full featured and powerful laptop.
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When will people get it. Tablets aren't designed for productivity. They are designed for leisurely use. Anybody who is serious about getting work done will pick up a laptop. Not a netbook, or a smartphone, or a tablet--a full featured and powerful laptop.
What a straw man argument!
Apple made iworks for ipad that is 100% fingerable from the ground up. I got my ipad(16 gig wifi+3g) and I purchased pages a few days ago.
Damn! Freaking awesome.
Apple has set the bar and you are too blinded by your own arrogant assertions to see that.
I won't be surprised if Apple isn't making a fully fingerable version of OSX for an ipad pro model.
So unless LG has the media ecosystem along with the fit and finish of Apple's offerings LG can kiss my........................
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When will people get it. Tablets aren't designed for productivity. They are designed for leisurely use. Anybody who is serious about getting work done will pick up a laptop.
Agreed. All the regulars in this forum who say that the iPad is the future of computing haven't noticed that Apple lists a computer among the system requirements for the iPad.
What Mr LG is touting is a laptop without a keyboard, ie the MS failed vision of the tablet. (Makes mental note, time to buy more Apple stock.)
When will people get it. Tablets aren't designed for productivity. They are designed for leisurely use. Anybody who is serious about getting work done will pick up a laptop. Not a netbook, or a smartphone, or a tablet--a full featured and powerful laptop.
*sigh* When will people get it. Generalizations based on your own myopic view of the world are useless to anyone but yourself.
I'm plenty productive with my iPad. It allows me to work and be productive in ways that a laptop simply does not.
The world is not full of nails. There are screws, staples, bolts and all kinds of other needs out there. Drop the proverbial hammer and try out a screwdriver or some other tools. You might even like it
A tablet may not be "serious" for you, but that's more an issue with you and your needs than with tablets.
In an interview, an LG vice president announced that its Optimus-branded LG tablet will best the iPad by allowing content creation.
Perhaps it will catch on fire like their refrigerators. That would take the heat off of Apple's exploding iPods in Japan!
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When will people get it. Tablets aren't designed for productivity. They are designed for leisurely use. Anybody who is serious about getting work done will pick up a laptop. Not a netbook, or a smartphone, or a tablet--a full featured and powerful laptop.
I disagree. It depends what you define as work. My partner's job is to review documents/PDFs and annotate them. For him an iPad is ideal for this purpose however he finds it frustrating that basic file management is significantly more difficult and requires alot of strategic planning to get files from one app to another. I finally understand why people keep saying apple should buy dropbox. Allowing certain applications to access and save to a shared database of documents/files would be a welcome addition to the os and need not introduce the complexity of a full featured finder.
who say that the iPad is the future of computing haven't noticed that Apple lists a computer among the system requirements for the iPad.
It does today. But it doesn't always have to require a computer. Unlike most of their competitors before them, Apple has an annoying habit if updating their devices with new functionality over time. If Apple follows through on iWork.com, mobileme.com and itunes.com why would a casual user need computer again?
They don't. My father certainly doesn't. He surfs the web, reads and creates email, edits documents... for him the iPad is his computer. My mom has an iMac that he occasionally syncs to just to back it up, but other than that he has no dependency on her iMac. And other than the work she does in Aperture, she wouldn't need a full blown desktop either.
So don't be so smug in your assumptions. Why do all the trolls (rational or not) fail to realize that the iPad is a smashing success and just the tip of the proverbial iceburg? I have no doubt within five years there will be more iOS devices than Windows or Macs. They make far more sense for more people than general purpose computers. It will be interesting if Apple can keep up the pace.
We live in interesting times indeed (esp. for Microsoft, Intel and all the other "traditionalists")
What a straw man argument!
Apple made iworks for ipad that is 100% fingerable from the ground up. I got my ipad(16 gig wifi+3g) and I purchased pages a few days ago.
Damn! Freaking awesome.
Apple has set the bar and you are too blinded by your own arrogant assertions to see that.
I won't be surprised if Apple isn't making a fully fingerable version of OSX for an ipad pro model.
So unless LG has the media ecosystem along with the fit and finish of Apple's offerings LG can kiss my........................
The point I was making is this: If you have to make a presentation in an hour, will you pick up your iPad or your Macbook Pro to do it? The computer is still far more powerful and the keyboard and mouse still beat multitouch.
The majority of people who are serious about getting something done aren't going to do it on an iPad or a tablet.
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I won't be surprised if Apple isn't making a fully fingerable version of OSX
They did. It's called iOS.