Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD announced, quad-core beast

Huawei just went official with their latest 10-inch MediaPad, after last night's foreplay.

We saw the beast on display yesterday at Huawei's press event but only now we got to learn the full specs. The MediaPad 10 FHD runs on Huawei's proprietary quad-core K3V2 processor, clocked at 1.5 GHz. The amount of RAM is the impressive 2 GB but there are only 8 gigs of on-board storage. Fret not though, as it has a microSD card slot to expand that.

The IPS display is a real treat - a FullHD-worthy 1920 x 1200 resolution resulting into a pixel density of around 226 pixels per inch, which is more than what any ultrabook, tablet or netbook out there can match.

Connectivity options are duly covered with HSPA+ speeds plus LTE (we're guessing in separate versions). An 8 MP camera on the back is in charge of imaging.

The MediaPad 10 FHD offers an aluminum unibody construction, it weighs 598 g and is just 8.8 mm thick.

The MediaPad 10 FHD will become available worldwide in Q2 of 2012.

For live pictures of the MediaPad 10 FHD you can check out our hands-on.

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LG Optimus LTE Tag announced, comes with NFC tags

We're a week away from the MWC but the announcements of new phones keep flooding in - the latest is the LG Optimus LTE Tag, an LTE-enabled droid. Its other highlight is the NFC technology and accompanying tags.

LG calls them Tag Plus and several will be available with the Optimus LTE Tag. The phone will detect these NFC tags and perform some customizable action - e.g. launch the SatNav app when it sees the car tag, turn on the Wi-Fi in your office, set up tomorrow's alarm when you put it on the nightstand and so on.

It's a very similar concept to the Sony Smart Tags, but the LG Tags Plus will be stickers and you'll get sheets of them with the Optimus LTE Tag, both pre-defined and blank ones and users will be able customize what each of them does.

Other than that, the phone is like a smaller Optimus LTE (which also has NFC). The LTE Tag has a 4.3" IPS LCD screen with 650 nits of brightness, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a MHL port. The LG Optimus LTE Tag will launch in South Korea with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

There are still some unknown detail, like camera resolution and pricing and availability. The Optimus LTE is available in the States, so maybe the Optimus LTE Tag will be too, but there's no official info on that.

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