"We plan to introduce a tablet that runs on the most reliable Android version ... We are in talks with Google to decide on the most suitable version for our tablet and that is not Froyo 2.2," an unnamed LG executive told Reuters.
It's hard to blame LG for delaying its Android tablet when one of Google's own executives openly admitted that Android 2.2 is not entirely appropriate for tablets. Nevertheless, some other manufacturers, such as Samsung, have gone ahead and built tablets on Android 2.2; Samsung's Galaxy Tab device is scheduled to arrive in European markets in a matter of days.
The LG executive declined to give a timeframe for the launch of the tablet, but it's hard to imagine it will happen before the end of the year. The company now joins a growing list of consumer electronics manufacturers, such as HP and Motorola, that had considered and then decided against a 2010 tablet launch.