Google prepare their own Android Honeycomb tablet

Google are reportedly preparing a self-produced tablet running Android Honeycomb.

The device – carrying the Nexus brand name – will be the result of a collaboration between Google and the Korean tech-firm, LG.

Releasing a self-produced tablet would allow Google to demonstrate the ‘clean’ version of Honeycomb, as manufacturers frequently add an extra layer of software on top of the Android platform.

Google have done this previously – also under the Nexus brand – with  smartphones; Google collaborated with HTC on the Nexus One, before partnering Samsung on the Nexus S device. Both smartphones ran the purer version of the Android OS.

Tech journos are already reading in to the shift away from Samsung, stating that the move towards LG indicates that the new tablet will take full advantage of the cutting edge 3D technology for which LG is becoming renowned.

No specifications are currently available for the Google Nexus, which remains a theoretical device at the moment, although tech-writer Eldar Murtazin, writing for Mobile Review, has stated that he believes the item will begin shipping early in the third quarter of 2011.

Meanwhile, LG are preparing their own Android offering, the 8.9-inch G-Slate, which is due for release in the U.S. in April, with a UK launch expected to follow shortly after.

The G-Slate will pack double rear-facing cameras for capturing the 3D content rumoured to feature on the Nexus tablet. This is supported by a hard-working 1GHz dual-core processor under the hood.

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