It's official: the LG Optimus Pad will make an appearance and Mobile World Congress 2011, with LG confirming its existence in a press release. With the arrival of the T-Mobile G-Slate in the US, questions were raised if the UK was also going to get the G-Slate or the much-rumoured LG Optimus Pad. While it is still unclear whether these devices are one of the same, a Korean press release does reveal that the LG Optimus Pad will be unveiled at MWC 2011. The news was added to the end of a statement about the G-Slate which also confirmed the US-bound tablet's specs, including that it will be using a 6,400 mAh battery. Optimus primed Details on the LG Optimus Pad are sketchy at best, but ascreenshot of the device shows that it will definitely be running Android 3.0 – which is Honeycomb to the sweet-toothed of you. As rumours of the LG Optimus Pad have been round for a while, some leaked specs have revealed that the tablet will have an 8.9" display capable of glasses-free 3D, 3D recording, a Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, a USB port and an HDMI connector. If this is the case, then it trumps the G-Slate in 3D, as you will have to wear 3D glasses to view that device's stereoscopic content.
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