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Last updated: August 23rd, 2013 at 09:25 UTC+02:00
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The Homeboy is described as an alternative to Amazon's Kindle and is being touted as a “smart-home devices to replace conventional home appliances”, and will let Koreans “access some 50 TV channels, movies, millions of music tracks and tens of thousands of e-books.” As a result of being a sort of home appliance device, the Homeboy also acts as a CCTV – a camera on the Homeboy allows one to observe the inside of their house from their smartphone, though of course that requires you to leave that Homeboy at home.
Again, it's interesting to see LG joining forces with Samsung to launch the tablet, though it's not exactly surprising considering LG doesn't currently make tablets on their own. That's supposed to change soon with LG's rumored G Pad, but for now, it seems like re-branding a Samsung tablet and putting it on market was the only way to go.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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