With technology in our pockets, living rooms, handbags and offices, buying gadgets for the holidays isn’t just about satisfying the geek in your life any more, but making sure everybody gets the tech-toy they’ve been desperate for all year. SlashGear’s Holiday Gift Guide 2011 helps you cut through the battery-powered confusion and pick out the best products on the market today, whether you’re looking for a tablet, a laptop or a digital camera.
We've been expecting a Lenovo refresh for a while now, and the company haven't disappointed. Today they've announced new models at both ends of the portability spectrum, squeezing Intel Core i7 processors into the ThinkPad W701 and W701ds (dual-screen) 17-inch mobile workstations, as well as into the ThinkPad X201, X201s and X201t ultraportables.
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You're nobody in the tech world if you haven't got a leaked roadmap out in the wild, and Lenovo join the heady ranks today with their 2010 lineup splayed open. The slide details several previously-unseen models, including the X201 tablet and X201/X201s ultraportables, the W701 performance workstation, and the L400 and L500 mainstream notebooks.
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A new Lenovo notebook packing a multitouch-capable display has been spotted at the FCC, though right now we've only this image of the laptop's underside to go from. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t - according to Digitech - will have a rotating convertible 10.1-inch touchscreen and use Intel's latest Pine Trail Atom processors.
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There’s no doubting that multitouch is a key buzzword of today, and with the arrival of Windows 7 PCs gain at least software support for two-fingered control. Lenovo have responded by updating their well-esteemed ThinkPad X200 Tablet with Windows 7 and a new, multitouch-friendly display, the former as standard and the latter a paid option. Has the technology come of age, or is it a case of hype overtaking substance? Check out the SlashGear review after the cut.
Lenovo isn't the only manufacturer with multitouch on their mind; Fujitsu have just announced an update to their LifeBook T5010 that adds two-finger touch sensitivity to the convertible notebook. The LifeBook T5010's 13.3-inch display will now support pinch-zoom, rotate and other two-finger gestures in Windows 7, as well as more traditional pen-input using an active digitizer.
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Lenovo have announced two new ThinkPads, each with multitouch-capable touchscreens. The ThinkPad T400s and ThinkPad X200 Tablet can recognize four and two finger touches respectively, and come with Lenovo's new SimpleTap control panel that offers chunky, fingertip access to volume, system settings, applications and bookmarks.
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Lenovo Canada are offering ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC buyers a newly-expanded range of processor options, more than twice as many as US buyers can configure their touchscreen ultraportables with. The Canadian X200 gets not only a choice of the original SU9300 1.20GHz and SL9400 1.86GHz CPUs as the US model, but up to a 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo SL9600 low-voltage chip.
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Lenovo has announced that eight of its ThinkPad notebooks have passed military-standards for ruggedization, making them not only resistant to pressure, humidity, temperature, dust and vibration, but to a greater extent than some "mil-spec" rivals. The ThinkPad X200, X301, X200s, X200 Tablet, T400, T500, R400 and SL300 all passed durability tests despite not being specifically marketed as ruggedized models.
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Lenovo's X200s, announced at the same time as the X200t Tablet PC, aims to take the ethos of the company's standard X200 ultraportable and instill some stamina into it. By switching out the standard CPU for a low-voltage processor, using an LED backlight for the display and strapping in a 9-cell battery, Lenovo claim 13.2hrs continuous runtime; Laptop Mag have have it on the bench, and under normal conditions it coasted to 10hrs 43 minutes.
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Lenovo's X200t has only been official since Thursday last week, but the reviews are already beginning to wade in. Laptop Mag have put the $2,300 convertible notebook through its paces, and like just about every ThinkPad review in existence, the keyboard and general durability are both praised. Meanwhile, over at GottaBeMobile, they've lined up the X200t against a key rival: HP's 2730p Tablet PC, announced back in August.
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After a week or two on the down-low, netbooks have been back among the headlines with Sony grudgingly admitting that it will probably make one while MSI discussed plans for their second-generation range. Not bad for something an AMD VP described as only good for “around the house”. Elsewhere, it’s been 3G and netbooks getting married: Vodafone revealed their UK deal with Dell, and T-Mobile their Acer deal in Germany. Speaking of Acer, we unboxed their Aspire One and will have the full review on Monday.
