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Lenovo A1 7-inch Android Tablet Revealed in candy coated colorings

Chris Burns, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [2]

It's time for everyone on earth to have their very own Android tablet, Lenovo being no stranger quite suddenly to the game, today announcing their newest effort in the A1 7-inch Android tablet. This tablet will come in several different colors, has a rather simply yet lovely design to its chassis, and you may be surprised by the specs provided inside, that's for pretty much sure. Read The Full Story

Lenovo U300s Ultraportable Laptop Revealed

Chris Burns, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [57]

This week the folks at Lenovo are revealing a handful of devices for those that love their computers to fly away at a gust of wind - first of all there's the "spectacularly slim" U300s Ultrabook, a luxury accessory as Lenovo puts it, powered by 2nd generation Intel® CoreTM i7 processor with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and rolling in at just 0.6 inches (14.9mm) thick. Will this be the first laptop on the market to trump the fruit-flavored gust, aka the MacBook Air? We shall see. Read The Full Story

IdeaPad U300 and U400 Ultraportable Laptops Revealed

Shane McGlaun, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [2]

Lenovo has announced a pair of new ultraportable computers with the debut of the U300 and U400 laptops at IFA 2011. The U300s Ultrabook is the Intel platform Ultrabook that has been in the news so much lately, and it is a more fully optioned machine than the normal U300. The U300s has a Core i7 processor inside that uses Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. It has tech inside to start up in about ten seconds thanks to the RapidDrive SSD tech. the U300s has a 13.3-inch screen with 4GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of SSD storage. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad Android tablet goes on sale

Rue Liu, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [10]

One of Lenovo's first two Android Honeycomb 3.1 tablets, called the ThinkPad Tablet has finally gone on sale. Designed for the enterprise market, the ThinkPad Tablet can be used with an optional digital stylus for both handwritten text input as well as document mark-up and drawing. The first press images were leaked back in July when we also got our hands-on with the ThinkPad along with its consumer-oriented sibling the IdeaPad K1. Read The Full Story

Apple surpasses Lenovo in greater China sales

Rue Liu, Aug 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

For the first time, Apple's sales in greater China have surpassed that of Lenovo, which has been a reigning heavyweight in the region and has also been hailed the fastest growing company in the PC industry for the past seven quarters. Although analysts have been suspecting that Apple's sales would overtake Lenovo in China, it wasn't until Q2 2011 reports were confirmed for both companies that revealed this to indeed be the case. Read The Full Story

Apple takes top spot for mobile PC vendor with 21.1 percent share

Rue Liu, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [7]

According to a new report from DisplaySearch, Apple has taken the top spot in worldwide mobile PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011. The company shipped 13.6 million units of mobile PCs, which includes both notebooks and tablets. This amount puts it in the lead ahead of second place HP by 3.9 million units. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Passes Through The FCC

Rue Liu, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Lenovo ThinkPad tablet, one of the first two Android slates from the company, has just passed through the FCC, signaling that it's on track for a late August launch. Unlike the consumer-oriented IdeaPad K1, which we reviewed earlier, the ThinkPad tablet is targeted at enterprise. Read The Full Story

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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Review

Rue Liu, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [5]

The IdeaPad K1 is one of the first two Android tablets to come from Lenovo. It’s a competitive 10.1-inch Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet with almost all the specs you’d anticipate from a slate equipped with the NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, but attempts to standout with its own individual style, unique interface features, and a price tag that’s $100 less than its rivals.

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Spy shots of Lenovo IdeaPad 7 turn up

Shane McGlaun, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

The photos you see here are supposed to be the Lenovo IdeaPad 7. I say supposed because the photos have apparently been altered to hide something according to Engadget. The photos are also very grainy and blurry, as are most spy shots we see. Still, there is a chance that these are the first legit pics of the new Lenovo Android tablet. We have a few rumored specs to go along with the pics too. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 on sale now: $500 for 32GB Honeycomb slate

Chris Davies, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Lenovo's IdeaPad K1 tablet has gone up for sale, though currently only the 32GB model is available. Priced at $499.99, with shipments expected to begin on August 1, the Honeycomb-based slate is available in either white and silver or red and silver, each with NVIDIA's Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of RAM and dual cameras. Read The Full Story

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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Tablet hands-on

Vincent Nguyen, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [3]

Lenovo has launched its two first attempts at Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets, the IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Tablet, and we met up with the company to grab some hands-on time with both models. Targeted at consumers and at enterprise, respectively, the K1 and ThinkPad slates each tick most of the Tegra 2 Honeycomb boxes we’ve already seen from rival tablets; however, Lenovo also has a few tricks to differentiate them. Read on for our first-impressions.

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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Tablets official, plus IdeaPad P1

Chris Davies, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [3]

Lenovo has officially announced a trio of slates, including the IdeaPad Tablet K1 and ThinkPad Tablet we saw leaked in press shots earlier, as well as the IdeaPad P1. The K1 and ThinkPad Tablets each run Android 3.1 Honeycomb on NVIDIA’s dual-core Tegra 2 processor, and are the first slates to be Netflix-certified; meanwhile, the IdeaPad P1 runs Windows 7 on a 1.5GHz Intel Atom processor.