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Lenovo IdeaPad and ThinkPad Tablet Official Press Shots Leaked

Rue Liu, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [3]

The official press shots for Lenovo's two upcoming Android tablets have just been leaked. The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is a consumer tablet that we've seen more details of in previous leaks, slated for a July release. The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet, on the other hand, has remained more mysterious is believed to be designed for enterprise. Both are Android Honeycomb tablets and set to launch any day now. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid hits FCC

Shane McGlaun, Jul 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 tablet was talked about a lot previously around here along with the LePad tablet. The tablet looks a lot like a netbook when it is docked inside the keyboard case. We have had our doubts as to whether the U1 hybrid would ever come to market, but those doubts are wiped away now with the U1 hitting the FCC for its needed approvals. The U1 is the dock that fits the IdeaPad K1 tablet. Read The Full Story

Lenovo X121e 11.6-inch notebook launches

Shane McGlaun, Jul 6th 2011 Discuss [1]

Lenovo has a new notebook that has launched with a very small and portable design that should be interesting to the mobile type looking for ultimate portability. The new notebook is called the Lenovo X121e and it has an 11.6-inch screen and can be had with either Intel or AMD CPUs inside. Those that opt for the Intel CPU version will also be able to get an SSD for storage to make the machine use less power and run faster. Read The Full Story

NEC and Lenovo joint computer venture in Japan announced

Shane McGlaun, Jul 4th 2011 Discuss [4]

The computer market is very competitive with so many of the machines having the same or very similar features many consumers look at notebooks as a commodity today. The effort to grow business and market share at times comes down to how cheap computers can be sold. One key for makers to sell cheaper is to buy components cheaper, which means larger quantity purchases are needed. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Honeycomb tablet finally up for pre-order

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Lenovo's IdeaPad K1 Android tablet has turned up for pre-order at Amazon, priced at $499.99 though with no sign of a ship date at present. What we do get is confirmation of US specs, which are broadly in line with previously leaked listings: NVIDIA's dual-core Tegra 2 1GHz processor, a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 300 nit capacitive touchscreen supporting 10-point multitouch, and all in a 10.4 x 7.4 x 0.52 inch chassis weighing 1.65 pounds. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android tablet coming late June or early July

Shane McGlaun, Jun 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

You might recall back on June 16 we said that the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet had been confirmed for a July launch. Lenovo has now confirmed via an update to its affiliate network in the US that the K1 could be coming a bit earlier than we though. Lenovo lists the official launch for the K1 as late June or early July. That would put the launch of the Android tablet any day now since this is the last week of June. Read The Full Story

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SlashGear Weekly Roundup Video – June 19, 2011

Rue Liu, Jun 19th 2011 Discuss [1]

Hope everyone had a great Father’s Day weekend. We had a Toshiba TV giveaway for this special occasion and the winner will be announced anytime now. I kept it short for this week’s roundup video, which touches on the new Google search features, some Apple news, tablets just out or coming soon, a few smartphone developments, and a bit of bad news from RIM. For the full list and video, continue after the cut.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Honeycomb tablet confirmed for August

Chris Davies, Jun 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Lenovo has confirmed that it has two Android 3.x Honeycomb tablets in the pipeline for 2011, as well as a Windows 7 model for release later in the year. According to COO Rory Read, DowJones reports, Lenovo will have both a consumer slate - the IdeaPad K1 aka LePad - and an enterprise model falling under its ThinkPad heading, presumably the same tablet we saw leaked back in April. Read The Full Story

Lenovo buys Medion AG and expands presence in Europe

Shane McGlaun, Jun 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Lenovo made the biggest purchase since it bought the IBM PC business years ago this week. The Chinese computer company has announced that it is buying up German computer firm Medion AG in a deal that will grab Lenovo 14% of the German PC market and a 7.5% share of the overall computer market in Western Europe. The deal will see Lenovo making a public offer for all outstanding public shares of Medion AG stock at 13 euros each in cash. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s/U3s Ultrabook revealed

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [8]

Intel may have launched its Ultrabook platform with a demo of ASUS' UX21, but that's not the only Ultrabook at Computex this week. Lenovo has brought along the IdeaPad U300s/U3s, NotebookItalia spotted, a slender Sandy Bridge ultraportable channeling the style of the IdeaPad U260. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android Tablet Listing Appear (with v3.0 Honeycomb)

Chris Burns, May 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

A listing has appeared and subsequently disappeared and/or "sold out" on a couple of sites, this listing containing no less that Lenovo's IdeaPad K1, aka the LePad if you're in China. This device is slated to be released in June, but these seemingly early-placed spots are popping up as we speak. The two sites that have the listing thus far are Buy.com and Krex. Read The Full Story

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 on sale now from $1,199

Chris Davies, May 25th 2011 Discuss [3]

Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 laptop has gone up for sale, with the 13.3-inch ultraportable priced from $1,199. Your money gets you a 2.1GHz Core i3-2310M processor, Intel HD 3000 graphics and 4GB of GDDR3 1333MHz memory, though a 2.5GHz Core i5-2520M processor is an $105 option. Read The Full Story