Lenovo at CES 2012: new ThinkPad and IdeaPad laptops, tablets, and all-in-ones
Lenovo has had an extremely busy CES, and the event hasn't even started yet. We've seen ultrabooks, an Android-powered television, and dual-processor ThinkPad X1 Hybrid, and there is plenty more to come.
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga: a Windows 8 laptop that bends backwards into a tablet (hands-on video)
Lenovo has indeed saved the best for last here at CES 2012. After days of interminable laptop announcements, the company has one more to share: the 13.3-inch IdeaPad Yoga, which opens like a normal laptop but can then flip backwards to become a tablet. Yes, it's as crazy as it sounds, and even better it's running Windows 8. This is the sort of thing that is really best seen in video, so I suggest you scroll on down as soon as possible, but what I can tell you is that the .6-inch thick laptop...
Lenovo IdeaTab S2: a 10.1-inch, dual-core Android 4.0 tablet with keyboard dock attachment
Asus's Transformer tablets are getting some competition at CES, folks: Lenovo has just unveiled its own 10-inch tablet with a detachable keyboard dock for extra battery life, and on its own, it's just a third of an inch thick and weighs 1.1 pounds. Unfortunately, the new IdeaTab S2 isn't a quad-core rig like the Transformer Prime, but it will have Android 4.0 out of the box, running on Qualcomm's latest dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor. Lenovo says that it'll run its Mondrian UI...
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Lenovo adds B Series IdeaCentre all-in-ones, K430 and H520s desktops
Lenovo has just released a flood of new hardware at CES 2012, among them the B Series all-in-ones. Up first, the 21.5-inch B340 (it also comes in a 20-inch version) and the 23-inch B540 models have been fully redesigned over the previous models. Both have full HD with optional multitouch touchscreens, Intel Core CPUs (Lenovo hasn't announced processor specifics yet), up to 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 615M graphics with DirectX, up to 8GB of DDR 3 memory, and an up to 2TB SATA III HDD. The B340 also...
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Lenovo K91 brings Android 4.0 to the world's most advanced 55-inch TV
Lenovo's K91 is not your normal 55-inch television. To start with, its two most notable features are its operating system and central processor: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on Qualcomm's 1.5GHz dual-core 8060 Snapdragon CPU. The TV can be controlled with your voice using natural language processing and recognition, and even includes video interaction (with facial recognition) thanks to a 5 megapixel webcam that's integrated into the bezel. Otherwise, the K91 remote control is up to...
Lenovo IdeaPad U310 / U410 ultrabooks: next-gen Intel processors in colored cases coming in May (hands-on)
And you thought it wasn't possible for Lenovo to announce another ultrabook. While the more business minded got the ThinkPad T430u last week, Lenovo's also announcing plans at CES 2012 for its updated U Series ultrabook — the 13.3-inch U310 and 14-inch U410. An update to the IdeaPad U300s, the U310 and U410 have similar all-aluminum book-cover styling, chiclet keyboards (still with no backlight), and thin bodies (.7 and .83, respectively). Beyond the new colored lids and the addition of an...
Lenovo refreshes Y, G, and Z Series laptops
Lenovo has just announced its CES 2012 offerings, and among them, the Y, G and Z Series laptop refreshes. Up first, The Y480 and Y580 are 14 and 15.6-inch full HD display varieties, respectively, featuring up to an Intel Core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce graphics (the Y480 with the 650M and the Y580 with GTX660M DirectX 11 2GB graphics. The Y Series also has up to 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM, and an up to 1TB HDD, plus two 1.5 watt stereo JBL-designed speakers with Dolby Home Theatre V4 Enhanced audio,...
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Lenovo debuts IdeaPad S200 and S206 netbooks with new Atom processors (hands-on)
Dell might be leaving netbooks behind, but Lenovo's not of the same mind. Joining the flood of its new laptops is the Lenovo S200 and S206, which are some of the first netbooks to be powered by Intel's Cedar Trail Atom processors. Sure, Lenovo also has the new Cedar Trail-powered IdeaPad S110, but these have 11.6-inch with 1366 x 768 resolution displays. Other than that these have fairly run of the mill specs, including up to 2GB of DDR3 SDRAM and up to 500GB (7,200 rpm) hard drives. The S200...
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Hybrid preview: hands-on impressions, video, and pictures
We told you we'd track down Lenovo's dual-OS, dual-processor ThinkPad X1 Hybrid when we got to Vegas, and that's exactly what we've done. Design-wise, the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid looks exactly like the original X1 — it's literally indescribable from the previous save for the X1 Hybrid logo on the screen bezel. However, the Lenovo Instant Media Mode widget on the Windows 7 desktop is where things start to look different. Select the Home in that widget and the dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon...
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 is the first Windows laptop with Intel's Thunderbolt; Edge E430 and E530 also announced
Lenovo figured you might just not be content with the new ThinkPad ultrabook or the dual processor / dual operating system ThinkPad Hybrid X1, so how about a smattering of ThinkPad Edge laptops? First up is the ThinkPad Edge S430, which is one of the first Windows laptops we've heard of to have Intel's forthcoming third generation Core processors (or Ivy Bridge) and Intel's Thunderbolt I/O technology. Lenovo's not sharing many other details on the spec front (we expect because Intel hasn't...
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Lenovo ThinkPad T430u: an $849 ultrabook with next-gen Intel CPUs and optional Nvidia graphics
Of course Lenovo wasn't going to let its tried and true ThinkPad brand go without an ultrabook of its own! In addition to its consumer-targeted IdeaPad U300s, Lenovo's announcing its plans for a more business-oriented ultrabook today — the 14-inch ThinkPad T430u. Starting at $849, it isn't as thin or expensive as its U300s cousin, but at .8 inches and "less than 4 pounds" it has room for that all-important SD card reader (which the U300s lacked), two USB ports, an Ethernet jack, and a...
Lenovo ThinkPad Hybrid X1: two operating systems, two processors, one laptop
Two years ago, Lenovo showed up to CES with a little laptop called the Skylight which was powered by a Qualcomm ARM processor and ran a customized Linux OS. That product never made it to the market, but its legacy lives on in a laptop that Lenovo is announcing today: the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid. The Hybrid X1 looks exactly like the current ThinkPad X1 — the Gorilla Glass display, extremely comfortable keyboard, and .6-inch case have been kept intact. It even has very similar specs to the...
