Quite a few people want a tablet. Quite a few people want a notebook. But what if you want the best of both Worlds? It seems Lenovo who makes desktop PC’s, laptops, and tablets, is merging the two together in a notebook called the Yoga.

When I first read the name, I thought it was some sort of online yoga service that they were coming out with which didn’t sound right and thankfully, they’re not. The Yoga gets it’s name because while having a touchscreen display, it also can swing a full 360 degrees.

The Lenovo Yoga is just 0.67 inches thick which, when folded into a tablet, is around double the size of many tablets out on the marketplace.

Via TechNewsWorld:

“The Ultrabook, which will run on Windows 8, can be opened and folded back on itself to be used as a tablet or e-reader with touchscreen capabilities. It can also be propped up like a tent for a better video watching experience, for example, or used as a traditional laptop.”

Being that it will run Windows 8, that means it won’t be out until the second half of the year. The new OS from Microsoft is said to work just as well on tablets as it does on desktop computers and laptops. Being that this notebook from Lenovo is a hybrid of sorts, it should (potentially) shine.

Specs:

• 13.3 inch display
• 1600×900 resolution
• Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 processor
• Up to 256GB SSD drive
• Up to 8GB RAM
• Up to 8 hours of battery life
• USB 2.0, 3.0 ports as well as a full SD card slot and HDMI out
• 3.1 pounds

Pricing starts at $1,199 for the base model. Can you see yourself buying an ultrabook like what Lenovo has here?

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Lenovo, a company that manufactures desktop PC’s, laptops, and tablets, announced that they will be coming out with a 55 inch SmartTV which will be running Android 4.0, the first TV to do so. With CES just a day away, there’s a good chance they will be demoing the TV there.

Google seems to really be focused on creating a better TV operating system and with the faster (and cheaper) hardware we have going forward, we can expect better performance out of Google integrated TV.

The 55 inch SmartTV from Lenovo is also the first to run a dual core 1.5GHZ Snapdragon processor which will give it plenty of performance to blast through menus, access multiple applications, and more. And did we mention it’s also the first ever TV from the company? Yeah, there’s that too.

“Thanks to the Ice Cream Sandwich U1, the Lenovo K91 SmartTV offers apps in addition to your regular TV programming. Wi-Fi connection is here too, of course, along with access to the Lenovo Cloud and voice control technology for controlling the set with your voice. Video On Demand content is based on user’s past viewing history. (Starting to get why it’s called the SmartTV?)”

As said in the beginning of this post, CES 2012 is gearing up so we’re sure to see and hear about even more Android powered televisions. This is a very hot segment as we move forward into 2012. No companies have been able to pull it off yet and with the next gen of Android and faster hardware to power these televisions, it should become quite interesting.

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Lenovo, maker of laptops, desktops, and more recently, tablets, has announced the launch of two new laptops, the ThinkPad Edge E430 and ThinkPad Edge E530. The specs for both laptops are virtually the same aside from screen size. The E430 has a 14 inch screen while the E530 has a 15 inch screen.

The ThinkPad line of laptops has typically been geared towards the every day business user so those familiar with them will know what to expect. Specs are as follows:

• 14 or 15 inch screen
• Ivy Bridge Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or AMD Fusion APU processor
• Up to 1TB hard drive with SSD (solid state drive) option
• USB 3.0 ports for blazing fast data transfer
• Built-in HD webcam

“The E430 and E530 will come in an assortment of colors, including Midnight Black, Heatwave Red, and Cobalt Blue, and feature an aluminum shell with a similar soft-touch finish on the lid as the S430. The E430 and E530 will be available on April, provided that Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors are released on time, and will have a starting price of $549.”

As users become increasingly mobile, the bigger data storage in these laptops is a big plus for those who require it, especially business users where large amounts of data need to be stored, accessed, and transferred at any given time. Unfortunately, Lenovo didn’t comment on the battery life, though we’d hope you’d get a minimum of a few hours out of it.

As the launch date gets closer, tech reviewers will get demos of them and that’s when you’ll get more details in that aspect.

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Lenovo believes in the tablet PC market, so much in fact that the company is currently developing a 23-inch LCD based Tablet for home use.

Lenovo senior marketing specialist, William Cai spoke with TechRadar and revealed:

“We think that there is potential for a 23-inch tablet,” while adding, ”We’d have to take care of battery life and we are working to get the weight down.”

The basic premise for the larger-than-normal tablet is that it will be based off current Lenovo all-in-one desktop units (pictured above), while featuring a battery power supply. The device will also have the option to be used as a television or paired with a keyboard to offer a “desktop experience” according to Cai.

Specs for the unit are being kept under wraps by the Lenovo team, however the first units are expected to arrive “sometime in 2011.”

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Lenovo doesn’t want you to just be able to charge your laptop with their new $75 Power Hub charger, they also want you to be able to power and connect up to 4 USB devices at the same time.

Simply plug the charger into the wall and your laptop, then plug the chargers USB line into one of your laptop’s free USB ports and you now have a USB hub with charging capabilities.

What do you think? Personally I’m always running out of ports, so for high end video and photo editing on the road I can definitely see the usability this brings to an otherwise rather boring peripheral. [via Dvice]

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The all-in-one Lenovo Multitouch ideaCentre B305 is now shipping after having debuted back in May of this year.

For $699 users get a 21.5 inch display that offers 1920 x 1080 pixels of resolution on a multi-touch setup.  The unit also offers a decent 2.7GHz AMD Athlon II X2 235e AM3 processor, comes standard with 2GB RAM and a 320GB HDD.

The unit also offers a DVD burner and standard connection ports. If users are looking for upgrades the system can offer even more options which currently tops the price out at $949.

The computers full available specs can be found at Lenovo.

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The 3D capable Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 began shipping this week and includes the TriDef 3D system, NVIDIA powered 3D technology and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 GPU. The unit also offers a 15.6 inch display that can output up to 1366×768 pixels of resolution.

Lenovo has also thrown in a 1.60GHz quad Core i7 processor, the first to arrive to market, which is powered by 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD.

Customers can buy the system directly from Lenovo and through various Lenovo retailers.

While the system is pretty straightforward at this time, Lenovo is promising various versions of future systems ranging from Core i3 to i7 processors with up to 1.86GHz speeds and additional peripherals including Blu-ray drives, the Lenovo hybrid storage system, quick-boot 64GB SSD, and RapidDrive technology.

The designs on the covers of the new system also look pretty neat…here’s an example of the cover work:

[Via Electronista]

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Palm has been hemorrhaging money for so long I’ve come to suspect that they may be hemophiliacs, now rumors are pointing to a possible and what I’ve long seen as the inevitable sale of the company, possibly to a long-time competitor.

Bloomberg has received tips that competitors HTC and Lenovo may both be in the running to buy up the company, more than likely as part of a technology and talent buy, after all the programmers behind WebOS are a pretty savvy group who obviously have a handle on multi-tasking.

Dell was also said to be in the running, but they backed off for unknown reasons.

Currently none of the named companies will say whether they are seeking ownership of the company, what is known however is that Palm only has around $776 million and there’s a good chance Elevation Partners (owned largely by rock band U2) will soon stop injecting money into the failing company. Then again Elevation partners has a track record of pouring cash into failing properties.

If no more money is invested into the company Palm will need huge sales or they could see their doors closing shortly after the end of 2010. [Electronista]

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Lenovo today announced a new addition to their U.S. netbook arsenal with the Lenovo IdeaPad S30-3s.

The netbook offers a typical Intel Atom N470 process, comes equipped with a 10.1-inch display that offers 16:9 Widescreen capabilities and provides a High-Def LED backlit display.

Lenovo has also thrown in other netbook standards which inlcude the Intel GMA 3150 graphics card, 2GB DDR2 DRAM (533MHz) and hard drive space for drives up to 320GB. If Solid State Disks are more your flavor Lenovo is also offering 16 and 32GB SSD’s.

Connectivity on the device is provided via Bluetooth, Ethernet, WiFi and a 3G SIM card slot for mobile browsing. Users are also offered three USB 2.0 ports, a 5-in-1 card reader, 3.5mm headset jack, an integrated mic and a VGA out port.

If you don’t mind a $380 price tag (base model) this might just be the tiny tote for you. [SlashGear via Pocket Lint]

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Lenovo Smartbook at CES 2010

I spotted the Lenovo SkyLight today and the Qualcomm based unit with cloud computing is one of the more sleek and overall well designed Smartbook type devices I’ve spotted to date.

The unit features a Qualcomm 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM II processor, with a shiny red surface (Blue coloring is also available) and folds like a clamshell styled phone with a full size keyboard hidden inside the devices 10 inch display with 1,280-by-720 pixels of resolution.

Lenovo has also decided to include a customized Linux OS instead of Windows,  while provided direct access to popular websites including Google Gmail, Facebook, Amazon MP3, YouTube and Roxio’s CinemaNow online application.

The SkyLight according to Lenovo reps at the CES 2010 show also runs for up to 10 hours thanks to the low processing power of the chipset, although that’s not all that impressive considering most 6 cell Netbooks with Intel’s new N450 Pine Trail processors can manage the same.

In terms of memory the unit features an 8GB internal flash drive with an 8GB mini SD Card and 4GB USB Flash Drive support. You’ll notice in our pictures that the USB flash drive also features a unique flip jack that folds in and out from the keyboard. This USB option is one of my favorite parts of the system having wreck many drives in the past.

The unit, when released later this year,  will also feature 3G (AT&T in United States), 2 USB Ports and an MMC card slot. Users will also be able to take advantage of built-in WiFi, a mini-HDMI connector and an integrated 1.3MP webcam.

Users can pick up the Lenovo Skylight for $499 when it’s released later this year.

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The BIOS was demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco last week. Phoenix calls their new BIOS “Instant Boot BIOS” and it works by starting all units (components) at once.

A traditional BIOS starts the components one at a time, which means Windows won’t load before that process is complete. That usually takes from 10 seconds and up. The video below shows the “Instant Boot BIOS” installed on a Lenovo T400S laptop. The machine is equipped with a Solid State Disk and a “clean” Windows 7 installation.

The new BIOS will also improve wake-up time after hibernation. Hopefully we’ll see this in PCs in no time.

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The Lenovo C100 is a sleek and stylish All-In-One Desktop that offers a good amount of features for a very low price of $399. It’s perfect for college students, light weight users and anyone looking to supplement their laptop with a desktop offering.

The C100 comes equipped with a decent 18.5 inch LCD, offers a two-inch thick chassis and comes with two CPU options: Intel Core 230 and Core 330. The All-In-One also features a DVD burner, GMA950 Integrated graphics card and Windows XP.

On the memory front users will receive a rather low 1GB RAM and a 160GB hard drive. If the specs look familiar just take a look at most Netbooks currently being sold and you’ll realize the similarities.

Also, there’s no need to wait for Windows 7, you’ll get a free upgrade once it’s made available in October.

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Lenovo and DeviceVM, Splashtop’s manufacturer, will announce plans this morning to ship Lenovo IdeaPad S10e netbooks with integrated Splashtop functionality. The program will be branded as “QuickStart,” but it’ll function essentially the same as any other Splashtop configuration — allowing users to run applications such as browsers, e-mail clients, and other Internet-based utilities right after hitting the power button, before the operating system even loads.

This is DeviceVM’s second big portable computing deal for Splashtop in recent months. The company secured rights to feature its program in ASUS’s Eee Box B202 Nettop systems back in August. At the same time, it announced $15 million in new funding, which was marked to be used for expansion into more global markets.

Silicon Valley-based DeviceVM has been around since 2006. Its first Splashtop-enabled machines shipped in October of last year as part of a previous deal with ASUS.

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