Lenovo IdeaPad S10 order page goes missing

Just over a week after launching a product page for the IdeaPad S10 mini-laptop, Lenovo has removed the order button. When you visit the S10 page now, you can find all sorts of information about the laptop, but you cannot place an order.

The move isn’t particularly surprising. Customers who placed orders early on August 19th received notifications letting them know the computer would ship on 9/9/08. Later the same day customers were getting ship dates of 9/16 or even 9/23. Liliputing reader Lee Fairbanks says when he called Lenovo today he was told that the company pulled the order page because of a six week backlog for orders.

In related news, German site MSI Wind.net reporting on a rumor that MSI has stopped producing the MSI Wind U100 laptop, perhaps as the company prepares to unveil a new and improved model. I find this pretty unlikely, since the Wind has only been available for a few months. It’s more likely that the reason it’s hard to find the Wind in stock is because of battery and Intel Atom CPU shortages.

Oh, and did I mention that MSI just officially unveiled the Wind in Europe?

thanks Lee and Dave!

Posted on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008, 9:20 pm by Brad Linder

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Tommy

It's not a surprise considering the confusion and chaos around the initial batch of S10 orders:

- Lenovo takes orders, lists X4500 for all models and a bundled DVD drive with the red model
- Lenovo sends out emails stating “oops” we are using the GMA 950 not the X4500
- Lenovo sends out emails stating “oops” we are not including any external drives
- both emails require customers to reply in order for their orders not to be cancelled
- no concrete information as to the specifications of the machines, nor what will actually be included
- conflicting information from customer service as to whether or not Bluetooth is included
- calls to customer service are informed that the estimated ship date of “9/9/2008″ is in fact a lie, orders will ship as late as October

It's all been a bit troubling, especially from a major laptop manufacturer.

- Tommy
http://thegadgetsite.blogspot.com/ K.C.

Actually the email about the errors were only if you wanted to cancel to send a reply. I didn't reply. My status change from Processing to in progress yesterday so maybe some will ship earlier than october. But if you ordered late your probably have to wait longer.
KBB

I called Lenovo today regarding my system (with an estimated ship date of 9/9), and he informed me that the system is shown as being “packaged” or “packed”, I can't remember the exact word. He wasn't really sure what that meant, but thought that it could ship earlier due to this “packaged” status. I can hope.
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Rich

Lenovo must use the same production forcasting software and the same factory for the S10 as for the MSI Wind 6-cell.
Doug

When will we be able to actually confirm what the specs are regarding the memory capacity and whether or not it has bluetooth?
KBB

I am hoping that one of the reviewers will get a chance to actually get into one of these systems, which probably won't happen until Lenovo actually starts shipping them out I am hoping that the RAM is NOT soldered onto the board, leading to the 1.5GB limit. (if this is all true of course)
PK

The pictures posted on the FCC's website show a memory slot.
KBB

I am hoping that one of the reviewers will get a chance to actually get into one of these systems, which probably won't happen until Lenovo actually starts shipping them out I am hoping that the RAM is NOT soldered onto the board, leading to the 1.5GB limit. (if this is all true of course)
PK

The pictures posted on the FCC's website show a memory slot.
KBB

I am hoping that one of the reviewers will get a chance to actually get into one of these systems, which probably won't happen until Lenovo actually starts shipping them out I am hoping that the RAM is NOT soldered onto the board, leading to the 1.5GB limit. (if this is all true of course)
PK

The pictures posted on the FCC's website show a memory slot.

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