Lenovo says it will launch its LePad slate computer in China in December, with Engadget reporting that an optional keyboard/laptop component coming in January. As a quick refresher, Lenovo introduced a concept device earlier this year called the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. At first glance, the Hybrid looks like a Laptop — but you can […]
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Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid, Skylight aren’t dead yet
Lenovo may have put its innovative Skylight smartbook and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid notebook with a detachable screen/tablet on hold indefinitely — but it looks like the projects aren’t entirely dead. As the company hinted a few weeks ago, Lenovo is looking at Google Android as an alternative to the Skylight operating system that had been […]
Goodbye Skylight OS: Lenovo Skylight and U1 Hybrid to use Google Android
First the good news: Lenovo realized that nobody wants to use a custom Linux-based user interface with virtually no third party apps on the company’s upcoming Skylight smartbook and Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid tablet/laptop device. So Lenovo is killing the Skylight OS project and will instead use Google Android on those two devices. Now the […]
Hands on with Lenovo’s new tablet, smartbook, and hybrid device
I got a chance to check out Lenovo’s new products at a press event this evening. And I have to say, there’s a lot to like (plus a few nits to pick). First up, the most remarkable device Lenovo announced this week: The IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. This device actually consists of two different computers that […]
Lenovo’s latest notebook turns into a tablet (not how you think)
Lenovo is introducing a rather intriguing new machine called the IdeaPad U1 which can function as both an 11.6 inch notebook and a tablet. But while most computers achieve this by allowing you to swivel the screen and fold it down over the keyboard, the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 has a detachable screen. What’s interesting is […]