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With profits rising, Lenovo hedges bets with smartphones, tablets

Brad Linder — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:31 +0000

Lenovo reported record sales during the fiscal quarter that ended December 31st, and the company recorded profits of $153 million, or about 54 percent higher than the same period a year earlier. Most of that revenue came from sales of traditional PCs. But the company also sold more than 6.5 million phones, with nearly half of those being smartphones. Lenovo...

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Lenovo ThinkPad X130e laptop now available for $429 and up

Brad Linder — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:49:02 +0000

The Lenovo ThinkPad X130e us the latest 11.6 inch member of Lenovo's business-focused ThinkPad family... but this model isn't really aimed at business. When the company introduced the laptop late last year, the goal was to position the X130e as a laptop for students. The laptop was supposed to be available in December, but that didn't happen. Now the ThinkPad...

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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet (finally) rooted

Brad Linder — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:07 +0000

The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet is a 10 inch Android tablet aimed at business professionals. Lenovo offers the tablet with a stylus for writing, as well as an optional Folio case with a built-in keyboard and pointing nub. It also has a very business-like, no-nonsense design. But feature-wise the tablet is a lot like others released in late 2011, with an...

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Lenovo IdeaPad A1 tablet for $167, CyanogenMod port in the works

Brad Linder — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:15:35 +0000

Lenovo is offering the IdeaPad A1 tablet for $167.20 this week when you use the coupon: EMPLOYEEPRICE0119. That's more than $30 lower than the best price I've seen for this tablet to date. Update: It looks like the promotion ran its course a bit early. Prices are now back to $199.20 and up. The IdeaPad A1 has a 7 inch,...

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Closer look at the Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA convertible ultrabook

Brad Linder — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:00:39 +0000

Lenovo is introducing a new laptop/tablet hybrid called the IdeaPad YOGA. It gets its name from its flexible design. The hinge that holds the screen to the based of the laptop allows the screen to rotate back nearly 360 degrees so that you can close the laptop with the screen face down, or face up. When the screen is face...

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Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA convertible tablet is awfully flexible

Brad Linder — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:12:27 +0000

Lenovo is introducing a new convertible tablet-style notebook called the IdeaPad YOGA. While notebooks that transform into tablets are nothing new, the YOGA takes an unusual approach. You just push the screen back 360 degrees and fold the laptop as if you were closing the lid -- but the "flip-and-fold" design means that the screen will now be accessible. The...

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Lenovo rolling out Android 4.0 update for the ThinkPad Tablet soon

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:36 +0000

Lenovo may have a new line of tablets scheduled to hit the streets this year, but the company isn't turning its back on customers that purchased the original ThinkPad Tablet in 2011. The company says it will be rolling out a software update bringing Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its business tablet in the second quarter of 2012....

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Lenovo unveils the IdeaPad A2 tablet with 9 inch display, Android 4.0

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:10:41 +0000

Lenovo is adding a new 9 inch Android to its lineup. The IdeaTab A2 is like a souped up version of last year's IdeaPad A1 budget tablet. Like the A1, the new model has a rollcage design for durability. But the new model has a larger, higher resolution 1280 x 800 pixel display. It also has SRS audio. The tablet...

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Hands-on with the Lenovo IdeaPad S2 7 (video)

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:55:37 +0000

The Lenovo IdeaPad S2 7 is a 7 inch Android tablet with a 1280 x 800 pixel display, a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. It's kind of like a really, really fancy version of the IdeaPad A1 the company introduced in 2011. Unfortunately, there are currently no plans to offer the S2 7 in...

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Lenovo IdeaTab K2 picks up where the K1 left off

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:38:00 +0000

The Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10 isn't Lenovo's only new 10 inch tablet. The company is also launching a sequel to last year's IdeaPad K1. The Lenovo IdeaTab K2 has a 10 inch IPS display and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS display. It also features 4-speaker SRS sound, a full-sized USB port, a microDHMI...

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Lenovo IdeaPad U310, U410 ultrabooks on the way for $799 and up

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:05:34 +0000

Lenovo is adding two new thin and light laptops to its ultrabook lineup with the IdeaPad U310 and U410 notebooks, although they look a little hefty compared with some of the 2 and 3 pounds ultrabooks already on the market. The Lenovo IdeaPad U310 has a 13.3 inch display, measures 0.7" thick and weighs about 3.7 pounds. The IdeaPad U410...

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Lenovo introduces IdeaTab S2 line of 5 through 10 inch tablets

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:02:52 +0000

In November Lenovo unveiled a new line of Android tablets for the Chinese market. They featured 5 to 10 inch displays and fell unde rhte Lenovo LePad brand name. Now Lenovo is announcing the global versions, with the series wearing the IdeaTab S2 name. There will be three different models available, a 5 inch tablet, a 7 inch tablet, and...

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IdeaTab S2 10 Android tablet is Lenovo’s answer to the Asus Transformer Prime

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:01:59 +0000

As expected, Lenovo is launching a new Android tablets with 5, 7, and 10 inch displays. But there's something special about the 10 inch model. The Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10 will be available with an optional keyboard docking station that lets you use the tablet like a laptop. The keyboard dock also includes its own battery and a few extra...

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Lenovo introduces IdeaPad S200 series 11.6 inch notebooks

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:23 +0000

Lenovo is updating its IdeaPad S mini-laptop lineup with two new models. Gone are the 10 inch displays of the past, though. Both the IdeaPad S200 and IdeaPad S206 feature 11.6 inch screens and full-sized keyboards, but they measure about 0.8 inches thick. The S200 model has an Intel Atom dual core processor while the S206 has an AMD dual-core...

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Lenovo unveils the 2012 ThinkPad Edge laptop lineup

Brad Linder — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:05:21 +0000

The ThinkPad T430u isn't the only new thin and light business laptop from Lenovo. The company is also updating its ThinkPad Edge laptop line with the addition of two new models with 11.6 inch display. The ThinkPad Edge E130 features an Intel Core i-series processor, while the ThinkPad Edge E135 has an AMD Vision processor. Unfortunately, like 2011's ThinkPad Edge...

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