Lenovo takes shots at iPad in tablet teaser
updated 04:30 pm EST, Mon February 15, 2010
Lenovo teases new tablet soon
Lenovo today in a brief tease hinted that it may have a competitor to Apple soon. Pointing to a YouTube clip (viewable below), the PC builder reminds viewers that one of the first ThinkPads, the 700T, was a touch-only tablet and that the company has a large amount of experience in the field. It also notes that IBM was innovative at the time with a sturdy case and flash storage and that the keyboard on existing convertible ThinkPads is a "no compromise" solution for those who need a good keyboard.
It's not clear what Lenovo exactly plans to deliver, but the signs point more to a new ThinkPad tablet that might compare more favorably to the iPad than a completely new, all-touch tablet that would act as a direct competitor. One candidate is the ThinkPad X201T, although its use of a low-voltage Core i7, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive at the high end might preclude it from direct competition. [via Engadget]
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Huh?
"It's not clear what Lenovo exactly plans to deliver, but the signs point more to a new ThinkPad tablet that might compare more favorably to the iPad than a completely new, all-touch tablet that would act as a direct competitor."
- So this new StinkPad Tablet that might compare more favorably to the iPad would not be a direct competitor? More like a competitor off to the side? Let's just remake what we made before and see if people will buy it now.
"... the company has a large amount of experience in the field."
- And it's apparently been buried in that same field all these years beneath layers of what Lenovo's shoveling in this teaser. One has to wonder if Lenovo has 20 years of experience with tablets or one year of experience repeated twenty times.