In terms of portable computers, Lenovo stole the show at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with its Skylight and IdealPad devices.
Priced at $499 the Lenovo Skylight incorporates the power of a smartphone and a fully equipped laptop. The PixelQi LCD display operates in two modes – a standard color laptop mode, and a non-backlit mode used in traditional eReaders. It combines 3G and Wi-Fi into the Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor, 14GB of storage along and an integrated USB stick. Weighing under 2lbs with a 10-inch HD screen, the Skylight is sleek and sexy.
The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook is much pricier, at $999, but it’s very cool indeed. The 11.6 inch screen portion of the notebook can be removed and act independently as a tablet device. Once removed, it runs in hybrid-Skylight mode, running off the Snapdragon processor with a 16GB drive. Its a laptop-come-slate device with two brains and two operating systems, giving the user the best of both worlds.
ASUS also showed off a netbook/tablet concept, as well as MSI’s dual screen touchscreen netbook prototype. Also notable is the super compact Aspire Revo R3610 and the Sony VAIO L117FX/B.
To create a more active and personal community of Periscope readers and commenters, we've moved our comments over to Facebook. We welcome your feedback, click here to let us know what you think.
leave a comment