ThinkPad X1 Carbon And Lenovo ThinkPad 8 (CES 2014)

Lenovo introduces at the CES 2014 a new 14 inch ultrabook adorned with a carbon fiber shell and a Windows 8 Pro tablet 8.3 inch  whose base price is U.S. $ 399.

With the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Lenovo enters a 14-inch ultrabook with a carbon fiber shell which gives a total weight of 1.2 kg. It will be available in several versions with a screen resolution of 1600 x 900 or 2560 x 1440 pixels. Lenovo does not give more details on the configuration, but evokes a keyboard "Adaptive" to be dynamically adjusted according to the application used. The battery offers 9 hours of battery and ThinkPad X1 Carbon can be equipped of origin with a 4G/LTE cellular connection. Its release is scheduled in late January with a price starting at 1,299 dollars.

Lenovo also offers the ThinkPad 8 a tablet 8.3 inch Windows 8.1 Pro equipped with an Intel processor "Bay Trail" quadruple heart. The screen offers a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and the tablet can be connected to a monitor via the HDMI micro connector. It also has a micro USB port, can accommodate up to 128 GB of storage and offers free Wi-Fi and 4G/LTE on some models. ThinkPad 8 will be available in late January at a price of 399 dollars base.

Lenovo also announced a mutli-compatible cable connections with the connector OneLink notebook PC of the brand. It includes several USB ports, Ethernet connectors, audio, DisplayPort, DVI as well as a power outlet. This OneLink Dock Pro is available now at $ 179.

CES 2013 Lenovo Horizon, the PC to the virtual game table

On the occasion of the exhibition in Las Vegas, Lenovo introduces a concept of table - PC Touch screen 27 inch, called Horizon.

One of the first announcements at CES 2013, the Chinese manufacturer Lenovo for an original product: Table - PC IdeaCentre Horizon. Scheduled for the end of the year, This desktop PC "all-in-one" under Windows 8, equipped with a 27-inch touch screen, can be completely coated to be used by the whole family as a giant tablet. In this position, the proprietary "Lenovo Aura" is active. It serves as a portal for all multi-touch applications preinstalled fun. Monopoly, played with dice provided electronically, Stagelight (music) or Raiding Company (shooter), which is used with four levers supplied with the Horizon can deploy their full potential. 

In order to download more apps yet, you will also have access to the Windows Store for Windows 8, and also, the Lenovo App Shop. Based on the Intel AppUp application store, it contains more than 5000 entertainment applications. Technical side, Lenovo does not really give information on the game selected components. Only an Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce some are discussed. Several services and accessories should also be available as an option with Multimode Table, support under fome foot mounted on wheels, able to accommodate the Horizon. No price announced yet.

Smartphones In 2013, It Will Move ... Behind Samsung And Apple

After several years of growth insane, the smartphone market will take a new direction in 2013 with growth this time driven by emerging markets and price segments below.

The growth of the smartphone market for several years is impressive and has been generated from established markets and for top models and in the middle range. But the volumes have become such that these markets are approaching saturation. It was therefore logical to emerging markets, which are in the process of deploying mobile broadband networks and show applicants for this class of devices that relay growth will play in 2013.

And is now on smartphones midrange and entry level that will be played on larger volumes, estimates research firm Digitimes Research. This will lead to developments in the ranking of smartphone manufacturers. In mind, Samsung and Apple continue to dominate the market and take advantage of their strong position in established markets. However, behind this is Sony, which benefits from the failure of Nokia and RIM, as well as Huawei and ZTE, which occupy the following positions in the Top 5 in the world, by bringing fermerment Chinese manufacturers atop the leaderboard after the regular incursions. These three manufacturers have very similar volumes, while in sixth position, another Chinese manufacturer Lenovo Group will be positioned in ambush. Inevitably, these movements pushing number of players currently placed on these positions later in the world rankings.

Digitimes Research forecasts and HTC, which is struggling to revive their strong growth in 2009-2010, will be found to seventh in the world in 2013, followed by LG Electronics in eighth place, then Nokia and RIM finally the tenth largest in the world. Next year, more than half of mobile phones sold during the year should belong to the category of smartphones.
Ranking manufacturers of smartphones in 2013 estimated by Digitimes Research:


1. Samsung
2. Apple
3. Sony
4. Huawei
5. ZTE
6. Lenovo
7. HTC
8. LG Electronics
9. Nokia
10.RIM

Lenovo commercializes the IdeaPad Y580 15.6-Inch Laptop

Lenovo IdeaPad Y580  15.6-Inch Laptop

Lenovo commercializes a laptop fairly well equipped for multimedia use, or even playful, with a nice little graphics chip and a 2.1 sound system JBL signed. IdeaPad Y580, a 15.6-inch laptop versatile Windows 8, Good little chip and Nvidia graphics JBL 2.1 audio system: the Lenovo laptop is pretty well equipped for multimedia.

The IdeaPad Y580 is part of the new range of Lenovo machines running Windows 8. This laptop equipped with a 15.6-inch screen size (39.6 cm diagonal), non-touch design and features a fairly standard format (38.5 x 25.5 x 3.6 cm for 2 , 8 kg). Note, however, particular attention focused on the keyboard, which enjoys a red backlight. It changes a little white backlit keyboards, but it will be to test the machine to say that this color is less tiring for the eyes at night ...

With or without Blu-ray

The IdeaPad Y580 is available in two versions, almost identical. Both are equipped with a powerful processor (Intel Core i7-3610QM) quad-core (2.3 GHz). RAM (6 GB) and storage capacity (1TB) should not be lacking. If both Y580 exploiting a Full HD panel, only the model sold at $ 999 features a Blu-ray player. For $ 899.99, you get the other version, which features a classic reader / DVD burner.

Some player on the edges

Management of the graphic display is provided by a Nvidia GeForce GTX 660M (2GB of video memory). A good little card that should allow mobile content players undemanding. They should also have good sound quality, thanks to a 2.1 audio system JBL signed. Next test will tell if is the case. Add an HDMI video output allows, in addition, show the picture on a TV. Finally, the connection is composed of two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 standard and a memory card reader. An HD webcam is also present. Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 is the already available on many sites selling online.

Technical Details

Brand Name                                                  Lenovo
Series                                                           Y580
Item model number                                     59345715
Hardware Platform                                       PC
Operating System                                        Windows 8
Item Weight:                                                  6 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H                         15.20 x 10 x 1.40 inches
Color                                                              Dawn Grey
Processor Brand                                          Intel
Processor Count                                          2
Computer Memory Type                               DIMM
Hard Drive Interface                                    Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed                      5400 RPM
Optical Drive Type                                        DVDRW
Batteries                                                       1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
Screen Size                                                  15.6 inches
Max Screen Resolution                               1366 x 768 pixels
Processor                                                      2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
RAM                                                                6 GB DIMM
Hard Drive                                                     750.0 GB SATA
Graphics Coprocessor                                 NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M
Graphics Card Ram Size                              2 MB
Wireless Type                                                802.11bgn
Number of USB 2.0 Ports                              2
Number of USB 3.0 Ports                              2
Average Battery Life (in hours)                   6 hours

Lenovo gets busy, announces no less than nine notebooks

You’d think that with CES so close Lenovo would have held on to these a bit longer, but it seems they couldn’t contain themselves any longer so they just went ahead and announced nine, yes, nine notebooks all at once.

The first one is a rather interesting hybrid notebook called the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid. The beauty of this machine is that along with Windows as the main operating system it also comes with Android that powers the notebook’s ‘instant on’ mode. The Android installation on the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid is a highly customized version of the OS and although you cannot run Android apps on it you can browse the web, play videos and music, read your mail and add widgets to the three homescreens.

The Android OS is powered by a separate dual-core Qualcomm processor installed on the motherboard. Due to the combination of the lightweight OS and a low-power processor (compared to Windows and the Intel CPU) battery life is substantially improved over the regular full-blown Windows mode.

The ThinkPad X1 Hybrid is otherwise identical to the ThinkPad X1 launched earlier, with the same 13-inch, 1366 x 768 display, Core i3, i5 and i7 processors with Intel graphics and a slice battery for extra five hours of battery life. The ThinkPad X1 Hybrid will be available in Q2 starting at $1,599.

The next one is an Ultrabook. After the sexy IdeaPad U300s, Lenovo’s next Ultrabook is a more serious-looking ThinkPad T430u. It has a 14-inch, 1366 x 768 resolution display, 1TB hard drive and for the first time on an Ultrabook, discrete Nvidia graphics. The ThinkPad T430u has a battery life of a claimed six hours. It will arrive in Q3 and cost $849.

Next up are a bunch of Average Joe notebooks. First is the Edge S430, which has a 14-inch display, 0.8-inch thickness, Thunderbolt, Dolby Home Theater Sound, optional Nvidia Optimus graphics, and up to 1TB of storage space. The S430 will go on sale in June and will start from $749.

After that comes the E-series notebooks, which includes the 14-inch Edge E430 and the 15-inch Edge E530. You can configure these with Intel Core or AMD Fusion processors, discrete graphics and 1TB of storage space. They will be available in red and cobalt blue with go on sale in April. These are the only two out of the nine models here that will ship worldwide whereas the others will ship in select markets only.

Going lower down the price ladder we have the smaller 11-inch Edge E130 and the 13-inch Edge E330. These start at $549 and will be available in April along with the bigger models.

Lastly we have the low-end B480 and B580 notebooks, that start at $399 and come with a choice of Intel Core or AMD Fusion processors, USB 3.0 and 1TB storage space on the higher end variant. These too will be available in April.

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