New Range Of Laptops by Lenovo

Lenovo has introduced a new range of notebook PCs with five choices of screen size and a diverse palette of color, style and design. The range is loaded with features including expanded facial recognition for simple and convenient log-in, gesture recognition for ease of use, one-key rescue system to recover data with just one touch and High-definition entertainment features.

Amar Babu, Managing Director, Lenovo India announced on the occasion, "Having received an overwhelming response to our consumer PC range, we are investing further in the Indian market with the launch of this impressive new product range. The consumer PC segment is one-third of the total PC market in India and is growing at a very fast pace. We are riding this wave and we believe this new range offers the best mix of great looking products with great features to consumers."

Lenovo's new product range comprises of the U330, a premium, high-end, ultra-thin and ultra-light laptop; the Y330 a mainstream notebook aimed at high-definition entertainment and the S9 and S10 which are compact, fashionable Netbooks designed for everyday computing. This is rounded up by two other laptops namely the G230 and the G430 which are aimed at the budget market. Each of these laptops come equipped with features such as One-key rescue, Bright Vision, Dolby, Veriface, frameless screen and all the engineering of Lenovo.

The U330 comes with a deep blue glossy cover, 13 x 0.9 inch dimensions and weighs 1.95 kgs. The U330 is equipped with the latest version of VeriFace facial recognition technology, Dolby Home Theatre and touch-sensitive multimedia controls. The notebook comes equipped with HDMI with DDR III, ultra slim LED backlit display panel and a built-in DVD burner.

It also includes switchable graphics to enable the user to run energy-efficient integrated graphics while on battery power and switch to high-definition discrete graphics for more powerful performance when “plugged in.” For security it comes with Lenovo’s Active Protection System (APS), a feature pioneered on ThinkPad notebooks, which helps protect the data on the hard drive if the notebook should fall. If theoperating system should crash, users can recover their data at the touch of a button with the One-Key Rescue System. The U330 starts at Rs. 63,990. 

Lenovo Offers Olympic Branded USB Range

Lenovo, in its capacity as an official sponsor of the Olympic Games has released a couple of limited edition USB drives. These drives have been released under the Mascot series and are priced at $29 for 4 GB. In all, six drives have been released with their front side printed with a Fuwa image. Apart from this, the company is offering a 1 GB titanium limited edition drive that comes with a swiveling USB plug in a special mahogany box.



Considering the amount, the company has probably already had to spend, it may be brave enough to venture a guess that we just might see an Olympic branded laptop sooner or later.Source

Lenovo Unveils IdeaPad U110

Lenovo has announced the availability of the IdeaPad U110 consumer notebook PC in red and black on their website.

The notebook has a frameless screen, weighs less than 2.5 pounds and is 11 inches wide. It is equipped with VeriFace Face Recognition, so users can quickly and easily log-in without having to remember passwords. The U110 features a 120 GB hard drive, up to 3 GB of memory, Intel Centrino processing technology, a built-in camera, WLAN, Ethernet and Bluetooth (select models) connectivity, an external DVD burner and the Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. The laptop comes with an additional battery for up to eight hours of battery life in total.
The U110 is equipped with Dolby Home Theatre and the MultiMedia Control Center with regard to multimedia and carries an MSRP of Rs. 98,000.Source

Lenovo Ideapad Y710 to be Launched Soon

Designed for the entertainment enthusiast, the 17-inch IdeaPad Y710 notebook will be available in India by the end of this month.The notebook features a smooth blue metallic finish and halo lighting. An optional hot-swap secondary hard drive provides up to 500 GB of storage for games, movies and photos.

For the ultimate gaming experience, Lenovo offers models including Game Zone. These notebooks have oversized directional buttons and others that can be customized for easier control in the fast environment of gaming. Game Zone also includes a secondary display showing information like CPU speed. Users can power the notebook up to Turbo Mode for maximum power and drop down to a Quiet Mode to save energy. This performance notebook comes with extreme processing technology, hybrid graphics, WLAN connectivity, a DVD burner and an optional Blu-Ray DVD player.The Y710 Ideapad will be available for Rs. 78,000.Source

Lenovo Engineers 'Idea' NBs, Desktops

While Lenovo's 'Think' is essentially an enterprise-oriented brand, the company has today truly forayed into the consumer segment with its 'Idea' brand of laptops and desktops. 'Idea' was first showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Las Vegas in January this year. According to Lenovo, its 'IdeaPad' notebooks and 'IdeaCentre' desktops complement its ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops. The new laptops and desktops supposedly make a bold design statement with frameless screens, touch-sensitive control surfaces, and unique textures. They marry cutting-edge technologies and Lenovo staples like face recognition and Dolby Home Theater surrround sound with dedicated gaming controls. Speaking at the launch, Liu Jun, senior vice president and president (Consumer Business Group) of Lenovo, said, "We're bringing Lenovo's expertise in design and engineering to consumers with our Idea-branded PCs. Lenovo designed its Idea-branded PCs for the way people live, work, and play with cutting-edge features." As of now, Lenovo has launched its IdeaPad Y510 notebook and IdeaCentre K200 desktop in the country. With the 'IdeaPad Y510', Lenovo has attempted to break from tradition in giving the notebook a progressively-styled light-weave texture for a classy textured black look. The 'IdeaPad Y510' is a 15.4-inches wide-screen notebook featuring: Dolby 4.1 Home Theater speaker system, touch-sensitive pad to control multimedia features, in-built TV tuner card for instant television connectivity, Veriface face-recognition software for a secure way to log on to the PC, one-key recovery to restore factory settings, keyboard inspired by the ThinkPad design, and extended battery management. The 'Y510' comes with Intel Centrino processor technology, integrated graphics, WLAN connectivity, five speakers including a sub-woofer, integrated camera, battery life indicator, and DVD-RW optical drive. The other India launch, the 'IdeaCentre K200' desktop features Lenovo Bright Vision for eyesight protection, anti-bacterial keyboard, card reader support, and Lenovo Vantage technology with one-key recovery, one-key anti-virus, and file management -- among others. More 'Think' models will be launched next month. These include: the 'IdeaPad Y710' notebook for gaming enthusiasts that features a 17-inches wide-screen, Game Zone with enlarged directional buttons and four user-customizable buttons for enhanced game play, Halo Lighting wherein the notebook can be set to emit a different color light from the side bezel and the logo in front, secondary display showing system information such as CPU speed, performance control switch with Turbo mode for maximum power and quiet mode for energy savings, and hot-swap with two hard drives for easy storage and transfer of data. The notebook has a smooth metallic Blue finish, and is equipped with Intel Centrino processor technology, ATI graphics, WLAN connectivity, and five speakers including a sub-woofer. Also launching next month is the 'IdeaPad U110' ultra-portable notebook that features an 11.1-inches back-lit LED display, extensive computing time with additional battery, and Active Protection System which is an air-bag like device that parks the hard drive to help protect data during a fall. The 'U110' has a textured design embedded in a red aluminium alloy top cover. Yet another April launch will be the 'IdeaCentre Q200' desktop, positioned as a living room digital performance PC with a 'new form'. The 'Q200' will sport a slim design based on a harmony of straight lines and pure colors underlying the visible world, drawing inspiration from artist Piet Mondrian. The desktop will incorporate Lenovo vantage technology with one-key recovery, one-key anti-virus, file management, and Lenovo Bright vision for eyesight protection.
While the 'IdeaPad Y510' NB and 'IdeaCentre K200' desktop are currently available at all Lenovo authorized storefronts; the 'IdeaPad Y710', 'IdeaPad U110', and 'IdeaCentre Q200' will be available next month onwards. Pricing for the IdeaPad range starts at Rs 42,000 while that for the IdeaCentre range starts at Rs 23,050.Source

A Competitor for Macbook Air

Apple's much-hyped "MacBook Air" may finally have found its competitor in Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 -- at least that's what analysts are saying.
Like the MacBook Air, the ThinkPad X300 boasts an ultra-thin frame though it weighs in at around 3.12 pounds, which is heavier than the very light-weight MacBook Air.
Both the Air and the ThinkPad X300 sport a 13.3-inches wide-screen and a full keyboard.
But the Air lacks: an optical drive, a network port, extra USB ports (it has only one), and removable battery. By contrast, the ThinkPad X300 is a typical road warrior -- what with a built-in DVD drive, three USB ports, and a removable battery.
MacBook Air users cannot upgrade memory on the device, and there's no integrated support for EV-DO or HSDPA. By comparison, the ThinkPad X300 comes with an Ethernet networking jack, and can be customized with a cell-phone modem or GPS.
There's yet another advantage for ThinkPad X300 users; they have the option to choose between either Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Meanwhile, Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 comes with a 64GB SSD (Solid State Drive) only, which might be the reason for the ramped up price; somewhere between $2,500 and $2,800. By comparison, Apple's MacBook Air, when equipped with a 80GB hard disk drive (HDD), carries a lower price tag, i.e. $1,800.
However, add to the MacBook Air a 64GB SSD, and it comes for not less than $3,000, which is higher than the price of the ThinkPad X300.
While the ThinkPad X300 has almost all the features required to beat the hell out of Apple's MacBook Air; there's one drawback -- its processor speed. The notebook includes a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor. Whereas, the MacBook Air incorporates 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo processors.
All said, the X300's 12W processor is believed to be more power-efficient than the Air's 20W processors, in turn leading to greater battery life.
Citing from a Business Week report, the development of the ThinkPad X300 has taken nearly 20 months from the original concept to production. The mandate for the notebook is not so much to be a revenue spinner for Lenovo as it is to be a "halo" product for the company, somewhat like a MacBook Air is for Apple Computer.
In a statement, Lenovo Chairman, Yang Yuanqing said that they want to send out the message that if there's any company in the industry that can continuously develop the most inventive and best-quality products with efficiency, it has to be Lenovo. Besides, they also want to send firepower against arch rivals, HP and Dell. Of which, Dell is believed to feel not at all threatened by Lenovo, not at least in the US market.
There's no word yet on availability and pricing of this notebook. Info Courtesy: Techtree