Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Lenovo Targets the Mini Notebook Market with New Product

Lenovo has recently unveiled a low-cost mini-notebook, becoming the latest big vendor to enter the market for so-called netbooks. The new laptop, the IdeaPad S10, will ship in October in time for the Christmas season.

The new notebook features a small footprint with a 10.2 inch LCD screen. The dimensions of the notebooks are 9.8 x 7.2 inches. Weight is 2.4 pounds with the lightest configuration. The notebook is also super-slim, claims Lenovo, measuring in at approximately 1 inch thin. The device features a slightly shrunk keyboard that is 85 percent of the size of a standard full-function PC keyboard.

Liu Jun, senior vice president of consumer business group at Lenovo said, " As rapidly as the technology changes, today’s consumers are looking for mobile products that feature the best of basic computing functions in an extremely compact and affordable form, and Lenovo designed the IdeaPad netbooks for that purpose."

The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 includes Wi-Fi and also has an ExpressCard slot so users can enable the netbook for optional high-speed mobile broadband connectivity. To optimize the social networking experience, the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 comes with tools such as a built-in web camera for video messaging, two USB ports and a 4-in-1 multicard reader. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook runs Microsoft Windows XP.

Lenovo is offering two configurations. The base model comes with 512 MB of memory and an 80 GB hard drive. The second has 1 GB of memory and a 160 GB hard drive. Pricing starts at USD 399.