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title: Lenovo Ideapad U1 – fantastic 2
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wordpress_url: http://blog.10ninox.com/2010/01/09/lenovo-ideapad-u1-fantastic-2/
date: '2010-01-09 19:36:04 +0700'
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<p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="LenovoIdeaPadU1Hybrid21_thumb" src="http://blog.10ninox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/LenovoIdeaPadU1Hybrid21_thumb-150x150.jpg" border="0" alt="LenovoIdeaPadU1Hybrid21_thumb" width="150" height="150" align="right" />It’s good to see new idea implemented. Now it’s Lenovo’s turn. The idea of having tablet and the base is not that new since <a href="http://blog.10ninox.com/2009/03/02/touch-book-nice-little-affordable-slate-tablet-pc/">always innovating introduced a while ago</a> although they don’t do mass production as of yet [or can’t build enough.] However, Lenovo came up with a similar idea, but it seems to be much more practical. Instead of having 1 machine which can be separated into 2 pieces, they decided to have 2 separated machines that can be merged into 1 device. Really interesting!</p>
<p>A tablet part is running by 1GHz ARM processor, 16GB SSD, Wifi-n, 3G, resistive touch, webcam, and battery. It’s powered by Lenovo-customized version of Linux. A base part is another machine running by Core 2 processor, standard HDD, memory, HDMI, Wifi-n [another NIC for base!!], and battery which is operated by Windows 7. You might wonder if they can really run as 2 devices; They can! according to <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/lenovo-ideapad-u1-hybrid-hands-on-who-needs-an-apple-tablet">laptopmag.com</a>. You can use your TV or monitor plug to HDMI for the base while playing with the tablet part somewhere else.</p>
<p>How do they work? There is some sort of synchronizing program when 2 parts are joined. You will not lose anything when running on each device. For example, you are browsing Google Reader on tablet part. When you merge it to the base, that page will show in Windows 7 too. Well, I’m looking forward to it!</p>
<p>Lenovo blog says it is believed to cost $999 as starting price point and will be available in April, 2010. Not too shabby.</p>
<p><em>More information</em>:<br />
Hand-on video @ <a title="http://blog.laptopmag.com/lenovo-ideapad-u1-hybrid-hands-on-who-needs-an-apple-tablet" href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/lenovo-ideapad-u1-hybrid-hands-on-who-needs-an-apple-tablet" target="_1">laptopmag.com</a><br />
A lot of pictures @ <a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news-gallery/30522/lenovo-slate-laptop-internet-tablet/1#image" target="_2">pocket-lint.com</a><br />
Inside info @ <a href="http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=366" target="_3">Lenovo blog</a></p>