Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S review: first look

Friday, January 11th, 2013

There are a lot of them at CES 2013, but is this the Windows 8 convertible Ultrabook you’ve been waiting for? Built using the same innovative design as the Yoga 13, the IdeaPad Yoga 11S’s screen flips around a 180-degree axis, allowing you to use it as a full-powered laptop when you want it and then move to tablet mode in a single, slick movement.

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Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 not-review: hands off

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Lenovo was showing off six new Android phones at CES 2013, but the most enticing of them all is the IdeaPhone K900. So enticing that it was protected from prying fingers by a screwed-down glass cabinet.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Helix review: first look

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Manufacturers the world over are trying to solve the problem of how to build the perfect convertible Ultrabook, and Lenovo believes it has the answer with the ThinkPad Helix. I spent some time with a pre-production model at CES 2013, and in the main I’m impressed.

While I’ll come to its foibles later, let’s first take a look at the number of problems it solves.

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC review: first look and videos

Monday, January 7th, 2013

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC (and yes, we do mean Table PC rather than tablet PC) is yet another innovative product to come out of Lenovo’s Labs – and who knows, perhaps this really is a device of the future.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 review: first look

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

If Windows 8 tablets are going to take off, it’s designs like the IdeaPad Yoga 11 that are going to make the difference. It’s slim, has stunning battery life, and it’s stupidly easy to move between tablet and laptop positions.

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Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx review: first look

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

With two days to go until the Windows 8 launch, we’ve enjoyed an hour or two with all Lenovo’s new devices: and the IdeaTab Lynx promises “the ultimate flexibility between work and play”. So can it deliver?

The design is fundamentally similar to the Asus Transformer Prime, with all the intelligence packed into the tablet but an optional keyboard base for when you need to get some work done.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 review: first look

Friday, August 31st, 2012

In the race to create the ultimate Windows 8 convertible, IFA 2012 has witnessed a whole spectrum of cutting-edge tablet designs. Now, Lenovo’s stepped up to the mark with its IdeaPad Yoga 13, an ingeniously designed 13in Ultrabook that’s capable of contorting itself from a slim-and-light laptop into a giant-sized tablet.

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Forget innovation: why Lenovo leads the way for sheer fun at CES 2012

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The most fun I’ve had in Las Vegas? Spending ten minutes with the Lenovo IdeaCentre A720. Sounds crazy but it’s also 100% true.

I played the piano, lost a strange game involving multiplying insects (don’t ask) and then showed my considerable skill at losing by being heavily defeated at an excellent multiplayer game in the mould of Guitar Hero. Who needs dancing girls, cocktails or casinos?

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Lenovo Smart Phone K800 with Intel inside: first-look review

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

I’ll get one thing out of the way immediately: this is a blisteringly fast phone. Using it reminded me of moving from Windows Vista to Windows 7: everything just snaps into place, with no judder and no hesitation.

You might ask, “so what?” And that’s a fair argument. I’ve never heard an iPhone 4 owner moan about the speed of the interface, or anyone who’s bought a recent Android phone for that matter.

But there is something psychologically satisfying about using a phone that jumps in response to commands; going back to my usual phone afterwards, things seemed to be in slow motion.

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Extreme Ultrabooking at CES

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

In a city where a woman stood on a street corner dressed as Catwoman didn’t even bat the eyelids of passers-by, it can be pretty hard to grab people’s attention. But Lenovo achieved that feat at CES today, by sending out someone to test drive its new Ultrabook – on the roof of a stretch Hummer.

You might think driving around with a man sat using a laptop on the roof of the car would attract the attention of the local constabulary, and you’d be right…

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