Lenovo officially intros the ThinkPad and IdeaPad K1 Android Honeycomb tablets

Posted by newbie Thursday, July 21, 2011 0 comments

Lenovo has officially announced the launch of three new tablets, two running Android 3.1 Honeycomb (Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet and Lenovo IdeaPad K1), and one running Windows 7 (IdeaPad Tablet P1, which isn't of interest to us).

The two Android tablets will be available in the US, the UK, and Germany � and most likely in other markets, too, but these are the only ones that Lenovo mentioned for now.

In the US, the Lenovo tablets will be �the first Honeycomb tablets certified for Netflix�. The IdeaPad Tablet K1 (pictured below) can be ordered as of today at some locations, including Lenovo's official website. Its features include a 10.1 inch WXGA (1280 x 800) display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, mini HDMI, dual-core Nvidia Tegra processor, 32GB of internal memory, and integrated cloud storage (2GB free).

The Lenovo ThinkPad tablet, which �combines the superior media and entertainment experience of the IdeaPad Tablet K1 with the security, reliability and manageability features ThinkPad is known for�, will be released in the US in August 2. Prices for the ThinkPad Tablet will start at $479 (16GB, without digitizer pen � which will cost an extra $30). A 3G version should be release later this year. More info here.

The IdeaPad Tablet K1 will arrive in Europe in August (for �399 or more), while the ThinkPad Tablet should be released here in September (for �459 or more).
source: Unwired View