This is Lenovo’s first venture into a very exciting market, the smartbook market, yes we need a category! But just to recap, a smartbook is a device that combines specs of a smartphone with that of a netbook.
So this is the Lenovo Skylight, it is an ARM powered device, which makes it a smartphone, but it is comes in clam style casing and has features that you would expect to find in a netbook. It is an interesting concept, but will it catch on? At around $500 maybe not, but as part of a package then maybe.
Specs – 1GHz processor, a 10.1-inch display (1,280 x 720), a customized version of Linux, 20GB (total) of flash storage, 2GB of cloud storage, an 8GB miniSD card, twin USB ports, 1.3 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, a battery capable of humming along for ten hours on a full charge, similar to the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid on the software front, comes in a clamshell design, weighs under two pounds, integrated AT&T WWAN module, 18 preloaded web gadgets like portals to Amazon MP3, Facebook, Gmail and YouTube and pricing is set at around $499.
Source [Engadget]
when can we buy, in the UK ?