Asus aren’t the only ones who get to have transforming tablet fun. Lenovo just joined the party with their 10.1-inch, Ice Cream Sandwich-equipped IdeaPad S2, complete with all the versatility, speed and power you could ask for from a tablet, and then some.
The IdeaPad S2 runs on Qualcomm’s 1.5GHz dual-core Krait chipset, has 1GB of RAM, and up to 64GB of storage. When standing alone as a tablet, it weighs only half a kilo and is only 8.7mm thick. When you dock the tablet, it gains an extra 10 hours of battery life (on top of the 10 hours it already has), two USB ports and a card reader. And judging from the image, it’s pretty easy on the eyes. Granted, this is a render, so the actual thing could come out looking a bit less striking, but hopefully that’s not the case.
The IdeaPad S2 is being billed as a China exclusive for now, Lenovo says they’ll announce worldwide release plans at a later date. [Lenovo]
Drew
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:50 AMThis will be sweet as if I can transfer from a USB card reader to a USB HDD using the dock.
Can travel with just the tablet and dock instead of a tablet and laptop.
Rocco
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:15 PMThe ASUS Transformer Prime is capable of doing this!
vin
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 1:59 PMi’m glad to see other brand’s picking up the dock idea… a tablet/laptop hybrid is such a winning combination (especially with windows 8 due anytime…)
hmmm…deal core though…
George
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 2:24 PMGreat accept its Android, I want a window7-8 pc in this form factor.
Tablet when I want it, Notebook when I want, not separate devices, not a desk top dock for a table. I already have Iphone and Ipad, do not want a third operating system. Th ASUS Transformer or this S2 as a windows device please (please in clude, GPS, Accelerometer, digital compass and digital gyroscope
Simon
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 3:50 PMSo what you want is the Acer Iconia W500. Windows 7 tablet with keyboard dock. http://www.mobicity.com.au/acer-iconia-w500.html
If I was you though I’d wait for Windows 8 later this year and something with better design
light487
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 3:08 PMI guess the next step will be Windows 8 and SSDs.. I think these things, in general, are a better idea than the Ultrabooks.. but that’s just me… just need to get it to a better implementation.
George
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM“Simon
January 9, 2012 at 3:50 PMSo what you want is the Acer Iconia W500. Windows 7 tablet with keyboard dock. http://www.mobicity.com.au/acer-iconia-w500.html
If I was you though I’d wait for Windows 8 later this year and something with better design
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No Ive seen these and do not like them, it also happens to be ACER
I can wait