Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Next Big Thing in Tablet PCs

I started off this morning searching the internet for Headlines, screamers or upcoming "game changers" in the mobile technology and did come across this info. I hope you find it exciting as i did.

China's Lenovo unveils 'game-changing' tablet in LA

Los Angeles (AFP) - Chinese computer maker Lenovo presented a new tablet device including a hinge-cum-handle allowing it to tilt and stand, a feature it billed as a "game-changing" innovation.

Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher unveiled the Yoga Tablet at a Los Angeles event which had been shrouded in mystery, with teaser videos and social media hints tagged better way.

The device, which has 18 hours on a single battery charge and goes on sale Wednesday, has three modes: hold, tilt and stand. A cylindrical hinge on one side can either be held, or opened to produce a stand, similar to the kick-stand on Microsoft's Surface tablet.

"Watching and discovering that people frequently use tablets in three main ways allowed us to break the mold on the current 'sea of sameness' designs," said Lenovo senior vice president Liu Jun, calling it "game-changing."

Teaser videos ahead of the event had included some suggesting that it could somehow be attached to furniture or household appliances. But the product appeared less radical.

"For me this is a risk," Kutcher said in a live streamed event from Los Angeles, praising Lenovo for realizing that "the risk is to be taken now because this is happening in the world now.

"They understand that they have to take risks and lead," added the "Two and a Half Men" actor, who is known as a tech investor, and who donned a "Lenovo product engineer" badge for the presentation.

The device comes in 8 and 10 inch models, priced .........................