14 DAY TRIAL // That Lenovo has been working on a tablet is common knowledge by now, but those that have been asking themselves how much longer they need wait for sales to start need wonder no longer, as the fated event has arrived.
Lenovo is just one of the many companies that jumped on the tablet roller coaster when it was made obvious that such devices were here to stay and grow.
Its ThinkPad tablet, for this is what it is called, was revealed quite a while ago, the same way many an IT product was unveiled weeks or months, sometimes even years, ahead of launch.
It is now the company's joy to announce that prospective buyers need no longer wait for the ThinkPad tablet to start shipping, not for long anyway, as orders can be set.
In fact, not just one or two, but three distinct versions of the tablet have been listed on the official website, the distinction between them being done by the amount of storage space.
In order to appeal to those more budget-conscious, Lenovo has prepared a slate with 16 GB of NAND Flash, priced at $499.
This is, more or less, the same level as the iPad and most other rival devices, though the 32 GB version takes things to $569. As for the 64 GB-equipped tablet, the price is of nearly $700 ($699).
All three are based around the NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC (system-on-chip), powered by the ARM architecture and featuring Full HD multimedia support, among other things. It is backed by 1 GB of DDR2 RAM (random access memory).
Additionally, the 10.1-inch display has a native resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels and support for multi-touch input.
Users that want to take a closer look, and perhaps even order one of the trio, need only drop by this particular web page. The only downside is that orders will only ship starting August 29.