14 DAY TRIAL // When you think about Lenovo’s tablet/laptop business you must surely be conjuring in your head images of the Yoga line, which covers both the Android and Windows segments.
The Yogas are basically the products driving sales in this category, and according to new uncovered information, it seems that Lenovo is getting ready to push out a new 10-inch model that arrives with a Bluetooth keyboard.
The device was spotted making an appearance at the FCC in a Bluetooth keyboard listing that didn't reveal too much (as seen at Liliputing). For starters, we’re not sure whether the new Yoga is based on Android or Windows, but we can try to make a logical deduction based on the bits and pieces we have.
Lenovo uses the Yoga moniker to describe two families of products. There is the Windows notebook line, which features a 360-degree hinge system, allowing users to push back the screen of the device ,and then there’s the line of Android tablets, which come with an innovative kickstand/handle system.
Form the Windows garden, the Yoga 2 is the most popular product so far, coming with either Haswell or Bay Trail processor, but who knows – maybe Lenovo wants to push out an Android counterpart too.
However, considering that the filing lists a Bluetooth keyboard, this scenario becomes less likely. Why would a device coming with an incorporated keyboard need the services of an additional one? Unless Lenovo is looking to try something that has never been done before.
As for the company’s Android Yoga lineup, they are being offered in two versions, with 8-inch and 10-inch displays, so it is again strange that the company would want to offer another 10-incher, unless its specs are all bumped up.
The current Yogas arrive with either MediaTek or Qualcomm chips, HD or full HD display, 1GB of RAM, and come with a built-in kickstand of sorts that aids them to sit up by themselves.
One of the major advantages of these slates is the massive battery they manage to bring to the table, as the Yogas have been known to last up to 18 hours.
Lenovo might look to provide a new version of the Android Yoga tablet with a new processor inside, one of the Intel variety in all probability.
On the other hand, the tablet could turn out to be something new in terms of design. A few months ago, a new multi-mode Lenovo tablet was discovered on design website red-dote 21, showing us a slate that featured an atypical black plate that could be folded in such a way as to sustain the tablet in the upright position.
We’ll keep you updated as soon as more info becomes available to us.