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Reviews
Computer Shopper - ThinkVision L220x Review - 8.0 out of 10 "But what users will appreciate is its flexible stand. The sturdy base allows the user to easily tilt and swivel, and the hydraulics make height adjustment a smooth process. The stand also lets you pivot the monitor between landscape and portrait modes. This feature has a few benefits: It allows you to easily attach and detach cables along the bottom edge of the display, and it offers a view that lets you easily see documents, Web pages, and anything that's suited for portrait viewing. After you've installed the necessary software, the onscreen image automatically rotates when you pivot the screen."
Notebookreview.com - Lenovo ThinkVision L220x LCD Review "The Lenovo ThinkVision WUXGA L220x display offers an amazing resolution not seen with any other monitors of this size, as well as great image quality that you would expect from a high-end display. For business users who might find their laptop pulling double duty in the office or on the road, this display would be a great addition to their desk."
District Administrations' Royal Treatment Blog - ThinkPad X61 Tablet & ThinkVision L220x
"It's a lot of machine in a small package and much quicker than others I've reviewed. The Ultabase (docking base) had the same footprint as the laptop, making it perfect for a small desk. Both products were very sturdy in construction - something Lenovo has certainly carried over from the IBM days. Administrators and teachers may be interested in the X61, but,in my opinion, the price is a bit high for typical student use."
"I was impressed with that the L220x screen could easily be adjusted into many viewing positions. I could really see the L220 flat panel useful in art rooms, on administrative desktops, and for instructional technology specialists (ITS) in computer labs. I know that the L220x would have saved me a whole lot of eye strain when I was doing demonstrations on a 15″ screen in my ITS teaching days!"
Top Ultraportable Laptops - Lenovo V200 #5 & Top Mainstream Laptops - ThinkPad T61p #3
"The well-appointed Lenovo 3000 V200 offers the latest components for a competitive price, making it a smart choice for small businesses in need of a portable but feature-packed laptop."
Product Review: Lenovo ThinkVision L220x LCD Monitor - Highly Recommended: 93/100
"The Lenovo L220x is a really a very good monitor with an excellent stand for a very versatile monitor for many situations. I highly recommend the Lenovo L220x monitor for a great computer monitor."
Geek.com's Best of CES 2008 - Lenovo IdeaPad Runner Up for Best of Portable Computing
"Best of Portable Computing- Everex Cloudbook, Runners up: Fujitsu Lifebook P8010, Lenovo MID, Lenovo U110, Noahpad"
SSDs, The Death Knell of Hard Drives? - Lenovo IdeaPad U110, Y510 & Y710
"The yet-to-be-released little U110 is clearly the most interesting of the three IdeaPads because of its size, stylish design and optional use of an SSD memory."
CES 2008: Slick, New Laptops - Lenovo IdeaPad U110 & Y710
IdeaPad U110 - "Lenovo's beautiful red U110-- with a tendril-style graphic on the outside lid and the on the touch sensitive controls above the keyboard -- is a lightweight (2.3 pounds), compact laptops with a Webcam built into the 11.1 inch screen."
IdeaPad Y710 - "Lenovo's IdeaPad Y710 breaks the company out of its traditional ThinkPad business market and into the consumer space."
Lenovo and IBM Announce Server Licensing Agreement
What was announced?
IBM has signed a licensing deal enabling Lenovo to manufacture and sell a select set of IBM x86 servers. This will be Lenovo's initial foray into the worldwide server market outside of China - particularly targeting SMBs. The news was announced worldwide today (January 24 in the US). To be clear - we are not buying a piece of IBM's server business with this deal - it is a licensing agreement. IBM's System x brand, including volume and high-end x86 systems, will continue to be a strategic area of focus to IBM's business.
IBM globally has started to brief suppliers, and the mutually agreed upon announcement date is meant to quash any rumors, and falls in between the earnings announcements of both companies. Product availability is not until 4Q 2008. As such, IBM has requested we do not issue a press release, as they do not want to confuse a "statement of direction" with an actual product announcement. However, we believe the story will get media attention with or without a press release, and your A/NZ customers will no doubt have questions - hence arming you with some additional information.
How it will work:
IBM is granting Lenovo a product manufacturing license for one & two-socket tower & rack servers. Lenovo will manufacture and distribute a select set of these products. Lenovo has contracted with IBM Global Technology Services to provide services (level 1) and maintenance as well as IBM Global Financing for financing for its Top Seller models. Lenovo's one- and two-socket systems will be differentiated by the following:
- Lenovo Logo
- Lenovo unique ID
- Manufactured by Lenovo, with a Lenovo-managed supply chain
- Lenovo-managed service and support
- Configuration/setup utility and systems management suite chosen by Lenovo
Computer Shopper editors pick their favorite products that they saw in Vegas
IdeaPad Wins Again! Computer Shopper Best of CES - U110
Erin Kandel, Associate Editor
Lenovo IdeaPad U110
While several notebook manufacturers turned out a number of announcements for CES 2008, not much of the news was truly groundbreaking. HP revved up a few existing Pavilions; Dell added a 15-inch system to its Inspiron line; Fujitsu upgraded to mobile Penryn CPUs; and Toshiba released yet another media-friendly Qosmio notebook. Ho hum.
Just when I thought I was going to leave Las Vegas without any real laptop excitement, I met with Lenovo about its new line of consumer-oriented notebooks. The company had announced three new IdeaPad systems a few days prior to the show (and had them on display at the media-only Digital Life showcase the night before CES opened), but I didn't get any hands-on time until our meeting at a private conference room at the Caesar's Palace hotel.
While there was plenty to like about the Lenovo's larger entertainment-oriented offerings, the Y510 and Y710, I was smitten with the smallest system, the 2.3-pound IdeaPad U110. Lenovo has some made some excellent ultraportables in the past (the Editors' Choice-worthy ThinkPad X61 comes to mind), but the U110 is the first to depart from the company's staid, button-down black cases with its eye-catching, fire-engine-red lid. I also loved its glossy keyboard and the textured floral design embossed into the notebook's aluminum-alloy surface.
The embossing stands out more than the Imprint finish on HP's Pavilion line, but it still maintains a subtle elegance that I think will appeal to both women or any user who wants a lightweight machine that not only works well, but also looks good doing it. More than all the classy Sony VAIOs and itty-bitty Asus ultraportables out there, this is the system that will turn the most heads when you take it on the road.
Since the IdeaPad U110 isn't scheduled to ship until April, the details on its internal components are still vague. (You can probably expect low-voltage Core 2 Duo processors, 667MHz RAM, and optional solid-state hard drives.) But we do know that the system will offer many of the media-focused features found in the larger IdeaPads, including an 11.1-inch "frameless" display, touch-sensitive media controls, Dolby Home Theatre sound, and a funky-looking orange button, called the Shuttle Key, which can be used on its own to control volume or in combination with the touch controls for additional functionality. All of this is packed into a tiny chassis that ranges from 0.7 inch to 0.9 inch thick.
With its stand-out design and loaded feature set, the IdeaPad U110 is a refreshing slice of ingenuity in what I would have otherwise considered a dull year for laptops at CES. Of course, we're not sure how this good-looking, well-equipped ultraportable will fare in terms of cost, but if you want the best-looking ultraportable on the block, price should be no object.
En-Genius - 2007's Product of the Year Winners - Best Green Design Practices in a High-Volume Consumer Product - ThinkCentre A61e
Best Example of Green Design Practices in a High-Volume Consumer Product: Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e Small Form-Factor Desktop PC
"Whether or not you'll forsake this compact, eco-friendly unit for a more watt-hungry, less-recyclable, but oh-so-sexier gamer PC, you should take note of the many green design features that the Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e packs because it provides a very clear look at the future of computers."
En-Genius Greenpower Zone - Green Computing Guide for 2008 - ThinkCentre A61e
"new ThinkCentre A61e systems combines excellent efficiency with a very affordable price."
Demand Generation Activities
Lenovo is continuing to drive demand to our business partners. Please see the following examples for our AUS & NZ Print Ad's which feature our Microsoft Office and AT&T Williams promotion.
AUS Publications: My Business, PC Authority, BRW, TIME Magazine, ARN & CRN
NZ Publications: PC World, ComputerWorld, NZ Reseller News
Lenovo ThinkVision monitors win iF awards for design
We have just been notified that 3 Lenovo products have been awarded the Industrie Forum Design Hanover Germany iF Good Design Award. Winners were chosen from among 2,771 entries submitted by 1002 entrants from 35 different countries. The prize winning products will be exhibited at the iF exhibition at CeBit and the Hanover trade fair. The exhibit opens March 4, 2008 and runs until August 2008, with an expected attendance of 300,000. During this period it is expected to be seen by over 300,000 international visitors. The products will also be published in the iF 2008 Design Yearbook.
Awarded Products and descriptions:
ThinkVision L220x
ThinkVision L220x is designed with a higher level of ergonomics & image quality in mind. Image quality is clearly at the forefront of the L220x's accolades - an industry first: WUXGA (1920×1200) resolution in a 22" panel that rotates between Landscape & Portrait mode, & includes a 4-port powered USB. To accommodate height, swivel, rotation, & tilt functions with a monitor so large & with multiple cables attached; a clever rubberized clip was devised to gather the cables into one assembly to gently loop through the base. This loop is critical in making this all work. All the cables neatly exit the stand through a hole in the snap off rear cover.
ThinkVision L190x
Designed for the growing number of customers who tile multiple monitors, the ThinkVision L190X's innovative form & attention to detail ensures a superior user experience. To emphasise the brilliant screen image, forms were refined for minimum visual intrusion. Most notable is the extremely thin edge frame, tight corner radii, & flexible gaskets reduce light gaps between the monitors. The Lenovo logo is in black metallic. Details include: easy access USB ports on the side; cable management; & flexibility to position monitor - a full 96mm counterbalanced height adjustment, with freedom to swivel & rotate.
Lenovo USB WebCamera
With the lens cover closed the simple form bears no resemblance to a traditional web camera, but by sliding the lens cover open it quickly transforms to a full-featured web camera. The universal attachment clip allows the camera to be used on a notebook computer, flat panel display, or as a stand-alone unit on a table surface. The compact size and versatile attachment make this camera ideal for today's web conferencing user.