Lenovo Skylight Smartbook official: AT&T 3G, 1GHz Snapdragon & 10hrs battery
1/06/2010 12:28:00 AM
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As expected, Lenovo have announced details of their first Smartbook – in fact the first ARM-based, Qualcomm Snapdragon smartbook in the industry – at CES 2010 this week, the Lenovo Skylight. The 10.1-inch 1280 x 720 ultraportable has a 1GHz processor, integrated quadband 3G with AT&T service in the US, and battery life of over 10hrs. Lenovo preload the Linux OS with various web widgets, including Amazon MP3 download access and YouTube.
There’s also a mono speaker, audio in/out, two USB 2.0 ports and a mini-HDMI connector, together with 4-in-1 memory card reader and a microSD slot with an 8GB card pre-loaded. That adds to the Skylight’s rather meager 8GB of integrated flash storage; Lenovo also throw in a 4GB USB stick and 2GB of online storage. Finally there’s a 1.3-megapixel webcam, and the whole thing measures 253 x 201.1 x 17.2-18.9 mm and weighs under 2lbs.
Everything hinges on price, then, and the sticker shock will depend on how willing you are to sign up to a two-year AT&T agreement. Subsidized prices are yet to be confirmed, but the Skylight outright will start from $499 in either “Earth Red” or “Lotus Blue”; that seems on the expensive side, when we were initially told that Smartbooks would potentially be sub-$200 netbook-killers. It’ll go on sale in the US come April, with European and Chinese availability later in 2010.
There’s also a mono speaker, audio in/out, two USB 2.0 ports and a mini-HDMI connector, together with 4-in-1 memory card reader and a microSD slot with an 8GB card pre-loaded. That adds to the Skylight’s rather meager 8GB of integrated flash storage; Lenovo also throw in a 4GB USB stick and 2GB of online storage. Finally there’s a 1.3-megapixel webcam, and the whole thing measures 253 x 201.1 x 17.2-18.9 mm and weighs under 2lbs.
Everything hinges on price, then, and the sticker shock will depend on how willing you are to sign up to a two-year AT&T agreement. Subsidized prices are yet to be confirmed, but the Skylight outright will start from $499 in either “Earth Red” or “Lotus Blue”; that seems on the expensive side, when we were initially told that Smartbooks would potentially be sub-$200 netbook-killers. It’ll go on sale in the US come April, with European and Chinese availability later in 2010.
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