Lenovo Adds 3G to the Ideapad S10 and a 12 Inch Model
Lenovo is adding a 3G card to the IdeaPad S10 (calling it the S10-2) and is also unveiling a 12 inch model called not surprisingly the S12. It will also come with a 3G card, but no -2 designation.
Both models will ship with Splashtop installed, allowing users to quickly fire up the browser, IM, and other apps.
the S10 definitely looks the part with a sleek all-white, black and white or red and white chassis and it houses a decent hardware configuration.
10.2in, 1,024 x 600 LED-backlit screen
250.2mm x 183mm x 22-27.5mm chassis weighing from 1.1Kg
Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) CPU
Up to 2GB RAM
Up to 160GB 2.5in hard drive
3-hour 3-cell battery, 6-hour 6-cell battery
Express card expansion slot
Wireless G (no draft-N)
Integrated 1.3MP webcam
Windows XP will be pre-installed along with Lenovo’s rather good system management interface. Apparently in some countries there will be 9in versions and some systems with Linux installs available too, although which regions these will be coming to we can’t say.
Price wise the US S10 will cost from $399 (~£200) for 512MB RAM and an 80GB hard drive, while $450 (~£225) will net you a 160GB drive and 1GB RAM.
Placed next to two competing 10-inch netbooks, the ASUS Eee PC 1000H and the MSI Wind, the S10 appears definitively thinner, though it’s not necessarily lighter. Th2e review unit for laptop mag featured a three-cell battery and tipped the scales at 2.6 pounds, which was the same weight as the six-cell MSI Wind, but 0.6 pounds lighter than the 3.2-pound Eee PC 1000H.
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