For the past few weeks, we've been hearing rumors that Lenovo is working on a tablet that will be a Windows RT version of its Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga . This means it will use ARM chips, similar to the concept presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early 2012, which used Intel Ivy Bridge chips, either i5 or i7. Well, there's information indicating that we'll also see an ARM version.
ABC News has confirmed this just a week after Lenovo unveiled its ThinkPad 2 tablet . It's expected that this tablet will use an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor , although it could also opt for a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4. The goal with this version is to double the battery life of the Intel version.
For those unfamiliar with Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga, it's a prototype convertible tablet/laptop . It features a QWERTY keyboard and its screen can be folded back, allowing for four different positions or configurations, which Lenovo calls: notebook, tablet, stand, and tent.
To become a tablet the screen must be completely folded over the keyboard. This screen is tactile of course and will have 13.1 inches. As it has a gravity sensor, it can be placed half open both face up, thus having a stand or face down, holding on to the two edges as if it were a tent.
It is expected to launch at the same time as the official Surface release and the Windows 8 operating system, which is scheduled for October 26th . The two Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga versions are rumored to be priced around $1.800 . This price is exorbitant, but it's a tablet aimed at professionals and will likely come with impressive technical specifications.
We recently told you about a similar convertible laptop, but instead of a foldable screen, it featured two screens that face each other and work independently; it's the Asus Taichi , a prototype presented at the recent Computex in Taipei.
As we already indicated in another article, Windows RT is a version of Windows that only uses the new applications designed in the Metro environment. With Windows 8 you have access to all old Windows applications.
Source: ABC