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CES 2011: Lenovo's IdeaPad UI Hybrid Gives You a Tablet and a Netbook

It's a netbook that can detach its screen which becomes a tablet.

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Padmini Harchandrai|Jan 08, 2011, 09:45:17 IST

In the grand old debate between netbooks and tablets, Lenovo has, as expected, given you the best of both worlds. The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid is exactly as it sounds. Let's say you need a netbook to write a paper or transfer files between hard drives and then you want to go off and consume media. You use the netbook as it exists as you would use any Windows 7 netbook and then detach the screen from the computer's chassis to hold an Android 2.2 tablet. The tablet is the "LePad" which is also available seperately.

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The IdeaPad U1 Hybrid - Solves your inner netbook versus tablet crisis

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Paddy does not, we repeat, definitely does NOT belong in the category of Mac-head (yeh right!). She does get excited by her iPhone and her iMac and her iPod Nano and her Macbook and Bali's iPad and her future iHouse (patent pending). Ok, so maybe her head is a little bit forbidden fruit shaped. She likes shooting video (iPhone 4 camera zindabad!) and editing montages (Final Cut Pro zindabad!), whether the scene calls for it or no. In her spare time, she's either kicking it on stage with KB the keyboard or kicking butt at Taekwondo.

First Published:Jan 08, 2011, 09:45:17 IST
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