Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon UltraBook launched for Rs 85,000

Lenovo has launched the ThinkPad X1 Carbon UltraBook in India on the 20th anniversary of the ThinkPad brand. Priced at Rs 85,000, Lenovo claims this is the world’s thinnest 14-inch UltraBook at less than 8mm and it weighs less than 1.36Kg.
Like most ThinkPads, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon combines fabled characteristics like reliability, mobility and security. To achieve such a light form factor Lenovo used carbon fiber to build the X1 Carbon, which happens to be the same material used in the construction of Formula 1 cars.
On the hardware front, it utilizes the latest generation Intel Ivy bridge processor, 6.3 hours of battery life, a 256GB SSD drive, 14-inch HD+ display, a glass multi-touch trackpad, Dolby Surround sound, and a 6 row backlit keyboard. Lenovo even offers an optional 3G SIM-slot.
Lenovo has not revealed specs like RAM, processor options and GPU in much detail, but it is safe to say that these features will change with the configuration. It runs on Windows 7 for at moment though it will be easily upgradable to Windows 8 when Microsoft releases its next generation OS on October 26.

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Lenovo to launch smartphones in India

Citing slowing growth in the PC industry, Lenovo will launch its range of smartphones in India in a couple of months, Lenovo’s CEO Yang Yuagqing told Bloomberg. Lenovo started selling smartphones two-and-a-half years ago in China, where it has already overtaken Apple. The world’s second largest PC vendor is now looking at India, the Phillipines and Indonesia as the next countries to launch its smartphones.

Lenovo has plans to launch as many as 40 smartphones in this financial year. Earlier this year it tied up with Intel to launch an Android smartphone running on Intel’s Atom processor. In the interview, Yang mentions the company is willing to go the acquisition way in areas where it is weak. It is not surprising then that Lenovo was rumored to be talking to Nokia about a potential take-over. Lenovo had then denied any such development. The Chinese electronics giant has also been linked with Microsoft to develop a customized Windows Phone 8 smartphone.

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