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Designer Lids for IdeaPad S10-2

Few days back, we discovered that the Lenovo has reduced the price for its Lenovo S12 netbook. I just visited their site again and now, they seem to be offering designer lids for their Ideapad S10-2 and price is also reduced.

I tried the customize button, but was not able to do select the designer lid. May that will be available after few days.

[Lenovo S10-2 official webpage]

Lenovo beefs up the specs of VIA based S12 – Now with 2GB RAM and 320GB hard disk

Lenovo is all set to launch its VIA based S12 netbook in Taiwan. Instead of bundling it with 160GB hard disk and 1GB RAM, Lenovo has decided to beef up its specs a bit. It will now be sold with 320GB HDD and 2GB RAM.

If you buy one without OS, you will have to shell out less money on the VIA based S12 (320GB HDD, 2GB RAM) as compared to Intel Atom based S12 (160GB HDD, 1GB RAM).

Lenovo slashes prices of Ideapad S12 – for both VIA and Atom based models

Lenovo has slashed the prices of Ideapad S12, which is available in two variants:

• VIA Nano S2250 that runs at 1.3GHz clock speed
• Intel Atom N270 that runs at 1.6GHz clock speed

The VIA Nano one used to cost $449 whose price has now been reduced to $429. The Atom based S12 got a more significant price drop of $50 (from $499 to $449). There are no differences in both models other than use of different processors. Both come with 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, 6-cell battery and Windows XP Home edition.

Lenovo postpones the launch of Lenovo S12 netbook until Windows 7 release

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is one of the netbooks to have HD capabilities, thanks to the Nvidia ION platform. Sadly, Lenovo still has not released this powerful netbook to the masses. Reason: Windows 7. Yes, Lenovo has decided not to release their S12 netbook until Windows 7 is released.

Equipped with an already obsolete processor, Intel Atom N270, this netbook has a sharp display for sure as it packs in 1280×800 pixels in its 12-inch display frame! Anyway, we will see how this baby performs with Windows 7

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 now available online

Lenovo’s 12-inch netbook, IdeaPad S12 has finally been made available at the Lenovo’s online store at a not-so-decent price of $499. If you were hoping to get the NVIDIA’s Ion chipset in it, then you will be disappointed as it is not available yet for it. The ION version of the Lenovo S12 will be available in the month of September. With the ION platform, it should be easily be able to handle the 1080p video, but until then you will have to satisfy yourself with just 720p video.

Specifications:

• 1.6GHz Intel Atom Processor
• 1GB RAM
• 12-inch LED-backlit LCD
• 160GB/250GB/320GB HDD
• Bluetooth, WiFi
• 3 USB ports
• Ethernet Jack
• VGA/HDMI

[Lenovo S12 link]

Lenovo rolls out ION-based S12

The Lenovo is all set to release a special version of Lenovo S12, which is based on the ION-platform of which we talked about a couple of months back. It is going to use the tried-and-tested Intel Atom N270 processor running at 1.6GHz. It has a 12-inch display, which helps it to pack a full size keyboard.

S12 with Via Nano processor is available along with the one with Intel Atom processor.

Lenovo adds 3G to IdeaPad S10, Lenovo S12 coming soon

Lenovo is soon going to unveil 3G-version of the Lenovo S10. This will be known as Lenovo S10-2. A 12-inch screen model is also in the tunnel, which will be known as Lenovo S12. Both models will ship with Splashtop OS, which is basically a linux OS that can be booted in few seconds. It lets the user to browse the web; make Skype calls; use IM etc.

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