Lenovo said to release Intel and ARM Android convertibles
Hmm... which will prove more popular?
Posted in Hardware, 14th January 2013 19:38 GMT
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Lenovo will reportedly release Android-based convertibles in the first half of this year, and they'll be powered by your choice of either Intel or ARM processors.
Convertibles – clamshell laptops that can be converted to tablets – were one of the most talked about items at last week's CES 2013. Intel, for its part, sees them as the future of mobile computing.
Or tablets – whichever incarnation of the convertible form factor you choose to emphasize.
According to DigiTimes' sources, Lenovo had planned to release Android-based convertibles in the third quarter of last year, but delayed the roll-out due to the market noise caused by the iPad 4 and iPad mini, Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, "as well as a proliferation of low-priced Android tablets."
Intel has been talking about Android-on-Intel for quite some time, and soon-to-be-ex-CEO Paul Otellini said way back in October 2010 that Chipzilla would "win" in the tablet market.
Hasn't happened – and it's still to early to add "yet" to that observation.
If and when Lenovo releases Android convertibles based on both ARM and Intel chips – which will join its Core i5/i7 IdeaPad Yoga 11S convertible that was announced at CES and is scheduled to ship this June – we'll keep an eye on how the market responds to that choice. ®
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