Lenovo planning 23-inch tablet for 2011 launch

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While most manufacturers are trying to find the sweet spot for tablets in the 7-inch to 10-inch range, Lenovo’s thinking bigger. The firm’s senior marketing specialist, Wiliam Cai, said that his company is working on a new 23-inch tablet designed for the home — with a focus similar to that of an all-in-one desktop — that could land later this year. “We think that there is potential for a 23-inch tablet,” Cai told TechRadar. “We’d have to take care of battery life and we are working to get the weight down.” Cai said such a device could be moved around the house, and possibly be used as a TV or with a full keyboard. That sounds more like a connected TV than a tablet to us, but we’re excited to see where Lenovo takes this idea. It’s unclear what sort of operating system Lenovo has in mind, but we’re guessing it’ll probably run Windows 7.

[Via Gizmodo]

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25 Comments
  • Anonymous

    Might as well buy a desktop if you’re going to throw portability (essentially what a tablet is for) out the window.

  • http://www.sk1wbw.wordpress.com Wayne Williams

    Wow, April Fools’ Day is a few weeks old now. This is a joke, right?

  • Just Me

    Who in the world would want to carry a TV around with them? Imagine the size of the carrying case you’d have to lug it in. It’s kinda reminiscent of the 70s when people carried boom boxes around, that’s basically how you’d have to handle it.

    Leave it to the Chinese to make stupid decisions like that.

    • Killa357

      You could carry it in a backpack… oh no… that’s so difficult.

  • Tomm

    *Sit’s on couch without looking*

    SMASH!!!

    • http://www.facebook.com/peterf Peter Fares

      pretty hard to miss a 22″ screen…

  • Sal Governale

    Lenovo is latin for lame claim newspapers

  • Anonymous

    I’m holding out for a 55″ tablet.

    • Anonymous

      And I thought the IPad 2 was heavy…

  • Anonymous

    good, I was thinking on what to replace my aging dining table top with. now that I found a solution

  • Serpentor

    a reasonably priced 12 inch tablet would be nice.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6HpRLyzMY Walter Sobchak

    I would love a 12-14″ tablet with full USB, full SD, and full HDMI, like the bulky 10″ offering from Toshiba.
    If a 100 lb chick can carry and hold a 1.5lb ipad, my 230 person could use a 2.5lb device just fine.

  • Whoever

    It got to be a typo, I think that guy just said 23′ table, :-)

  • Noxabellus

    You people are such consumerists. This thing is clearly directed at creative people. Artists & designers, like myself, would shit.

    • OBJ_me

      Not what the article said. Sounds like it’s more for consumption not creation…

  • http://webhostingreview.info/ecommerce-hosting/ smithon

    Is this a joke or serious

  • jl

    safe to say that THIS will be dead on arrival? haha

  • Scott

    Wow! Include a remote and just call it a cordless tv.

  • Anonymous

    “True Chiz” The Pear Pad LIVES!

  • Parker

    So, this is like the Hummer of tablets!?

  • http://twitter.com/sandau Jsa Mnock

    I hope it comes with handles…or wheels.

    Remember luggable computers? Now we have draggable tablets. Yay!

  • Anonymous

    Never really thought about it like that. Makes sense dude.

    http://www.total-privacy.it.tc

  • http://www.techno-update.com techno-update

    Kind of destoys the point of having a tablet. Since if it is that big, it would be easier to carry a laptop. Don’t really see any future use of this.

  • Anonymous

    If they can make it the same weight as the iPad 2 I’ll buy one.

  • Anonymous

    Lenovo Computer is one of the best computers in the world.I bought one last year.It has a
    high quality.I like it very much.

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