Lenovo May Be Working on a Dual-Core 5" Tablet
Lenovo is reportedly working on a 5-inch Android-powered tablet with HDMI output and a front-facing camera.
Various reports are indicating that Lenovo is currently working on a 5-inch dual-core IdeaPad/LePad tablet to take on the Samsung Galaxy Note and the Dell Streak 5. Very little is known about the tablet at this point save for photographs revealing a micro-USB port, HDMI output and a front-facing camera.
As for an operating system, the images show Android-type physical buttons on the face, indicating that it may use Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" rather than v3.0 "Honeycomb" or v4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich." There's also no indication that the device will sport voice call capability although, let's face it, a 5-inch device would be rather large next to your ear.
News of a 5-inch Lenovo tablet follows reports of a larger 10.1-inch Ice Cream Sandwich Lenovo tablet powered by a 1.6 GHz Tegra 3 SoC. The device is slated to arrive before the end of the year, and will include 2 GB of 1,600 MHz DDR3 RAM, a standard USB host socket covered by a pop-out flap, a back-facing camera of unknown resolution, and a "special fusion-skin body." A fingerprint scanner will also be mounted on the back that will double as an optical joystick.
Nvidia officially announced the Tegra 3 a few weeks ago, a quad-core SoC that promises to bring PC-class performance levels, better battery life and improved mobile experiences to tablets and phones. It provides up to 3x the graphics performance of Tegra 2, and up to 61-percent lower power consumption. However unlike the 10.1-inch model, it's safe to bet that Lenovo will use the current Tegra 2 SoC in its unannounced 5-inch tablet to keep the price tag low.
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5" is not a tablet screen size, it's a smartphone screen size. lame marketing tactic to avoid comparison with kindle fire and ipad, lenovo.
my dads cousins sister had a laptop. she was laid off but found a real job.
My room mate's sister is a prostitute, she makes $68/hr. Last week her pay was over $9000!
My room mate's sister is a prostitute, she makes $68/hr. Last week her pay was over $9000!
That is only 5 hours a day your roommate's sister isn't getting boned. That is some high mileage!
I once found $20 walking down the street it was like being stabbed by a rainbow!
Also, one time when I was a kid, my dad's car ran out of gas and we were able to find enough plastic bottles along the way to (bottle deposit) put gas in a gas can we were carrying... it sucked being poor.
Physical buttons?
No, no, no... No.
No.
...it was like being stabbed by a rainbow!
That's funny shit.
I just a the stinkeye from my boss for laughing out loud at what is supposed to be an Autodesk Inventor assembly.
i'm patiently awaiting a hybrid phone/tablet device somewhere in the 5" to 5.5" screen size. Small enough to hold in your hand up to your ear, large enough to enjoy a movie. Will if fit in a small pocket, NO and do i care? NO. When i'm driving my vehicles both have Bluetooth, i tend to use speakerphone quite a bit and i think this device would eliminate the need to have a 10" tablet and a 4.3" HTC Evo3D. I was going to purchase a 10" next gen tablet this xmas, when the quad core cpu's make their appearance but PLEASE, HTC or Samsung make me a device like this. The Samsung Galaxy Player is an absolutely perfect size for a phone, and like i said, i could go a half inch larger on the screen!
Physical buttons?No, no, no... No.No.
Best. Comment. Yet.
On the topic: just put a SIM slot in there and call it a phone.
Did the pda fail already? Really, why would anyone buy a 5" "tablet" when a 4.7" smart-phone does that AND takes calls. It's like why hire the secretary who is just hot, when you can get a hot one that works too? (Oops, I dropped my pen, would you pick that up for me miss?)
@jgutz2006
"i'm patiently awaiting a hybrid phone/tablet device somewhere in the 5" to 5.5" screen size. Small enough to hold in your hand up to your ear, large enough to enjoy a movie. "
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But it exist !!!! Galaxy Note ! And perfectli fits in every normal pocket .
Ah, excellent. Physical buttons. I had one phone with capacitive touch buttons... that was enough.
Yeah, 5" is not a bad size. This really needs phone capabilities though.. there needs to be some reason to go for it rather than the Galaxy Note.
Physical buttons, yes, yes, yes. Disliking the all-touch nature of recent devices.
This is great! We really need another freaking tablet to saturate the tablet market even more!
/sarcasm
This is great! We really need another freaking tablet to saturate the tablet market even more!
/sarcasm
It is great. Because when competition goes up, prices come down. And the quality also gets better when they're in the same price range. Choice is good!
Dell Streak 2.0?
That is only 5 hours a day your roommate's sister isn't getting boned. That is some high mileage!
Even Houston had 8 hours sleep a night
5" is not a tablet screen size, it's a smartphone screen size. lame marketing tactic to avoid comparison with kindle fire and ipad, lenovo.
Yeah at 5", I'm thinking not a tablet, nor a phone. It's a pad... err... that might get them in trouble, but I would still look to avoid "tablet" too. Maybe "tab" for short. Minipad, Minitab, maxipad... idk