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January 9, 2008 8:19 PM PST

Lenovo's mystery handheld

Posted by Erica Ogg

LAS VEGAS--At Lenovo's press dinner the other night there was an unidentified handheld on display, sitting casually next to the three new consumer-friendly IdeaPad laptops the company had come to Las Vegas to push.

Lenovo handheld

(Credit: Lenovo)

Lenovo handheld 2

(Credit: Lenovo)

No one--not even the PR people for Lenovo--could give me specific details. All they could say was that it is only available in China, the company's home market. This video gives a bit more detail, including that it runs Linux and uses a new 45-nanometer chip from Intel.

From what I saw, it had a lot of nice features, even if it was a bit hefty: GPS, music, Web browsing, a camera, plus several-layer-deep menus I didn't have time to delve into.

No word on whether it's something planned for the North American market any time soon.

Topics:: Gadgets,; PCs,; Open source

Tags:: CES 2008,; Lenovo,; handheld,; GPS,; Linux,; Intel

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Add a Comment (Log in or register) 3 comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mystery..
by kool_skatkat January 10, 2008 3:37 AM PST: Mystery is for Apples... not Lenovo (le Nouveau) Vive la Pomme.; Reply to this comment

"didn't have time"?
by rixstar January 12, 2008 7:18 AM PST: then please get someone from cnet who does have time. either report on something or not. unless you're looking to become a shell of yourself like wired.com.; Reply to this comment

boring - again no touch type keyboard
by primaz April 1, 2008 3:55 PM PDT: All of the UMPC's have had weak sales and yet they continue to make devices the same. What is missing is a simple touch type keyboard NOT a thumb input. How do you use full Windows? with a real keyboard. Remember the HPC's, the clamshells like the Psion Revo/5mx or HP Jornada 720? That is what we need now but with UMPC technology.; Reply to this comment

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