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Disney and Lenovo are Teaming Up to Make a Star Wars Augmented Reality Headset
Want to have the full experience of being in a Jedi academy? Well, historically that hasn’t ended well for those students, but you do you. Lenovo and Disney have been working on bringing Jedi education into this galaxy, and they’re almost ready to introduce it to aspiring Padawans. At the D23 fan expo in Anaheim […]
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The Lenovo ThinkStation P320 Tiny is a Small, Powerful Office PC
Remember that huge tower PC Lenovo announced a few months ago for potential VR developers? Meet its mini-me. The ThinkStation P320 Tiny isn’t going to handle VR development, but this one-liter desktop PC will save a lot more office space while taking on the day-to-day requirements of the average office with aplomb. Instead of the […]
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The Refreshed Lenovo IdeaPad Line is Bursting With Color
Last year we had to wait for back to school time, but this year Lenovo is hitting the books early. Today, they’re announcing their refreshed IdeaPad line, their collection of lightweight, premium laptops. No surprises with the hardware upgrades, but if the kids want a laptop with a little personality this year, the new IdeaPads […]
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The Lenovo Legion Y920 is a Monster of a Gaming Notebook
Back at CES, we remarked that the Lenovo Legion Y320 and Y520 were content to be low-to-mid range gaming laptops — they were affordable, but they weren’t the primo stuff. Lenovo’s saved that until today, with the announcement of the Legion Y920. This is a powerhouse of a laptop that makes no pretenses about being lightweight. […]
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Lenovo’s Lightweight New Chromebook Can Run Android Apps
One of the biggest complaints about Chromebooks is that they run Chrome OS, which doesn’t allow users to install third-party programs. Recently, Google’s gone about fixing that by bringing the hybrid movement to Chromebooks. Some newer Chromebooks have 360-degree hinges and, more importantly, can run Android apps downloaded from Google Play — a feature that will […]
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The Alcatel A30 is a $60 Smartphone, But There’s a Catch
Since last year, Amazon has been running their Prime Exclusive Phones program, which knocks down the price of phones by placing ads on the lock screen. The phones generally range from budget to mid-tier, and the two newest additions are no different — the Alcatel A30 and the Moto G5 Plus were already solid budget options, […]
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A Few Brilliant Women are Helping Lenovo Make Coding Fun for Young Girls
Over the past couple years, but especially in the last few months, we’ve seen a spate of toys and games created to make basic computer programming concepts fun for kids. Late last year, we saw Minecraft get into the act with a new game included in Code.org’s list of Hour of Code games — short games that […]
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The Next Big VR Game Might Be Made With Lenovo’s New ThinkStation P320
This virtual reality thing sounds like it could be big business soon! Super-powerful home VR rigs haven’t quite caught on the way many analysts predicted, but maybe it’s just a Field of Dreams situation. That killer VR game hasn’t been built yet, but millions of buyers might come if it does (and if the price of […]
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Lenovo Brings 4K Displays to Their Midrange Yoga 2-in-1 Convertibles
With Lenovo usually saving the big Yoga news for the fall, their midrange stuff usually comes out earlier in the year. This year, they’re revealing their midrange Yoga 2-in-1s at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where they’re also showing off the low-end Miix 320. But, don’t let the mids and lows discourage you — all of […]
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Lenovo Tab 4 Series Tablets are Great for Kids and the Family
Last year, Lenovo announced the budget TAB3 tablets, making options for business use and family use. They’re back at it with the Tab 4 series, but the company is taking a different tack this year, doubling down on home use. The TAB3 7 and 8 were pitched as family-friendly options at Mobile World Congress 2016, […]
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Lenovo Refreshes Their Moto G Midrange Phones, and Big Changes Are in Store
Lenovo just announced its midrange smartphone plans for Motorola at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and if you’re a fan of their Moto G series, take note — Lenovo is switching things up. Like last year, there will be both G and G Plus models, but the difference is much more stark between the two this […]
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Lenovo Refreshes High-Powered P-Series ThinkPad Workstations
Have you been holding out to buy a new work laptop? Well, if you’re an engineer, graphic designer, or any other sort of person who really needs all that power that hardware makers love to advertise, Lenovo is giving you something to think about this week. They’re refreshing their P-series ThinkPad mobile workstations with the […]
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Lenovo Announces the Yoga A12, a Cheaper Android-Only Version of the Yoga Book
For all its flaws, there was a lot to like about the Yoga Book, Lenovo’s experimental touch keyboard laptop. The lightweight, extremely thin device doubled as a notepad, with included pen and paper that could be used over that touch keyboard for 1:1 handwriting and drawing on the paper and the display. Pretty cool, but […]
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Lenovo’s Making a VR Headset Designed for Non-gamers
When Microsoft announced the upcoming Windows 10 Creators update last October, they had quite a bit to say about virtual reality. They announced they were partnering with the usual suspects — HP, Dell, Lenovo, ASUS, and Acer — to create affordable home virtual reality headsets implementing technology from their HoloLens headset. Out of those hardware […]
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Lenovo Enters the Smart Home With Their Own Alexa-Enabled Smart Assistant
Amazon’s immense success moving Alexa devices during the holiday probably didn’t come as a surprise to anyone in the tech industry. It certainly didn’t come as a surprise to Lenovo — they’ve been working with Amazon to create their own smart home speaker, and they’re showing it off at CES 2017. The Smart Assistant is, essentially, […]
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The ThinkPad X1 Family Gets Revamped for 2017
Last year at CES, Lenovo expanded the ThinkPad X1 line into the flagship X1 Carbon laptop, the X1 Yoga 2-in-1, and the X1 Tablet slate PC. All three devices are getting a refresh at CES 2017, and while they all appear much the same as last year’s models, there are some hardware upgrades and helpful […]
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Lenovo’s Miix 720 Takes On the Surface Pro
In August of last year, we had the Miix 510 down as Lenovo’s answer the the Microsoft Surface line, thanks to the same kind of kickstand, Intel Core i processors, and the Active Pen stylus as an option. At CES this year, Lenovo is going after the Surface Pro. The Miix 720 is much more expensive […]
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Lenovo Announces New Line of VR-Ready Legion Gaming Laptops
Up until the last couple of years, gaming laptops typically weighed over 10 pounds and looked every bit like it — needing discrete graphics cards and the batteries to run them, they were awfully bulky. Machines like the Razer Blade have done a lot to change that image, and Lenovo is following suit with Legion, their […]
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Lenovo’s 500 Multimedia Controller is a Wireless Windows 10 Keyboard That Fits in Your Hands
With larger Windows 10 all-in-one PCs like the Surface Studio primed to become entertainment centers and possible TV replacements for cord cutters, a proper remote control is needed. While there will probably be better and better apps for this, those looking for a physical solution need only look to Lenovo. At CES 2017, they’re debuting […]
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We’re Giving Away 3 Yoga Book 2-in-1 Tablets
Our favorite time of the year is coming. And no it’s not New Years, but it’s CES that is just a few days away. CES is the biggest consumer electronics show if the year. It’s a week chock full of great technology and gadget announcements, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a beautiful gadget – […]
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Lenovo Yoga 910 Review
Lenovo has a great track record of listening to user feedback and taking it to heart. That’s just what has happened with every new generation of the Yoga, and the Yoga 910 exemplifies that. Lenovo has upped the ante for their latest Yoga with an all-metal unibody chassis complemented by a beautiful edge-to-edge screen. The Yoga 910 […]
