Lenovo Pushes Back Skylight Smartbook Release
Lenovo Pushes Back Skylight Smartbook Release
Posted 04/09/2010 at 7:54am
| by Paul Lilly
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The tablet may have just claimed its first victim, though it's a bit early to tell for sure. What we do know is that Lenovo has decided to the delay the launch of its Skylight smartbook by at least three months, which leaves us to speculate on where the market is headed.
Apple sold over 300,000 iPads at launch (including pre-orders), but more importantly, the Cupertino company officially kicked off the era of tablet computing. That doesn't leave smartbooks in a very good position, which quite frankly weren't in a great position to begin with.
Lenovo first announced its Skylight device back in January and said it would ship in April, but that was before anyone outside of Apple had any kind of inkling as to when the iPad would ship. And if the timing's bad now for smartbooks, it's not going to get much better. HP's highly anticipated Slate is just around the corner, and you can bet everyone else will be looking to cash in on this emerging market, just like OEMs did when netbooks started coming into their own.
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monkeykid753
April 09, 2010 at 7:02pm
Rather than calling it ugly, I'd call it childish looking. And with an extra half inch width, all that space above could be utilized for the screen... Sad mistake...
Keith E. Whisman
April 09, 2010 at 2:51pm
Now everyone here thats been here a while will try and remember back in the day when Netbooks first started out I was the one pointing out how great it would be if someone would start producing a convertable laptop to be used as a tablet because I knew a tablet would be awesome to have. I fell in love with the idea of a tablet computer when I saw one in Star Trek 3 The Search for Spock when that Tablet mocked the Captain of the USS Excelsior. The Ship broke and it told him Good Morning Captain.
ryantmer
April 09, 2010 at 1:02pm
That... is one ugly piece of hardware... I could practically see myself toting around an iPad before bringing this ugly sucker out.
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