Monday, June 6, 2011

LENOVO UNVEILS THE X1 - The ULTIMATE THINKPAD

Lenovo, the world’s fastest growing PC manufacturer, today announced the launch of its thinnest business laptop ever, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 in India. Exemplifying many industry first features, this fully loaded Notebook is designed for business leaders who demand the best in performance, mobility and entertainment. Celebrated, tech savvy actress Gul Panag unveiled the product in the presence of Lenovo India’s senior executives.

Announcing the launch, Amar Babu, Managing Director, Lenovo India said, “The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is in line with our DO philosophy and offers everything that a corporate leader looks for in a business machine. This business Notebook reaffirms Lenovo’s long standing heritage of leading the industry with ThinkPads that provide great reliability and a superior user experience. We have created a DO machine that incorporates features that we believe will be a very useful tool for business users.”

The launch of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 complements the company’s new “For Those Who DO” brand positioning. Powered by Intel’s second generation core processors, the product packs in a host of best-in-class features aimed at enabling the DOers of the corporate world to outperform. Its attributes, specifications are engineered to ensure rich functionality, configurability to drive down immediate and long-term costs, thereby providing unmatched efficiency and productivity. Lenovo’s ThinkPad laptops feature innovations that respond to key business needs including: video and voice calling, enterprise management and an easy-to-use computing experience.

Elaborating on the product’s USP, Rahul Agarwal, Executive Director, Commercial Business, Lenovo India added, “In addition to being the slimmest ThinkPad ever, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 is packed with powerful features and comes with a great design. With the Lenovo ThinkPad X1, ultra-thin design meets elite performance, complemented by strong multimedia functionality and excellent power management.”

Key features of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1:

·         Only 3.7 pounds/1.72kg, measuring less than 17 mm
·         13.3” super bright infinity screen made of Corning® Gorilla® Glass - for extra durability, rigidity and scratch resistance
·         Lenovo RapidCharge - recharges batteries to 80 percent in only 30 minutes
·         Next generation multimedia experience with Dolby Home Theatre V4, HDMI and low light sensitive HD camera
·         Instant Resume - helps users keep their wireless connection, whether its Wi-Fi or mobile broadband, even when the laptop goes into sleep mode, up to 90 minutes
·         Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7 –allows users to start their laptop on average 20 seconds faster than a typical Windows 7 computer
·         Using its optional mobile broadband 720p camera, high definition microphones and advanced calling modes for clear video calls
·         Optional Intel vPro technology, encrypted hard drives with remote management support and a fingerprint reader with one touch swipe for power on and authentication
·         Superior VOIP experience with advanced noise and echo cancellation

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 feels incredibly light and sturdy, due to its interior roll cage and magnesium chassis. This superbly refined notebook passes eight military specifications so that mobile professionals can work anywhere without worrying.

As the thinnest ever yet power packed Lenovo ThinkPad, this Notebook is designed to match any Corporate leader’s sophistication and style and is the perfect machine for uber-cool and high-performance mobile computing.

About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company serving customers in more than 160 countries, and the world’s fourth-largest PC vendor. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution.  Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information see www.lenovo.com