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Lenovo working on a 23-inch tablet; could debut this year

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 · 8:58 am · 58 Comments

“Lenovo is working on a 23-inch tablet, with William Cai [Lenovo Senior Marketing Specialist] telling TechRadar that the company believes a home tablet could be arriving this year,” Patrick Goss reports for TechRadar. “‘We think that there is potential for a 23-inch tablet,’ said Cai. ‘We’d have to take care of battery life and we are working to get the weight down. It’s obviously not for full mobility use, but it could be moved from room to room in the house and used with a full keyboard, or as a television.Or you could lay it on a table top and use it for family games.”

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metryq

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:01 am · Reply

The “Minority Report” tablet.
Ballmer's Right Nut

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:01 am · Reply

That’s just marginally better than our Big Ass Table…
opsono

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:04 am · Reply

At 23″ it ain’t a tablet, it’s a frakkin’ slab.
- ken1w
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 4:56 pm · Reply
  
  Right. It is ridiculous.
  
  However, it is smart in one way. In the next few years, no one is going to beat Apple in tablet computers that are actually holdable, mobile, and usable, not even on price. Therefore, the only way to make sales in tablets is to do something Apple would not do. I predict that Apple will offer multiple screen sizes for iPad at some point, but Apple will NOT create an iPad (or any computing device) with a touch-screen that is larger than about 12 inches diagonal.
tekriter

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:06 am · Reply

Interesting…can’t wait to see someone on the bus with one of those.
Mr. Reeee

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:07 am · Reply

will it fit in my pocket?
_Bill_

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:09 am · Reply

Steve said that 10″ is the minimum size for a good tablet; they really, really took that to heart…
- stophobophobia
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:43 am · Reply
  
  Yeah well, even Jenna Jameson won’t want 23 inches.
  - Thryll
    
    Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:04 am · Reply
    
    Hah! OK, how ’bout two 10s and that little fella?
    - stophobophobia
      
      Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:19 am · Reply
      
      Well, if you put it that way. I’ll take two iPad 2′s and an iPhone 4.
    - Abdullah
      
      Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:57 am · Reply
      
      Where would the little fella go?
      - stophobophobia
        
        Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 11:00 am · Reply
        
        Use your imagination! Ever heard of nasal sex?
        
        Abdullah
        
        Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 11:03 am · Reply
        
        That would be a tight fit even for the little fella.
Manbearpig

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:21 am · Reply

It’s just a big iPod Touch.
steve516

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:23 am · Reply

This must be an april fools joke 12 days late.
Birdj

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:32 am · Reply

They’ll be selling that next to the BigAss Table at MS stores. I’m betting it will be a useless miserable failure never to see the light of day! Vote here Yes/No…
JBob

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:32 am · Reply

If the tablet is just as ugly as their laptops than I’m sure they’ll be on to a winner.
NCG598

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:57 am · Reply

I believe this may be one of the clearest examples of over compensating.

Apple is still the Big Dawg there Lenovo!
- Arnold Ziffel
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 11:01 am · Reply
  
  You nailed it!
iMacBerlin

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:58 am · Reply

it might be fun sketching on it!
TowerTone

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:59 am · Reply

“Small Ass Table for one, please…..”
JoeBin

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:03 am · Reply

Does it come with legs? The Lenovo Table-t…
lukeskymac

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:07 am · Reply

Why does the iMac patent rush across my mind when I think of a big-screened touchscreen device?
macman1984

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:07 am · Reply

I’ve always thought that Apple should make a 13″, 15″ and 17″ iPad. The “sweet spot” is 15″, which would totally replace my MacBook Pro (of course, that’s probably exactly why Apple hasn’t made these iPads- they are probably too afraid of cannibalizing their laptops).
- rhoytink
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 11:30 am · Reply
  
  15″ inch iPad would get real nice for graphic intensive work.
  
  I’d love to have one!
althegeo

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:09 am · Reply

All it needs is wheels on the bottom and a pull string. You could move it around like a child with a pull toy.

I think it will be really big, pun intended.
KenC

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:13 am · Reply

Aren’t they describing an HP touchscreen computer?

I have a 23″ monitor, and it weighs 16 pounds. Movies look great on it, and I imagine it would be good for games, especially 2 player games if laid flat. Still, I’m not sure how convenient it will be moving it around.
- Jax44
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:47 am · Reply
  
  Strap it on to your Samsonite.
  “Lenovo, the carry on tablet”.
FormerlyBannedTX

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:23 am · Reply

Only people with 7 figure incomes will be able to afford one. Wait! That’s me. All you Apple lovers can have your iPads. Not everybody has a Hummer to haul a 23″ tablet around in. I just happen to fit that demographic. Apple lovers hate all you want. You can cry in my bag of money.
- Zune Tang®
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:27 am · Reply
  
  You’re awesome.
  - FormerlyBannedTX
    
    Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:55 am · Reply
    
    Damn ZT! You should come down to TX sometime. We can cruz for hoes in my Bentley with the top down sipping gin and juice. Don’t worry ’bout no tickets. I make 7 figures. I just throw Benjamins at the fuzz and they leave me alone. We can blow our noses with iPods.
- Jon
  
  Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 11:57 am · Reply
  
  Don’t forget the portable power plant you will need.
  I’m glad you make 7 figures, but you need to get over yourself. Many are not a fortunate as you and I.
  - solid
    
    Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 12:39 pm · Reply
    
    you and me.
    - Prof. Proper
      
      Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 1:08 pm · Reply
      
      Okay, perhaps Jon’s not that bright since he didn’t understand the facetious irony in FBTX’s post. But if you think you’re brighter, you’re wrong. “[Y]ou and I” is correct; nominative/subjective case of pronouns follows most comparisons using “like” or “as” since the verb is elliptical (implied). Jon really wrote, “Many are not as fortunate as you and I [are].” Asshat!
    - skamieniecki
      
      Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 2:46 pm · Reply
      
      You and me is the preferred usage
      - Prof. Proper
        
        Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 2:53 pm · Reply
        
        Colloquial perhaps, but only preferred by undereducated morons.
        
        Jax44
        
        Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 6:38 pm · Reply
        
        It’s not I and you?
BigPapaJoe

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:24 am · Reply

Ah…..but the real question that no one is asking: Will it blend?