“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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MacDailyNews Take: Interesting idea (of course, price could be an issue). Now, if only Lenovo can sign a deal with Apple to license iOS. 😉
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
The “Minority Report” tablet.
That’s just marginally better than our Big Ass Table…
At 23″ it ain’t a tablet, it’s a frakkin’ slab.
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.
Interesting…can’t wait to see someone on the bus with one of those.
will it fit in my pocket?
Steve said that 10″ is the minimum size for a good tablet; they really, really took that to heart…
Yeah well, even Jenna Jameson won’t want 23 inches.
Hah! OK, how ’bout two 10s and that little fella?
Well, if you put it that way. I’ll take two iPad 2’s and an iPhone 4.
Where would the little fella go?
Use your imagination! Ever heard of nasal sex?
That would be a tight fit even for the little fella.
It’s just a big iPod Touch.
This must be an april fools joke 12 days late.
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…
If the tablet is just as ugly as their laptops than I’m sure they’ll be on to a winner.
I believe this may be one of the clearest examples of over compensating.
Apple is still the Big Dawg there Lenovo!
You nailed it!
it might be fun sketching on it!
“Small Ass Table for one, please…..”
Does it come with legs? The Lenovo Table-t…
Why does the iMac patent rush across my mind when I think of a big-screened touchscreen device?
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).
15″ inch iPad would get real nice for graphic intensive work.
I’d love to have one!
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.
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.
Strap it on to your Samsonite.
“Lenovo, the carry on tablet”.
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.
You’re awesome.
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.
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.
you and me.
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!
You and me is the preferred usage
Colloquial perhaps, but only preferred by undereducated morons.
It’s not I and you?
Ah…..but the real question that no one is asking: Will it blend?
At any rate, it is nice to see someone taking a path different from the herd. I don’t think there is a market for it, but I didn’t think there was a market for a Walkman either.
23″ tablet=oxymoron
I think the Mayans had a 23″ tablet – made of stone! Which is how much this thing will weigh. How are you supposed to take it to the bathroom? Could get messy!
now now…no need for name calling.
An iOS device that size being used as a wall mounted unit would not be that bad an idea if it was the right price.
I could imagine in 3 years one of these being in the $300 dollar range and many people having one mounted on the wall (not as a portable tablet) in select locations around the house. The kitchen and garage are obvious places.
They would run all iOS apps but they would probably be used for purposes related to location. There are also the media aspects like watching videos, TV or listening to music while you are doing whatever it is you are doing.
Apple’s working on that. It’s the Apple HDTV.
If they put Flash on it, it could double as a space heater fir a small room….
Good one.
if it doesn’t toast your entire electrical system.
I also think it is an interesting idea. This is definitely not meant to be an iPad competitor. However, it seems only a matter of time before multi-touch technology is incorporated into larger form factors such as laptops. I know quite a few people who lug their (wirelessly-connected) laptops around the house. This could make it much easier to do that. Will the idea take off? Only time will tell.
Multi-touch is already built into the trackpads of MacBook Pros and magic trackpads
What I meant was screen multitouch so that those who want easier mobility with their laptops would just need to work with the screen instead of lugging around the attached keyboard. Of course there are pros and cons involved – for instance, can a multitouch screen be able to completely do everything you can on today’s laptops? – but speaking generally, a laptop which consisted of only a screen would appear to be an attractive proposition.
You will need a trolley to lug it around.