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Lenovo launching LePad tablet in June, LeAwesome?

Categories: Android, Lenovo, Tablets
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, February 18th, 2011 at 8:03 AM
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We caught our first real glimpse of the Lenovo LePad, which couldn’t sound more oddly French coming from a Chinese manufacturer, at CES this year and we’re now hearing that it’s launching worldwide this June. The 10.1-inch tablet will sport Android 2.2 at launch, which is highly disappointing given the slew of Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets launching before and around the same time. It also has a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, which isn’t too shabby, but all the rage is with the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processors this year.

However, pricing doesn’t seem like it will be too shabby:

Lenovo said the device would be priced between $399 and $449. But at the time, the company was still unsure whether it would sell the product outside of China.

Of course, Lenovo has decided to sell the tablet outside of China now some time in June (it will launch in China some time at the end of March). Unfortunately, specific markets couldn’t be determined, so we’ll just have to wait until early summer to see.

Lenovo said last year that it would hold off on making any tablets until Android Honeycomb was ready, so it’s a bit odd that this report says the company will be launching an Android 2.2 Froyo tablet later this year – a platform reportedly unfit for tablet use. Given the likes of the Motorola Xoom and LG G-Slate, it’s tough to say that this particular tablet will be successful.

[Via: PC World]

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Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.

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    Android tablets have to fight on price. People will not pay more for a faster processor or more memory, they would just get an iPad instead. That is why Lenovo’s $399 to $499 price range makes so much sense.