Lenovo Announces the IdeaPad

An anonymous reader writes "Marking the start of news releases from this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Lenovo has dropped a major announcement on consumers - the arrival of a new line of notebooks. The IdeaPads will be the consumer-friendly companion to the ThinkPads. The announcement covers three notebooks, the 17" Y710, the 15" Y510, and the 11", 2.4lb U110. The IdeaPads will bring a number of firsts to Lenovo's notebooks, including a SSD upgrade option, dual hard drives (Y710 only), and a 17" notebook."

Yawn

[hellfire]

Cool fruity colors? Nope
Major hype at business conference before it's release? Nope
TV ad featuring two amusing characters bantering back and forth played at all hours of the day? Nope
CEO with reality distortion field? Nope

I'm bored... moving on.

Re:Ordinary Motors! Common Oil!!!

[JustOK]

I think the idea is "companion to". Plus, there are too many incidents of ThinkPad owners being arrested by the Thought Police.

Next Up: FreedomPad

[stoolpigeon]

Freedom! In a box! What a wonderful company!

Sounds familiar

[NewmanKU]

Is it just me or does the IdeaPad remind you of the Jump To Conclusions Mat?

At last!

[ThanatosMinor]

A portable tool that I can use to ideate while I'm on the road. I hope it has wi-fi enabled buzzword bingo built in.

Better name

[Anonymous Coward]

I think a good nickname for this would be the iPad.

Rejected names

[Random BedHead Ed]

Faced with the task of coming up with a consistent naming scheme, the following ideas were rejected but could appear as future products:

• PonderPad
• EnvisagePad
• CogitatePad
• WeighInPad
• ConsiderPad
• ContemplatePad
• DeliberatePad
• MeditatePad
• RuminatePad
• MusePad
• GrokPad
• BroodPad
• MullItOverPad

Re:face recognition

[yabun]

Or a rectal scan.

Re:No Trackpoint.

[pwnies]

I used to not enjoy the trackpoint at all, and I scoffed at trackpoint users. However I quickly realized the benefit of having, and have since grown to love it on my new Lenovo X61 Tabletpc. To all the haters that I was once a part of, we don't care about your hate, we have our nub to rub.

Re:Consumer friendly??

[emurphy42]

WTF wasn't consumer friendly about the ThinkPad?

Its aura of "I could bludgeon you and your girly-man laptop to death with this thing, if I suddenly felt the need to do so".

Re:At Least they aren't changing Thinkpads.

[couchslug]

"It would suck if I couldn't log into my notebook just because I was wearing my leather bondage hood and bridle."

"You WILL like Face Recognition Security! Now do as your Mistress Lenovo tells you!"