Lenovo Packs ‘Thinnest’ ThinkPad Ultrabook With 4G LTE - brightonguttend

Lenovo connected Tues announced a range of recent ThinkPads with Intel's latest third-genesis Gist processors, including a ThinkPad ultrabook that the fellowship claims is the "thinnest ultrabook in the world."

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook has a 14-inch screen, weighs under 1.8 kilograms and is 18.8-mm thick. It will have the latest Intel ultrabook processors, encode-named Ivy Bridge, which are expected to represent officially announced next month.

Lenovo also updated the popular ThinkPad T-serial publication and X-series lineups, making them faster while adding more barrage fire life history to the models. The company also has new connectivity and multimedia system capabilities that could be helpful for business users. The laptops leave live available on June 5.

For the initiatory time 4G mobile wideband connectivity has been added across ThinkPads, including the new X1 Carbon ultrabook, said Dilip Bhatia, frailty president and general manager of the ThinkPad business unit. The service volition initially be available in the U.S. and other countries for US$1.99 for 30 minutes. Lenovo is partnering with telecom carriers general to make believe the service available to ThinkPad customers.

The company did not share pricing for X1 Carbon, but said the system will become in stock in the coming months. The ultrabook's pricing could be in the approximate range of the company's existing ThinkPad T430U ultrabook, which starts at $849, Bhatia said.

The X1 Carbon ultrabook will be part of the active line of thin-and-light ThinkPad X1 laptops. Numerous peak PC makers are releasing ultrabooks. Last week Hewlett-Packard announced the Envy Ultrabook for consumers (starting at $749) and EliteBook Folio 9470M ultrabook for businesses ($1,149). Dell and Acer are expected to start selling ultrabooks in the coming months.

The ultrabook and new laptops will also have cleared vocalize-conferencing capabilities, with dual-microphone and web cameras that can dog a moving face. Also included are disturbance cancellation capabilities, which could be stabilising in removing keyboard typewriting sound while in videoconference, Bhatia said.

The new ultraportable ThinkPad X230 model has a 12-inch screen and is available with an optional slice battery — a unerect, extended battery that can be attached under the laptop computer — that could give the laptop 24 hours of battery life. The laptop is less than three pounds with a six-cell battery. The unexampled X230T model is just like the X230, but includes a touchscreen, bounteous it the flexibleness of a tablet computer, Lenovo said. The X230 starts at $1,179, while the X230T starts at $1,479.

Lenovo has also updated the popular T-series card with the ThinkPad T430, T430s and T530 models. The laptops leave feature elective high-definition displays and offer 30 hours of barrage fire aliveness with an optional slicing. The laptops will come with either with 14-column inch and 15-inch screens, and the T430 starts at $879, the T430S at $1,399. Lenovo did not immediately provide a price for the T530.

In addition to offer new chips, the mainstream ThinkPad L430 and L530 laptops — both starting at $879 — are thinner, and available with either 14-inch or 15-inch screens.

Lenovo is also introducing a docking station that will have five USB 3.0 ports, always-on mobile charging and multiple video-out ports. The price for the moorage station was not immediately available.

Agam Shah covers PCs, tablets, servers, chips and semiconductors for IDG News Service. Follow Agam connected Twitter at @agamsh. Agam's e-ring armou dea is agam_shah@idg.com