Way back in January, Lenovo showed off an electrifying new device at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The "IdeaPad U1 Hybrid" prototype was a detachable tablet that popped into a case with a keyboard. The device was slated to run on a custom Linux-based Skylight operating system, and early reviews were positive.
Then the Hybrid faded from the headlines. Finally, in May, Lenovo announced what was happening: The Skylight OS was deemed unworthy, and the company had scrapped the entire project in order to start over again with Android. This month, Lenovo said it was splitting the Hybrid into two parts.
The tablet, dubbed the French-sounding LePad, will have a 10.1-inch touchscreen and....well, it's unclear what else. Lenovo has promised the LePad will be available in China in December, followed by the U1 laptop portion in January. It's unknown when the LePad and its laptop dock will make the trip overseas to America.
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