A year ago I wrote a blog post about how difficult it is to make the ThinkPad keyboard wireless. After a year and a few days I’m glad to report that we made it! We already announced the ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard at CES 2013 with great success. So what can you expect? This is a great keyboard that matches the look and feel of the T430u keyboard. It is full size, but still very compact. Most of the people who see the keyboard for the first time have the impression that the keyboard is smaller than the one on our ThinkPad and try to put it on their ThinkPad to compare – this is too funny! They are the same size. The keyboard comes in two versions – USB and Bluetooth. We have overcome all battery issues in order to keep the traditional Trackpoint without a drain on the battery. So you can enjoy the traditional red rubber Trackpoint! I personally feel like it is best keyboard to be used with docked notebooks and tablets. Compared to some keyboards out there, this one has the pointing device to operate in Windows in compact form and shape - so important in these days. And if you are using the All-In-One or Tiny, this is the ideal choice. I mean, the compact keyboard fits space saving computers perfectly. Particularly when some All-In-One computers have an optional Bluetooth. I was using the previous...
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Jin Li, one of our well known Lenovo advocates, reveals why he collects ThinkPads
My name is Jin Li (@lead_org); I am a Lenovo Insider (Lenovo brand advocate), Lenovo Community Advocate, Microsoft MVP, blogger, and a serious ThinkPad addict! I currently own more than 60 ThinkPads, and my collection is growing. So, why do I have so many ThinkPad laptops? I love ThinkPad, and I love the whole user experience associated with owning a ThinkPad. There is nothing quite as satisfying as owning a ThinkPad, servicing it, and upgrading it so that it will still function in a decade’s time when other laptops have gone into the eWaste recycling bin. I sometimes feel that ThinkPad is more than an inanimate object that you simply use then throw out, but rather it is an embodiment of human knowledge and cultures, which every owner should treasure. ThinkPad represents everything that is great about mankind, and how we can translate our culture and thinking into great functional design, which other people could equally appreciate (or discover). By collecting ThinkPads, I can discover and learn about the cultural and design evolution of a great brand, and how it changes overtime. At the same time, I can also marvel at how ingenious ThinkPad designers are, to allow the original ThinkPad design elements to remain identifiable in products 20 years after its release. One could say that ThinkPad brand has the greatest brand pedigree! Jin Li has...
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ThinkPad Tablet 2
Following on from our second article, "Developers on the ThinkPad Tablet 2 - Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Design", we once again speak directly with the developers. In this third session, we discuss focusing on hardware development for touch panels and digitizer pens that are directly related to the user experience. Here are the interviews with two veteran engineers, one who has experience formulating engineering standards for mobile phones from the users' standpoint, and the other who started his career designing LCD circuits and is currently responsible for tablet LCDs. - The Tablet 2 got high marks for its beautiful screen and great touch performance. Kawakita: It's really great news for us. We have been researching touch-technology for a long time now and we're utilizing the fruit of our labor. Actually, a clear technique that enables the measurement of the comprehensive performance of things like smoothness of touch and response speed did not exist. So we had to begin with the development of that technique itself. But when we completed the technique to some extent, we had become confident that it would work out fine. However, you can't see things one-sidedly. You have to prove the result by measuring performances with the technique. So we asked for the cooperation of a major information technology...
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$1 Sale Poster
All products will be on sale for $1 only when we reach #1 in worldwide market share! We are now very close to the top position, and we anticipate that the campaign sale will begin shortly. It seems that we already have 100% of the outer space market, but we would like to celebrate this historic day with customers on Earth, and together look towards the future with A New Hope. * Delivery available to ISS (International Space Station) only. Thank you for your understanding.
Change in ThinkPad design typically evolves rather than making radical moves. Talk to stewards of the brand, David Hill or Aaron Stewart, and each of them will tell you that any tweaks to this hallmarks’ design come only after hours of excruciating and detailed thought. You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who says we change for change’s sake. So when we do, it’s deliberate and for the better. That said, it’s hard to make everyone happy. Any time we make the slightest change, we get reams of comments – some “thank you” and “I love this,” and some, “What are you doing?” and “Don’t mess with it.” We truly appreciate those strong voices because it shows us your passion for technology and ThinkPad. To reach the top, products and companies continually reinvent themselves – just look at eBay or Amazon. We’re doing it too by moving from a PC company to a PC+ technology company with new products like smartphones and smartTVs in many countries across the world. To take it back to ThinkPad, we want to retain the right amount of ThinkPad-ness that satisfies our loyal customers who’ve always valued it while modernizing ThinkPad under the influences of consumerization’s focus on simplicity, interoperability and connectedness. We’ve pinpointed that important balance with the new ThinkPad T431s, a laptop that answers the question, with...
