http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo adds multi-touch, facial recognition to its S10 netbook http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/it's just a software/color update]]>Jan 5th 2009 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/
If they would've had all these features in the first release it would have made them stand out rather than be one of the vanilla atom netbooks out there.]]>Jan 5th 2009 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/
You can already get Veriface for the current S10. If you go to Lenovo's web site and go to the Drivers section under Support, Veriface is listed as a download for the S10. I can personally verify that it DOES NOT work under XP though, so if you want to use it, you'll need to put Vista on the S10, which isn't too tough. Well, I guess I shouldn't say it doesn't work under XP, but the "log-in-using-your-face" feature doesn't work. I don't know if the other functionality of Veriface works under XP. I've run Vista on the S10 (I also have 2GB installed) and it actually isn't as bad as you might think. Vista was pretty responsive. You can use most of the XP drivers listed on the Lenovo web site in Vista, as well.

As for other "updates" for the current S10, I just ordered an 802.11n card to replace the internal 802.11g card. On some S10 sites, other people have done this upgrade so I'm pretty excited for it.

Oh, on a side note, if you do decide to install Vista and you find that you have one device that is listed as an Unknown Device in the Device Manager, chances are that is a Lenovo energy management device. If you download the energy management driver from the IdeaPad Y730 support site, that should fix your problem with that device.]]>Jan 5th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/
No, I didn't bother backing up the disk image. I don't care about the whole onekey recovery junk. I can recover my own system and don't need to bother with additional software eating up hard drive space. Plus, with how often I try other operating systems, it's kind of pointless anyway.

Vista does run pretty well considering it's a low-powered laptop. I had trouble with Aero, but that was about it.

On a side note, I just finished upgrading my 802.11g adapter to 802.11n. The new adapter runs hotter than the old one, but other than that, we have a winner. Very easy upgrade. I love this little laptop...]]>Jan 5th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/
Yea, I have the s10 and it has a 10.2" display and a multitouch touchpad. If this ships with a six cell battery instead of a three cell THEN I'd be pissed.]]>Jan 5th 2009 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/but this battery is slightly bigger and the netbooks on this pictures do not have one
but I think the colors blue and pink are new and the veriface, onekey-rescue and quickstart features are not in the models sold so far]]>Jan 5th 2009 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/
But that's one small gripe about an otherwise amazing laptop. I'm still extremely satisfied with my purchase.]]>Jan 5th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 5th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/]]>Jan 5th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/
The features on the E version is interesting with the Splashtop feature, glossy screen, and all. Just not sure which version to get. Advice anyone?
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To me the more obvious changes would have been to fix the right shift key and maybe add a trackpoint to distinguish themselves from all the other netbooks out there. But whatever. If the price is really $350 (not with Windows XP I bet) then it might really be a viable competitor.]]>Jan 5th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/lenovo-adds-multi-touch-facial-recognition-to-its-s10-netbook/Jan 11th 2009 11:24AM