Lenovo promises LePad Android tablet for the end of the year

Liu Jun, Senior VP and President of Lenovo's Consumer Business Group, has revealed his company's intention to deliver an Android tablet by the end of this year. To be known as LePad, this apparent resurrection of the Skylight / U1 Hybrid R&D effort seems destined to follow LePhone in seeking its fortunes in China first before expanding out to the rest of the world. Lenovo's chairman did recently note that Apple's relative inaction toward mainland China creates opportunities for others, so this may well represent the IdeaPad maker's play for that burgeoning market. Of course, we'd love to be wrong and see a simultaneous release around the world -- it's about time the iPad got some legitimate competition in the slate realm.

[Opinionated Posted Jul 20th 2010 9:56AM]

it least its' not "Droid Pad"

[Opinionated Posted Jul 20th 2010 9:58AM]

at least*

[thetomtom Posted Jul 20th 2010 10:19AM]

LePad? Is that French for iPad?

[thetomtom Posted Jul 20th 2010 10:21AM]

LePad? Is that French for iPad?

[ep3232 Posted Jul 20th 2010 11:45AM]

lepad is le choice por pepe lepú and lebron james

[FrankDTank Posted Jul 20th 2010 1:43PM]

Introducing LeFail.

[dhill0413 Posted Jul 20th 2010 2:52PM]

sign me up

[fjpoblam Posted Jul 20th 2010 3:21PM]

Ah, I get it: leGitimate competition? Good one! LMAO

But seriously. It's about time. Lenovo makes good stuff. I'm looking forward to it.

[SD Samsarah Posted Jul 20th 2010 9:20PM]

With the help of Android or Chrome, Lenovo should create an interplay of hardware and software like this project will, http://www.hb-improving.com/us/apple/exemples_iboard.html , to have a winner.

[pabst504 Posted Jul 20th 2010 10:48PM]

how much does it cost?

[jonsoderberg Posted Aug 8th 2010 11:59AM]

Id pay 3 times as much money for an android tablet that was weatherproof and was milspec. I need a device that I can use to replace my field book as I work as a civil engineering inspector on water projects. The closest to what I need is the http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/ultra-mobile-rugged-toughbook-h1-field-tablet-pc.asp#/U1 which has hot swappable batteries that run 8 hrs on a charge. I dont need a 10 inch screen I need a smaller rugged one that doesn't scratch. Please will some device manufacturer follow this path of manufacturing now and not in 2 years.