DEMO - Lenovo unveils $800 ThinkPad

20.09.2005
Mobility and collaboration were two of the major themes as Demo Fall 2005 conference kicked off on Tuesday.

In its 16th year, Demo gives startups and established vendors six minutes to demonstrate products to an audience of over 2,000 venture capitalists and large high-tech companies looking for acquisitions.

Lenovo Group the China-based company that acquired IBM's PC business, including the ThinkPad brand, unveiled its new Z series products. The two most outstanding features of the ThinkPad Z-60 models unveiled were the price and a first-of-a-kind broadband wireless capability.

A 14-inch widescreen notebook with 100-GB of storage, three USB ports, and an IEEE 1394 port, will start at US$799. The price point, unusually low for a ThinkPad or any mainstream notebook, brought a gasp from the Demo audience.

Lenovo also introduced the first notebook with an integrated cellular technology. This model uses Verizon, which will give users the ability to access networks without worrying about where to find the next hot spot.

While both HP and Dell have announced similar integrated cellular service, Lenovo is the first with a shipping product.