The bad news: two of our most popular products from CES are pushing back. The Skylight Lenovo U1 and hybrids were delayed by the company. The good news: the reason is that Lenovo will provide the stylish and portable Tablet Smartbook with Android. Overall, we think it’s a smart move given the dynamic nature of the Google OS. When these products reach the market? Our hypothesis is that by the end of the year, but nobody would tell us with certainty. Visit the official comment of Lenovo following:
“After careful consideration of market conditions and feedback from users, Lenovo has decided to focus its resources on building a family of next-generation mobile Internet devices based on open technologies such as (but not limited to) core Android smartphone similar to Lenovo that is offered for sale in China today.
Because of the strategic realignment based on standards such as the Lenovo the environment on the Android open-kernel, leaving the company’s plans for the first version of the Skylight Smart Book, which featured an owner is based on Linux OS release.
Lenovo is committed to continue with our strategic partners to develop innovative products in the space mobile Internet growth, including smartphones and smartbooks above offer, work, and new, innovative concepts, to “push the envelope further research,” as the U1 PC hybrid. “