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The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is certainly a thing of beauty, right from the moment that we laid eyes on it at CES earlier this year in Las Vegas. Of course, since then, at the end of last month, we did bring you word that the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is being prepared for delivery, and since we are approaching the tail end of April now, it seems that students over at a university in New Jersey will soon start to enjoy the wonders of the ThinkPad Helix.
Apparently, this university has furnished its students with the ThinkPad Helix hybrid Ultrabook after performing an evaluation against pure Ultrabooks and tablet devices. The Seton Hall University hopes to deploy approximately 2,000 (!) units of the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, where the first batch should arrive in a few weeks’ time. Other folks do seem to have already received them though, which is why this Ultrabook hybrid could very have begun to ship to the masses. Definitely a beauty for the ages, this.
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When we first laid our eyes on the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, it was back in January earlier this year at CES 2013, and you can more or less say that this is definitely one of the cooler convertible Ultrabooks around. The thing is, the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix was not quite ready yet for prime time action back then, and it even missed the February 2013 release date, and with the first quarter of the year coming to a close, just how much longer must the agonizing wait be?
Well, Lenovo recently mentioned that the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix will be made available sometime next month, which means it is already more or less ready for delivery. Just before we conclude, we would like to refresh the memories of those who have forgotten about the ThinkPad Helix’s hardware specifications, where it will include an 11.6-inch Full HD display at 400 nits brightness, carry 3rd generation Intel Core processors, has a pen input device, Intel HD4000 as the graphics chipset of choice, up to 8GB RAM, a 128GB SSD, and runs on Windows 8 as the operating system of choice. Pricing of the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix remains at $1,499 for the entry level model and goes up from there.
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We managed to get a glimpse of the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix at the recently concluded CES 2013 in Las Vegas last month, and just in case you were wondering whether you would be able to bring home the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix at the end of this February, you’re out of luck. Over on Facebook, the folks at Lenovo dropped the ball that the convertible Ultrabook would see its price point pushed all the way back to March or even April this year. The statement that said it all? “…unfortunately we received word that it will be delayed till March or April. More details will be announced soon. Thanks.”
Just to refresh our respective memories, the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix will come with an 11.6-inch 1080p Gorilla Glass display in addition to a rather hefty $1,499 price point for its most basic configuration. Well, I guess you would need to pay through your nose if you want good quality stuff, right? After all, when you pay peanuts, you get, yup – monkeys.
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[CES 2013] Now here’s a mobile device that will surely rank high up on the Drool-O-Meter – the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, where it has been described as a premium convertible which targets business professionals, boasting a “rip and flip” design that ought to lay down a blueprint for the next generation of laptop designs. In a nutshell, the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix will fuse laptop and tablet design as well as functionality in a single device, delivering absolute mobile freedom and versatility with four different ways to use it. (more…)
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The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix has been a known entity for some time, first showing up on the company’s Israeli website and more recently stopping by the FCC with AT&T LTE in tow. The device is no longer an enigma, as Lenovo is pulling back the curtain on the 11.6-inch convertible Ultrabook, which will go on sale in late February for $1,499 and up.
Like the famously flippable ThinkPad Yoga, the Helix can be used in several different positions. Tablet and Ultrabook modes are a given, but users can also flip the tablet 180 degrees and snap it back in to the base, essentially providing a stand for using the device as a slate. In addition to supporting touch input, the Helix offers a bundled pen (complete with a slot for storing) for tapping away at the 1080p Gorilla Glass display. Speaking of the panel, it boasts IPS technology — and Lenovo says it’s “the brightest screen in the ThinkPad brand portfolio.”
Along with the just-introduced ThinkPad Edge E431 and E531, the Helix sports a new trackpad that forgoes the secondary buttons meant to be used with the TrackPoint. Instead, these buttons are built into the clickpad, though the pointing stick is still on board. We imagine this change will upset many ThinkPad devotees, but given that we haven’t seen a final production unit, we’re not ready to pass judgement on the update.
The highest-end configuration will run a Core i7 processor, and Lenovo says you can expect up to 10 hours of battery life. Other specs include a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-MP front-facing shooter, NFC for tapping to share and — as expected — LTE connectivity. The tablet weighs 1.8 pounds on its own, and the whole Ultrabook comes in at under four. Take a closer look at this convertible in our hands-on gallery.
Gallery: Lenovo ThinkPad Helix hands-on
Gallery: Lenovo ThinkPad Helix press photos
I do admit, with a name like the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, it certainly does border on the cool, as it reminds me of the DNA helix, which is the building block of life itself. Well, the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix will be running on the Windows 8 operating system, where this tablet targets business users, sporting a detachable keyboard dock that comes in handy whenever you want to type a long, drawn out document on the go without having to grapple with the feeling of typing on air using a virtual keyboard. Not officially released yet, the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix has already appeared on the company’s Israeli website – no idea on whether this was done on purpose, or it is just a mistake on the webmaster’s part.
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