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Sometimes, you just need more USB ports. And when you are on the go, having a separate USB hub is not the most practical or economical use of space. If you own a ThinkPad, the Lenovo Power Hub is a nifty solution to give you that extra port when you need it.

The Lenovo Power Hub is actually a ThinkPad power charger. The power brick plugs into the wall like you normally would, and it also has a USB cable that plugs in to a port on your machine. With this setup, you can power your laptop as usual, and connect up to four other devices at the same time. Three of the ports have USB 2.0 data transfer capabilities, so you can access the information on your devices while plugged in. The fourth port is a dedicating power charging port.

The Power Hub supports Lenovo’s 65-watt and 90-watt laptops. The hub is compatible with the ThinkPad Edge series, L series, SL series, T series, and X series. It also works with the X200 Tablet and X201 Tablet models.

The power charger can keep charging the devices even if the laptop is not plugged into the brick. It’s not clear whether Lenovo will include the Power Hub in their laptop bundles for sale.

The Power Hub is available right now for $74.99. The delights of always having your products powered up and ready? Priceless.

Look out, world — Lenovo‘s on a serious tear, and it doesn’t look to be stopping anytime soon. In the company’s latest earnings report, it proudly announced its first-ever double digital market share of 10.2 percent. As if that milestone wasn’t enough to make upper management grin, the outfit also nailed down just under $55 million in net income (a pre-tax income of $75 million) on sales of $5.1 billion. This quarter also marks the third in a row that it has been the fastest growing of the top five PC makers, and the fifth consecutive quarter that it outgrew the industry. Specifically, the outfit’s PC shipments increased some 48.1 percent year-over-year, and consolidated sales for its fiscal Q1 saw an insane 49.6 percent uptick from last year. As of now, things are looking mighty rosy for Lenovo, and it just seems logical for the company to revive the Skylight in celebration. Who’s with us?

Lenovo sees $54.9 million net profit in Q1 earnings, hits double digits in global market share originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll be straight with you, we’re typing away on a Core i3-equipped Edge 14 right now and we rarely feel the need for more power, but then it’s not like Lenovo can afford to keep one of its prettier models sated with just i3s and i5s now, is it? Of course not, so here we are, gazing at a fresh new Core i7-620M upgrade option on the ThinkPad Edge 14, which will set eager buyers back an extra $350 over the more budget-friendly i3-330M default. Opting to splash that hard earned cash will net you Turbo Boost up to 3.33GHz and a not too shabby 2.66GHz regular clock, plus 4MB of cache. The Edge 15, which has so far been just a slightly larger twin to the 14, hasn’t yet felt the warm embrace of upgrade mania, but we suspect it too will soon start offering options from Intel’s top tier.

[Thanks, Jeremy]

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14 gets Core i7 option, extra vroom vroom originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo may not have had its ThinkPad L Series laptops out in time for Earth Day, but the company’s found an arguably even better incentive to help you help them save the environment: a nice fat upgrade and a small sale to commemorate their new availability. While we were originally told the $649 ThinkPad L412 would house a lowly Celeron P4500 inside its post-consumer-content housing, it appears Lenovo has decided against using that chip entirely — cue applause — in favor of the 2.13GHz Core i3-330. What’s more, both the 14-inch L412 and 15.6-inch L512 also come with double the memory (2GB in total) and are presently on sale for just $599. Not bad for a slab of recycled plastic, sand and assorted metals, eh?

Lenovo’s eco-friendly ThinkPad L Series arrives cheaper and faster than expected originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 May 2010 21:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Alright, so we didn’t really expect the made-partially-of-post-consumer-content (PCC) Lenovo L Series laptops to feel any different than past ThinkPads, but we did get a chance to play around with the recently announced 14- and 15-inch machines yesterday. The solid-feeling chassis is on the heavier end, though that’s to be expected from this mainstream line which has built-in optical drives and discrete graphics options. While you may not be getting the svelteness of the T Series, you do get that always-reliable ThinkPad quality — the classic spill-resistant keys felt solid under our fingertips and the touchpad with its raised dots was equally satisfying. We’re actually big fans of the smooth surface treatment they’re using on the palmrest as well as the shortcut keys that flank both sides of the keyboard. Obviously, we didn’t get a chance to test the battery life or performance in our short time with it, but our guess is those Core i3 and i5 processors won’t disappoint spreadsheet and PowerPoint multitaskers. Shouldn’t be long before these systems hit Lenovo.com in May, but in the meantime you have the pictures below to help you make a decision on this greener than grass business lappie.

Lenovo ThinkPad L Series doesn’t look or feel like it’s made of recycled materials originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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