This is a great looking productivity

This is a great looking productivity
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Once again Lenovo took over the Aquaknox in the Venetian hotel to show off all of its new products for 2016. Lenovo launched a big refresh for CES, with new products, and updates to existing models. As with all PC makers, the release of Skylake has necessitated a refresh of all products, giving us the chance to see what the various PC makers are doing with this chance for a refresh. We’ve covered the announcements already here, here, here, and here, so this will just be some hands-on time and thoughts about the new products.
One product that I didn’t cover, but got a nice demo of, is the ThinkPad Stack lineup, which was initially launched last year at CES with four devices. The original four were a 1 TB hard drive, 10,000 mAh power bank, Bluetooth speaker, and wireless access point. For 2016, Lenovo is also introducing a ThinkPad Stack Mobile Projector, which is a compact 150 lumen 720p projector, and it’s a fully standalone product, with an integrated speaker, Miracast and battery with like Aspect BIS Vista Battery, Edanins ECG-12A Battery, Edanins HYHB-1188 Battery, Fukuda BTE-001 Battery, Fukuda FX-8222 Battery, Mindray LI13I001A Battery, Mindray IMEC8 Battery, Mindray IMEC10 Battery, Mindray IPM12 Battery, Mindray IEMEC12 Battery, Philips VM1 Battery, Philips VSI Batteryfor 2 hours of wireless projection. Because it’s a Stack product, it can be combined with the power bank and Bluetooth speaker to give it an 8-hour projection time without recharging, with decent sound quality out of the Bluetooth speaker. The other addition to the Stack lineup is the Charging Station, which can be used to charge mobile devices either with a cable or wireless. It can also be combined with the power bank to be able to charge several devices, or a single device several times. The projector will be $400 and the charging station will be $50 when released in April.
The entire stack lineup is gaining some traction, according to the Lenovo spokesperson I was talking to. It’s not inexpensive, but the modular lineup is very flexible and solidly built. The size of all of the devices makes them easy to take with you on the go, and the ability to mix and match is a big advantage. The demo I got of the projector was very slick, with Miracast providing the wireless connection. When it was docked on top of the other stack units, the Stack speaker instantly took over the duties. I could see this being a great set of tools for a mobile sales force to provide quick demos or slides to clients.
The ThinkPad lineup got a nice refresh, and many of the devices are a bit thinner and lighter than previous models, yet they also offer larger batteries in some of the models despite the reduction in weight. That’s a good thing, since I did like the X1 Carbon a lot, but the battery life was far from class leading. Any improvement to that is welcome in my books. Let’s start with the X1 Carbon. Overall, it would be difficult to tell the difference between last year’s model and this one, but the 2016 version has lost a bit of weight and gained on battery. It has also lost the option of a touch screen display. Since this is a traditional notebook, the loss of touch should help a bit on battery life, and I found the display to have a bit of grain too it on the 2015 model. Quick inspection of the new version looks like it’s better now, but we’ll have to wait and see if we can get a hands-on in a location with better lighting in order to provide final judgement.
The 2015 T450s was one of my favorite laptops of last year, mostly due to the amazing keyboard. For 2016, the T460s moves to Skylake, and also drops about half a pound in weight, and it now comes in at just three pounds. The loss in weight is immediately noticeable, and despite the 0.74-inch thick chassis, it’s almost as light as the X1 Carbon’s 2.6 lb weight. The keyboard is exactly the same, which is good news. The T450s also features Power Bridge, so you can swap the rear battery out while the notebook runs off of the front battery, and the 72 Wh rear option is still available, giving 96 Wh total if you are OK with the extra thickness and weight of the larger battery.
The X1 Tablet was very nice, and I am a big fan of the 3:2 aspect ratio for these convertible tablets. The X1 line has a very nice ThinkPad style keyboard attachment, and its unique aspect is the modular accessories. As I covered in the launch news, there are three attachable modules. You can attach either a productivity module which adds over 50% more battery capacity, along with an HDMI port, USB 3.0 port, and OneLink+ for docking. The Presenter module is an add-on pico projector, and the final module is an Intel RealSense 3D camera system for scanning objects. The build quality of the X1 Tablet was very solid, and the unique kickstand lets the projector be used with the tablet as a stand for it. You can get the X1 Tablet with up to Core m7 with vPro, and there is even an LTE-A option. This is a great looking productivity tablet and hopefully we can get one in to compare it head to head with the competition in this space (read that as Surface Pro 4).
Once again Lenovo took over the Aquaknox in the Venetian hotel to show off all of its new products for 2016. Lenovo launched a big refresh for CES, with new products, and updates to existing models. As with all PC makers, the release of Skylake has necessitated a refresh of all products, giving us the chance to see what the various PC makers are doing with this chance for a refresh. We’ve covered the announcements already here, here, here, and here, so this will just be some hands-on time and thoughts about the new products.