Lenovo launches new touch notebooks, Yoga 11s leads way

Last Friday, Lenovo Philippines launched four new touch notebooks. Well not exactly new, but touch-enabled Windows 8-optimized versions of their successful notebook lineups in the past. Freshly introduced are the Yoga 11s, IdeaPads S210 Touch, Z400 Touch, and S400 Touch.

According to Vicky Agorrilla, Country General Manager of Lenovo Philippines, their latest range of touch-enabled devices will create and define a new computing experience for the consumers. She further added that today is the right time for these new form factors to take off and gain rapid adoption, for the Doers of today to work and play with digital content like never before.

The IdeaPad Yoga 11s bears the same flexibility as its predecessor making it a multi-mode convertible laptop that you can flip and fold into four setup positions depending on your needs. You can use it as a stand, a tent for watching movies, as a touchscreen tablet, or as your conventional laptop for content creation purposes.

It will also have the same attractive rubber paining and soft-touch exterior of the previous Yoga. Even the Clementine Orange color is retained.

Powering the IdeaPad Yoga 11s is a 3rd generation Intel Core i3 processor. It also has an 11.6-inch 10-point multi-touch HD IPS display for that full Windows 8 experience. It will be available by the second week of June for Php44,995.

The IdeaPad S210 Touch is Lenovo’s basic line of notebook. Aside from the 12-inch 10-point multitouch feature, the S210 Touch gets an ultra-low voltage 3rd Gen Core i3 processor with 4GB RAM and 500GB hard drive. It will be available this month for only Php21,995.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Z400 and S400 Touch both feature a 14-inch HD touch-based display and come in either a Core i3 or Core i5 configuration. They also have VeriFace face recognition security technology as well as OneKey Rescue System for easy backup and recovery. The Z400 Touch is already available starting at Php35,995 while the S400 Touch will be available in mid-June starting at Php27,995.

Lenovo launches new touch notebooks, Yoga 11s leads way

Acer turns 10, intros new notebooks and mobile devices

Acer Philippines celebrated its 10^th year anniversary last May 21, with its theme “InTENse” to represent the company’s success over the past 10 years.

Acer Philippines’ General Manager Manuel Wong expressed his gratitude to the employees, who he believes are the most important reason for Acer’s success. He also thanked the company’s stakeholders, friends from the media, and other partners for supporting the brand throughout the years.

Acer aims to recalibrate their products to fit the needs of the always-on-the-go people, who want to get things simplified yet enhanced. One of the highlights of the grand event was the unveiling of Acer’s newest inTENse products that perfectly matches different needs of different people.

Acer went out of the box with the Aspire R7 notebook by placing the touch pad on top of the keyboard for better movement optimization, and the Ezel hinge system that brings the screen closer to the keyboard for easier touch screen access.

The Aspire P3 Ultrabook offers 10-point touch technology that allows users to use it as a tablet or with keyboard. Packed with color-rich HD display and Dolby surround speakers, users can have a great multimedia experience in a compact device.

Acer’s Iconia A1-810 tablet features a larger display, one-hand handling, quad-core processor, and a bunch of other great features makes it easier for young professionals to keep up with corporate challenges like on-call client meetings with a go-to gadget like the Iconia.

Acer also unveiled the 4.5-inch Liquid E2 smartphone that features a MediaTek 1.2GHz quad-core processor with dual SIM slots.

Also launched was the ultrathin Aspire V5-122P notebook (sitting between netbooks and Ultrabooks) that is definitely a well-balanced touch screen device which may appeal to users especially students.

For more information about Acer and the new line of products, visit: www.acer.com.ph.

Acer turns 10, intros new notebooks and mobile devices