• Convertible touch-screen tablet notebook
• Qualcomm Snapdragon™ ARM processor in tablet mode
• Features Lenovo's customized tablet mode
  
• Other known features and technical specifications of Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid:
  
  * Weight: 3.8 lbs (total weight); 1.6 pounds (screen only)
  * RAM: 4GB (512 MB for the tablet)
  * Up to 160GB on the SSD
  * Intel GMA graphics card
  * 4-in-1 media card reader
  * 1.3-megapixel camera
  * eSATA port, HDMI and VGA outputs
  * Connectivity: WiFi 802. 11b/g/n, 3G

Lenovo’s new hybrid PC, displayed at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show this week, is reminiscient of the Always Innovating Magnetic netbook which featured a detachable screen for use as a tablet. Designated the Lenovo IdeaPad U1, the device is usable as both laptop and multi-touch slate tablet.

It’s a heavyweight, coming in at 3.8 pounds, and it rocks an 11.6-inch LED screen and the Windows Relevant Products/Services 7 OS. It has a videocamera, two stereo speakers, and an integrated microphone for voice chat and other activities.

According to Lenovo Senior VP Liu Jun:

“By fusing the functionality of a notebook with the slate tablet’s rich multi-touch entertainment and mobile Internet experience, U1 provides consumers the freedom to choose the device they prefer for any activity.”

When used as a laptop, the Lenovo U1 actually accesses a second processor within the keyboard for synchronized use. When you remove the 1.6 lb multi-touch tablet you can continue computing in portrait or landscape mode with the ARM CPY running Lenovo’s Skylight OS.