Lenovo’s Skylight smartbook kills the competition

9th January, 2010 by guraru
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On January 5th, Lenevo entered the smartbook market with their new Skylight. The new device is above many Atom-based computers with its 1GHz Snapdragon processor, attracting a lot of good comments. Skylight uses a 10-inch display and has a battery life of only 10 hours, but if we analyze that weights under 2 pounds and it is slimmer than some smartphones, this thing becomes unimportant. HD movies are also supported and can run even in the smartbook’s browser.

Skylight was created especially for internet browsing that’s why it has only 20GB for file storage. To compensate that, the device has a Linux based interface that includes internet applications which allows you to access online services like YouTube, Amazon or Facebook. For internet storage the device has 2GB reserved and it can use Wi-Fi or 3G from AT&T to get online.

The company intends to start shipping the new smartbook somewhere in April for the US market at a price of $499. Some rumors say that AT&T will sell the device at a lower price if users will conclude a data contract.

The creator of the smartbook category, Qualcomm, wanted to challenge Intel and traditional SMARTPHONE sellers and wants to be a direct competitor for Apple’s new tablet. ARM processors are used for the platform and Android/Linux OS are pre-installed and make the devices perform better than a normal notebook with other OS.


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