Friday, July 19, 2013

Lenovo discontinues Windows RT-based IdeaPadYoga 11 hybrid

Lenovo's Windows RT offering—theIdeaPad Yoga 11—doesn't seem to be doingtoo well. According to Neowin, thecompany has stoppedsellingthe ARM-based notebook-tablet hybridon its own website. The company seems to be discontinuingthehybrid.
A quicksearch for theYoga 11 results in it being out of stock almost everywhere. We tried to contact some retailers to check if it had indeedbeen discontinued, but we weren't able to contact them. It is worth noting, however, that we have spotted some places still selling theYoga 11, presumably leftover stock.
The ARM-based hybridrunningon Windows RT was originally launched back in December alongside theYoga 13, which runs thefull Windows 8. The Yoga 11 measures 15.6 mm and weighs 1.25 kg. Yoga 11’s slim designand 11.6-inch screenmake it a great convertible offering mobility to the user. It runs on the ARM-based Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset. Yoga 11 lets users watch HD movies, play games, getconnected and stay productive with Microsoft Office applications for long amounts of time.
Launchedalongsied theYoga 11, the Yoga 13 weighs 1.54 kg and provides a laptop-grade performance to get work done. At theflip of its special patented doublehinge, thekeyboard flips 360-degrees from beneath thedisplay to transforminto a media-friendly tablet fitted with audio-visual features like Dolby Home Theatre.
With this move, Lenovo seems to have discontinued the only Windows RT device that it was making. It is currently unknown if the company will be showing off any new tablets or hybrids that run on thetouch-based operating system. The company continuesto sell theIdeaPad Yoga 11S and the IdeaPad Yoga 13.

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