Lenovo launches new Yoga tablet
Updated: 2013-10-30 10:35The new tablets will be available starting on Wednesday. The 8-inch device can be purchased for $249 at Best Buy stores and Lenovo's website, while the 10-inch device - $299 - will be available at major retailers like Amazon.com, Fry's and others.
Yoga's main launch was live-streamed Tuesday from Youtube Space LA and was led by actor Ashton Kutcher, who most recently portrayed Apple's Steve Jobs in a movie. The company also announced that Kutcher will be its newest "product engineer", working with Lenovo's engineering teams to "develop and market the Yoga line of tablets by providing input and decision-making into design, specifications, software and usage scenarios," Lenovo said in a statement.
"As consumers continue to demand innovative multimode designers we're thrilled to have Ashton Kutcher on board with us to help further develop the immersive and complementary hardware and rich content experience," Liu said.
Earlier this year, Lenovo was ranked the No 1 personal computer (PC) vendor in the world, beating competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell, according to figures from market intelligence firm IDC. In the second quarter this year, it had 16.7 percent of the global PC market share, up from 15 percent in the same period last year, IDC reported.
In their first fiscal quarter results released in August, Lenovo reported revenue of $8.8 billion, a 10 percent increase over the same period last year. The company shipped 12.6 million PC units in the first fiscal quarter, "the 17th quarter in a row that Lenovo outperformed the industry as a whole," the company said in a statement.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Lenovo was considering acquiring smartphone maker BlackBerry, and that the company had signed a non-disclosure agreement to look at BlackBerry's books.