Everyday Experiments

Now just what do these two have in common?

For starters, both specimens are H-O-T!!! They both come in absolutely jaw-dropping packages that can make anyone a candidate for cardiac arrest (or at least I'd like to think so). When you have 'em in your hands you'd want to caress and play with every contour and curve, each button and key. And personally I'd really, REALLY want both of them with me in my bed.

(okay, I'm making an effort to control myself now. breathe.)

Of course, David Beckham has been around for years now. And yes, he is happily married to Posh Spice. So I'd have to settle myself for something a wee bit more obtainable then:

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The Lenovo site has announced the upcoming release of its new hybrid notebook, the Lenovo Ideapad U1. Just when all the anticipation for the Apple Ipad has died down (and generally met with disappointment, I might say), Lenovo comes to the rescue with a sleek new innovation that takes the idea of the Ipad one step further:

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The detachable 11.6" touch-screen tablet has its own Qualcomm 1 Ghz ARM Snapdragon processor, customized Linux Skylight OS, 512 MB RAM, 3G capability, and webcam. The six-panel Skylight interface has options for email, web browsing, social media maintenance, calendar plus a really swell image, music and video playback option, along with the usual tablet ebook reader function.

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I've always wanted a tablet reader that lets me conveniently read books on the go. And, more importantly, while in bed. The only thing that's keeping me is the price (plus the proprietary restrictions with Kindle) . For that price I'd prefer to have something a little extra aside from the ebook reader. Actually I've  been waiting for that perfect little tablet with multimedia functionality to come along. You see, I'm the kind of person who likes to plunk down to bed and just read a good book or watch a decent movie after an especially dreary day at work. Most of the time though I end up getting neck strain from watching TV shows and movies from my laptop. I realize I'd like to read books and watch movies ON my bed, not from it. I want a handy piece of hardware that I can take with me to my bed and flip whichever way I want so that I can get the ultimate reading and watching experience.

Never mind if there's no David Beckham beside me.

Oh, by the way, the specs for the laptop are pretty decent as well. It comes with an Intel Core2Du0 SU4100 processor , Windows 7 OS, built-in Wifi, 4GB RAM (including the tablet's 512 MB), and a muti-card reader.

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The only hangup I have as yet is that I'm not sure if the detachable screen has slots for removable media... will have to look up on that. It's all pretty much under development, and it will probably ship out in June this year. That's lots of time for Lenovo to tweak and optimize the hybrid. Until then, this packing hot little gadget is definitely going to be on my spicy-hot-gadget list to look out for.