The PC assembly line at CES doesn’t let up. Lenovo was busy. Let’s start with the newest YogaBook, the dual-screen YogaBook 9i. Instead of folding like a regular laptop, this… thing unfolds a screen on top of another with a thin keyboard at the bottom. Fortunately, as well as the keyboard and stylus accessories, there’s a stand to ensure those two 13.3-inch 2.8K OLED displays stay in place. There is an incredible amount of flexibility here. You can have the screens unfolded like a book, stacked on top of each other, or like a classic laptop, with the bottom screen showing the keyboard.
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Then there’s the $400 Smart Paper tablet. A shameless jab at Amazon’s rival Scribe e-ink tablet, it has a screen to write and annotate, and a battery-free stylus that you can slip into the case. There are nine pen settings (such as pencil, ballpoint and marker) and over 4,000 levels of pressure sensitivity to ensure your sketches come out the way you planned. Lenovo’s Smart Paper can convert your handwriting to text, and you can use keyword search to find what you’re looking for—something Amazon’s version lacks. Conversely, Lenovo won’t have a library of Kindle books to scribble notes on—they’re two different propositions.
Oh, did you want a twist? Well, Lenovo isn’t done: It also unveiled a new ThinkBook Plus that twists and turns to switch between e-ink and OLED screens. In short, it’s a bit of both. Check out our full impressions and specs breakdown here. We’ll be back Monday with more CES coverage, including the Engadget Best of CES winners.
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