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Lenovo ThinkPad X301 is India’s ‘Best Computing Gadget of the Year’
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Bangalore, May 14, 2009 - The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 has been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Computing Gadget of the Year’ award at the first NDTV Techlife Awards jointly organized by NDTV and The Times Group on April 29, 2009 in New Delhi. These awards are the country’s first-ever stand-alone technology awards on television in the category of lifestyle and gadgets. The awards laud the gadgets that make a mark in categories such as Gadget of the Year, Best Computing Gadget, Best Green Gadget, Best Gadget Eye Candy, Best Gaming Product and Best Mobile Phone.
Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebook PC is the thinnest and lightest full-function notebook in its class1 and scales new heights in performance due to the latest DDR3 memory and the latest Intel® Core 2 Duo ultra low volt processor2. It offers cutting-edge features and technologies in a thin and light form starting at less than three pounds and is just one-inch thin. The notebook offers storage capacity with choices of either 64 GB or the new 128 GB solid state drive.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebook includes a variety of ThinkVantage Technologies, unique hardware-software solutions that lower the total cost of PC ownership. Designed for maximum options for wireless connectivity, the Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebook offers models with high-speed mobile broadband3 and WiFi3 to connect wirelessly to the Internet, and also with Bluetooth and Ultra-Wideband technology to connect wirelessly to other devices. Additionally, GPS on notebook models with high-speed mobile broadband4 allow travelers to more easily navigate to the office or airport.
Commenting on the achievement, Jaivinder Singh Gill, Executive Director, Commercial Business, Lenovo India said “We at Lenovo are delighted that the Lenovo ThinkPad X301 has been recognized for its performance, durability, ultra-long battery life, and value for today’s demanding business needs. The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebook PC takes Lenovo’s X Series to new heights in usability, storage capacity, processing tasks and mobility. The award is a reaffirmation of Lenovo’s commitment to innovation & further enhances Lenovo’s repute in the PC market. We are thankful to NDTV and The Times Group for awarding this recognition to Lenovo”.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 notebook also continues Lenovo’s focus on environmentally-responsible design. Its 13.3-inch LED backlit display, solid state drive storage and other energy-efficient technologies help make it rated Gold by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). This title adds to Lenovo’s portfolio of Gold-rated ThinkPad notebook and ThinkCentre desktop PCs. Lenovo offers close to 35 EPEAT Gold rated desktops and 24 EPEAT Gold rated monitors.
Vikram Chandra, CEO, NDTV Networks PLC and anchor, Gadget Guru, NDTV 24x7, mentioned, “We look for functionality and performance in a gadget, and it should be priced in a manner that makes it affordable. We congratulate Lenovo on winning the ‘Best Computing Gadget of the Year’ award for applying innovation in ThinkPad X301.”
In October 2008, the legendary ThinkPad range turned 16, with lots of cause for celebration, including numerous awards for design and innovation. ThinkPad is the icon of a living legacy of innovation featuring the TrackPoint, butterfly keyboard, ThinkLight, roll cage and fingerprint reader. The built-in ThinkVantage technologies are designed to make PCs self-configuring, self-optimizing, self-protecting and self-healing, in order to save time and the total cost of ownership, from the time of purchase to end-of-life disposal. Lenovo’s ThinkPad has gone from strength to strength, setting new standards in mobile computing and has unwaveringly addressed business users’ pain points over the years. The ultimate business tool, Lenovo ThinkPad embodies innovations which have gone on to become de facto notebook features. Lenovo’s ThinkPad is and will continue to be aimed at the corporate market.
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building exceptionally engineered personal computers. Lenovo’s business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see http://www.lenovo.com/.
About NDTV Tech Life Awards
Instituted jointly by NDTV and The Times Group, the Techlife is India's first ever stand alone technical exercise beamed on air in the space of Lifestyle and Gadgets. The long term vision for TECHLIFE AWARDS over the years is to be better known as "The Oscars of Gadgets". This is the first-ever awards to accolade the coolest gadgets capturing the greatest aspiration of an urban Indian.
The NDTV Tech Life Awards were presented after a rigorous hunt for the best in India’s multibillion-dollar technology industry. The stringent selection process for the awards commenced with inviting nominations from all technology brands across various categories. Ernst & Young, the process validator, collated the entries and handed them over to the eminent jury panel which then adjudged and filtered the entries to ensure that only the very best make it to the top.
The jury for Techlife Awards 2009 included the most illustrious in the field of technology and gadgets such as Atul Chitnis, Chief Products Officer and Senior VP at Geodesic Ltd., Kishore Bhargava, Technology Consultant, Prasanto Kumar Roy, Chief Editor, CyberMedia’s IT & Telecom publications and CIOL.com, Nishant Padhiar, Editor of What Hi-Fi? and Stuff, Sridhar Raman, Technology Consultant, Vikram Chandra, CEO of NDTV Networks and co-anchor, Gadget Guru on NDTV 24x7, Rajiv Makhni, Anchor, Gadget Guru on NDTV 24x7 and Arshad Warsi, Bollywood actor. For more information, log on to www.techlife.ndtv.com.
1 Compared to major vendors offering 13-inch widescreen notebook PCs: Sony, Dell, Apple, Asus and Fujitsu Siemens. Full featured defined as including a built-in DVD burner.
2 For similarly configured systems using PC Mark05.
3 WWAN and WiFi Service Providers: Requires separate agreement with select third party service provider, and is subject to credit approval and applicable service agreement/terms, rate plan and coverage maps of the provider. Service is available in select metropolitan markets, not available in all areas. Service provider, not Lenovo, is solely responsible for service. Lenovo customers may be contacted after purchase to activate service. Special credit and tenure restrictions and additional charges may apply to international roaming. A network connection, third-party software, additional hardware, and/or subscription to a third-party service may be required for certain solutions/applications. Additional restrictions apply. Offer subject to change.
4 GPS only available on models with WWAN, but does not require WWAN card to be enabled. Requires user to connect to Internet to use Internet mapping applications, or the user to download GPS software. GPS software not included.
Media contacts:
Poornima Matthan
Country Manager – Communications
Lenovo India
T: +91.80.30533192
E: pmatthan@lenovo.com
Shweta Makhija/ Mihika Shankar
Text 100 India Pvt. Ltd.
T: 080 – 25548808
M: +91 98860 89479/ 9880898748
E: shweta.makhija@text100.co.in / mihika.shankar@text100.co.in
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