Intel Pine Trail shows up in two new Lenovo netbook systems today – the IdeaPad S10-3t and S10-3 (above). While both systems offer the latest Pine Trail features including the integrated graphics/processor core, the S10-3t also happens to be the industry’s first multitouch capacitive convertible netbook tablet. This apparently means it’s built with Lenovo’s NaturalTouch responsive fingertip touch-screen technology as opposed to pressure touch technology resulting in an “optimal netbook user touch experience.”
Like other convertible systems, the S10-3t has a screen that swivels 180 degrees and can be folded down thereby converting the netbook into a slate oriented tablet PC.
Both the S10-3t and the S10-3 come with the newly announced Intel Atom N470 processor (which is clocked at 1.86Ghz vs the 1.66GHz clock speed of the previously announced N450 processor of the Pine Trail platform), a 320GB HDD, built-in stereo speakers, Dolby headphone audio, and Quick Start 2.0 instant-on functionality which provides users a quick means to access applications and the web in a few seconds without needing to boot-up Windows. Also notice the S10-3 has a new island-style keyboard which I love!
Both systems are available this month with the S10-3t starting at $499.99 while the S10-3 starts at $349.99. Via NetbookTech.com
Here are additional pics of the S10-3:
and pictures of the S10-3t convertible tablet netbook
