Lenovo have had a great year! The Chinese PC maker, and 4th largest in the world have just posted a 25% increase in profits for 2010 and to celebrate have finally announced they plan to launch the Android powered LePad!
More details after the jump!
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The LePad will be priced at 3500 Yuan ($530) which is roughly the same as the 16Gb iPad price here in China, only the LePad features a double the on board storage, 32Gb.
The Lenovo Android tablet gets a 10 inch multi-touch capacitive screen and a 1.3Ghz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm.
The screen is detachable and can be used on it’s own as a 10″ Android tablet (running Android 2.2), then when connected to its base the LePad transforms to a Windows 7 powered netbook.
We hope to get our hands on the LePad when it launches so watch this space to read our impressions!
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