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Lenovo Stuck an E-ink Display on a Laptop Lid Because Why Not?

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:16AM   
from the doodle-away dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

CNet:

Lenovo always seems to have a couple CES products that think totally outside the box, but this is more literal than I'm used to. On the cover of the 13.3-inch ThinkBook Plus is a secondary 10.8-inch e-ink display "on which users can create illustrations and diagrams with the integrated Lenovo Precision Pen and receive essential notifications when the lid is closed allowing them to stay focused during meetings."
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Aside from the e-ink display, the ThinkBook Plus is a fairly straightforward 13.3-inch ultraportable business laptop.

-Up to 10th-gen Intel Core i7 processor
-Integrated Intel UHD graphics
-8GB or 16GB of memory
-256GB or 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD
-Full HD display with 100% sRGB color gamut coverage
-Power button with integrated fingerprint reader, webcam privacy shutter and TPM 2.0 for security

It's finally safe to doodle in meetings again.

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• back to front back to front (Score: 5, Touché) by FatPhil on Wednesday January 08 2020, @08:06AM (4 children)

  by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Wednesday January 08 2020, @08:06AM (#940955) Homepage

  "receive essential notifications when the lid is closed allowing them to stay focused during meetings"
  
  i.e.
  
  "permit you to get distracted by other things even when you're signalling to others that you aren't being distracted by other things"

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• Re:back to front (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday January 08 2020, @12:56PM

  by hendrikboom (1125) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @12:56PM (#941013) Homepage Journal

  Yes, it could be used for both purposes.

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• Re:back to front (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday January 08 2020, @03:25PM

  by PiMuNu (3823) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @03:25PM (#941061)

  I think it is for taking notes in meetings without looking like you are checking email/twitface

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• Re:back to front Re:back to front (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Wednesday January 08 2020, @04:31PM (1 child)

  by DannyB (5839) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @04:31PM (#941092) Journal

  "receive essential notifications when the lid is closed allowing them to stay focused during meetings"

  The only essential notifications I need on a laptop lid are:
  * the current time / date
  * the password to unlock the laptop

  And the 2nd one can be conveniently laser etched into the lid.

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  • Re:back to front (Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:58PM

    by Rupert Pupnick (7277) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:58PM (#941133) Journal

    It's so you can stay focused on the laptop, not the meeting.

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