Laptops with 3G Connectivity

HP LaptopLenovo has announced that it has teamed up with Vodafone in the UK to offer mobile broadband built-in to the laptops. Customers will be able to purchase new ThinkPad notebooks in the T and X Series and on all of Lenovo’s new ThinkPad SL Series notebooks with the new connectivity option. The price for the data plan will cost £8.50 a day for unlimited data around Europe, USA and Japan according to Vodafone.

Olympic themed Laptops and USB drives

LenovoAs the sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Lenovo unveiled winning “Cloud of Promise” themed laptops earlier and now they release a USB drive with the same theme. If the devices come as limited edition there will be a great future eBay value for them. The “Cloud of Promise” theme for the Beijing Olympics was designed by Lenovo and selected over 300 competing themes.

Best tech support

Lenovo Group Limited Lenovo ThinkPad T61 6460 Core 2 Duo T7700 / 2.4 GHz - Centrino Pro (Sold Individually)
A new study by Consumer Reports finds that technical support for most computers is pretty dismal. According to the study Compaq and Hewlett-Packard’s tech support were found to be generally worse. For laptops, Lenovo’s tech support found to be  quite good. Apple rated as the best by consumers. The Consumer Reports’ survey showed Mac’s in-store help is excellent, solving problems 90 percent of the time.

Lenovo leads in Consumer Rankings

Lenovo Group Limited Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet 7763 Core 2 Duo L7500 / 1.6 GHz LV - Centrino Duo (Sold Individually)
After, Lenovo the Chinese laptop maker bought the business from IBM, what used to be IBM Thinkpads are now Lenovo Thinkpads. Lenovo laptops rank #1when it comes to laptops with least number of repairs reported by about 135,000 owners in Consumer Reports surveys. Lenovo also ranks second in tech support only next to Apple, ahead of Dell and HP.

Laptop wipes all data if stolen

laptop.pngBackStopp a hosted service created by a U.K company,can automatically wipe hard disk data on machines taken from authorized locations. If a laptop is reported missing– or even just moved from a designated spot- the system can reach out and execute a file deletion process that clears the laptop of all important data. There is also a feature to take picture of the thieves and send it back to analysis. The price for the service starts with $19/month.