New Lenovo Products at CES 2014 #LenovoIN #CES2014 [Sponsored]

Last week I went to Las Vegas for CES 2014. I saw the new Lenovo products and hear more about Lenovo. I will start my CES coverage with the new Lenovo products I saw at CES 2014. Disclosure: Lenovo paid for a portion of my CES trip.

New Lenovo Products at CES 2014

Lenovo took over the AquaKnox restaurant at the Venetian showcasing their newest products. Here are my favorites:

Lenovo ThinkPad 8

The ThinkPad 8 tablet was my favorite new product Lenovo had at CES because of ONE really cool feature. See how the Quickshot Cover folds back to reveal the camera? The camera app opens when you do that too.

The ThinkPad 8 is an 8.3 inch tablet with Windows 8.1 and an 8 hour battery life.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a sleek-looking and extremely functional 14″ touch ultrabook. It weighs less than 3 lbs, .68 inches thick and has up to 9 hours of battery life. My favorite feature is the Adaptive Keyboard shown below. That means that instead of the usual function keys at the top, you will see keys that are relevant to the software or app you are using. If you using Skype, you won’t see F1, F2, etc, but instead volume and other keys that are useful for Skype.

Lenovo Horizon 2

I wrote about the first Horizon Table PC and now Lenovo has improved it. The new Horizon 2 is thinner, lighter and has a longer battery life than the original. You can easily send content from a phone (using an app) to the Aura by shaking the phone near the Horizon.

Lenovo Beacon Home Cloud Center

The Beacon Home Cloud Center is a storage device which allows you to get access to photos, videos, music and documents from various devices at the same time. You connect it directly to your TV with an HDMI cable and play any media files without a PC. You can insert two 3 TB (terabyte) hard drives for up to 6 TB of space. That is a TON of photos because 1 TB holds approx 250,000 4 MB photos.

Here is the Beacon with the side off showing 1 of the hard drives. You install the hard drives yourself.

When the Beacon is up and running you’ll be able to access the files anywhere (in the house or away) using your Android smart phone (iOS coming.)

Lenovo MiiX 2 10″ and 11″ Tablet/Laptop

The MiiX 2 can be either a tablet tor a laptop depending on how you want to use it. It comes with Windows 8.1and a detachable keyboard. If you are watching movies, you may prefer the stand mode, but if you are writing a proposal, the laptop mode with the keyboard will be easier to use. The keyboard removes completely for tablet mode.

The MiiX 2 is available in the 10″ and 11″ version.

Yoga 2 and Yoga 2 pro

I love my Yoga 11S and after seeing the new features of the Yoga 2 and Yoga 2 Pro, I’m in love again. The Yoga 2 is thinner, lighter and has a backlit keyboard. As you transition between the 4 modes, software will switch to adapt to the new mode.

The Yoga 2 even comes with a concierge (ok..not really, but rather a concierge-like service) which recommends apps based on the mode you are using.

Lenovo N308 Android All-in-One Desktop

Lenovo announced an all-in-one desktop with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. The Lenovo N308 has a 3-hour battery so you can take the monitor (or large tablet) and easily move it around the house or office.

28-inch 4K Lenovo Monitor LI 2821

The 28-inch 4k monitor is beautiful. It has JBL speakers and a 1080p webcam.

Lenovo at AquaKnox at CES 2014

This was just a few of the products that were on display at CES. This was a panoramic overview of the  AquaKnox with all of Lenovo’s products on display.

More of my CES adventure to come.

Disclosure: I went to CES as part of the Lenovo Influencer program which means that Lenovo paid for my plane ticket and a portion of my hotel expenses. All opinions are 100% my own.