Tilt-n-turn touchscreen
Lenovo slipped out some snaps of a concept design going by the name Pocket Yoga onto its Flickr photo stream last week which got the internet all hot and bothered about what it was and when it would be released.
This prompted Johnson Li, Director of Lenovo’s Beijing Inovation Center, to clear up any confusion on Lenovo's Design Matters blog and explain the concept behind Pocket Yoga.
Back To The Future
Despite looking super similar to Sony's recently launched Vaio P little laptop, Lenovo designed Pocket Yoga two years ago but it never made it to market.
It's designed to be similar in size to a large wallet and it's finished in leather. The hinge in the middle folds all the way round, so you can tuck the keyboard underneath the touch sensitive display and just use it as a tablet.
The double jointed hinge is where the Yoga name comes from. It locks into position too, so there's no problem using it in a more traditional laptop way.
There's also a belt design feature that when detached becomes a mouse, so you don't need to carry an additional rodent with you.
Availability
The Yoga experiment is apparently over, so it's unlikely it will ever see the light of day which is a shame really as now - unlike two years ago - affordable components are available to make it a reality.
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