Lenovo’s willingness to show its freak flag has always been something I liked about the Chinese tech giant. In fact, going to the company’s booth in the very back of Hall 3 has been one of my favorite parts of MWC for a long time. The group of people using their phones to record the latest weird thing will always let you know where it is.
Lenovo’s long-rumored clear laptop was this year’s big buzz-grabber. It’s true. It works surprisingly well, and as far as anyone can tell, its presence shows that form is more important than function. There’s nothing wrong with being that when you’re a concept gadget. That’s a whole different conversation when it comes to sending a product.
First, I’ll say that it’s hard to take a picture of the thing, especially when there are a lot of people trying to get a good look at it on the show floor. To put it simply, it looks like a laptop, with a clear panel where the screen should be. In the sense that its graphics are superimposed on whatever is behind it, it might be best thought of as a type of augmented reality gadget.
It’s fun for everyone, and it has a future feel that fits a lot of sci-fi tech tropes. The clear screen has become a catchphrase for futuristic technology in stock art, and it’s really cool to see it in action. This is not the first time we’ve seen this technology; however, it has only been on TVs up until now. In that shape, though, the technology makes a little more sense because it can be used as signage or in public places like hotel entrances.
I’m trying really hard to think of a useful action that this item could be used for besides its looks. Most of the time, I’m facing a wall when I want to work on my laptop. Sometimes I’m facing a window, which lets light in. I’m interested to see how it works during the day. It is pretty bright at 1,000, but it’s not clear how it will work in full sunlight.
I’m writing this in the MWC media room right now. What I can see in front of my MacBook is just a guy’s ThinkPad. It’s not a wall or straight sunlight. In this case, I don’t think openness would add much. He could also see me through it because the back of the device shows a reflection of the front of the screen.
There is a big capacitive touch surface on the bottom of the gadget. This area can be used as both a keyboard and a big drawing surface that works with a pen. Of course, the flat surface can’t compare to real buttons that you can feel. Previous Lenovo computers with two screens have shown that typing isn’t the best experience here. But that’s what you get for the fact that the virtual version is more flexible.
At this point, it doesn’t look like the idea will ever be turned into a product. It’s fine that Lenovo likes making weird tech just because it’s weird tech. Having said that, the business has also released some strange goods. Let’s look at the new X1 Fold as an example. There have been stranger things.
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