Bangkok--25 Nov--Spark Communications
Fun for all the family with touch-optimised multimedia applications
Lenovo today (HKSE: 0992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced the latest addition to its wide-range of all-in-one (AIO) PC offerings with the IdeaCentre B310, bringing uncompromised performance in a compact, sleek and space-saving design. Packed with key features for movies, games, music and chatting with friends, this new PC will keep consumers entertained for hours.
Kajonkiat Aramratsameekul, Country Manager, Home and Small-Medium Business unit, Lenovo Thailand, said: “We have seen a positive reaction to our consumer AIO range in Thailand and the introduction of the IdeaCentre B310 will give families another fun and entertaining option. Globally the AIO market is expanding as consumers look to consolidate their desktop tower, monitor and stray wires into a single all-in-one PC that can be used by the whole family for work, play or study.”
Enhanced Entertainment in Style
The B310 has a 21.5” Full HD display and 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio that lends to clearer, sharper images and richer colors. Complemented with integrated stereo speakers, the B310 provides users with a top-quality entertainment experience, bringing music, movies, and games to life. Additionally, all B310 models are equipped with the NaturalTouch panel and incorporate Lenovo IdeaTouch software that offers a range of touch-optimized multimedia applications including Touch games, PowerCinema, VeriGesture and AutoCollage.
Lenovo’s IdeaCentre B310 AIO PC brings entertainment in style with an optional Wireless Bluetooth? keyboard and mouse1, while connected to the web is made easy with integrated high-speed 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi2. Additionally, the AIO PC offers a strong arm that supports up to a 35? panel angle designed for cable management and easy access side-mounted USB 2.0, 5-in-1 card reader and IEEE1394 connectors. This feature-rich AIO is also equipped with optional TV tuners3.
The IdeaCentre B310 also features YouCam, an advanced Webcam software offering for facial tracking that also lets you lets you add 3D effects, change your face image, improve your image quality and share your desktop view. Coupled with YouCam software, the B310 includes an Integrated High-Sense Webcam that uses a larger lens and finer color and shading sensitivity to create clearer images and greater contrast for clearer video chats, especially in low-light environments.
The IdeaCentre B310 uses a desktop form factor CPU providing better performance than the notebook CPUs found in many all-in-one PCs. It is equipped with a choice of Intel? Core i3 and i5 processors, with up to 4 GB DDR3 memory and up to 1 TB Hard Disk Drive storage. The B310 employs top-level HD 1920 x 1080 resolution graphics (up to ATI Radeon? 5450) and up to DirectX? 11 graphics support that results in smooth playback, speedy graphics and an intense video experience. And with Lenovo Enhanced Experience for Windows 7, the Lenovo B310 desktop delivers faster start-up and connection times, rich multimedia capabilities and easy system maintenance tool.
Protecting your PC and You
The Lenovo IdeaCentre B310 boasts feature that protect consumers and their PCs. The Lenovo Dynamic Brightness System is installed on this new AIO PC to help protect users’ eyes by automatically adjusting screen brightness based on ambient light conditions. Also preinstalled on the IdeaCentre B310, Lenovo’s Eye Distance System alerts users if they approach the screen too closely. Lastly, Lenovo’s Rescue System 3.0 is another crucial tool for consumers today as it offers a painless way to backup and recover data. At the touch of the F2 function button, users can restore their Windows OS and entire hard disk drive to factory settings and recover their data.
Fun For The Whole Family
Lenovo and Intel are also launching several cool contests that will give consumers a chance to win a Lenovo IdeaPad laptop powered by Intel Core processors and perhaps attend CES 2011 with Lenovo.
Find Your Ideal PC Contest: Visitors to www.whatsyourideaoffun.com/th can use the new interactive product selector to find the most suitable Idea PC for their personality and usage habits. After answering a short series of questions ranging from style and design to cost and performance, the consumer will be paired with a PC that best meets their profile. At the end of the questionnaire, visitors will be asked to leave their email address for the chance to win their best-fit PC with lucky draws held every week. Visitors can increase their chances of winning by referring their friends to take the questionnaire; for every invitation they send, they will get an extra “ticket” in the weekly prize draw.4 Meet the Mods Contest: The campaign features a handful of the world’s top computer customization and modification artists to transform their Lenovo PCs into the wildest Lenovo laptops and desktops ever created, and that match their individual personalities and notions of having fun. The PC mods, which include a platinum-plated, diamond-studded IdeaPad U160, an arcade style IdeaPad Y560, and mobile desktop IdeaCentre A700, can be viewed on http://www.whatsyourideaofun.com/th in the modder page. Consumers can vote for their favorite mod and enter for a chance to win an IdeaPad Y560 laptop with Intel technology.5 Lenovo Mod Building Contest: In addition, modders are invited to enter a contest for a chance to join Lenovo at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. Beginning now, contestants can submit their idea for a cool mod and Lenovo will choose the best ideas to be brought to life. If selected, Lenovo will supply the finalists with a Lenovo PC and the budget to create their mod. Finalists will be featured on www.whatsyourideaoffun.com, and the modder that secures the most fan votes will be invited to join Lenovo at CES 2011!6