Lenovo launches tablet with surface for copying notes

Lenovo comes with the Yoga Book, a tablet with a pressure-sensitive surface attached. The surface contains a digitizer and by placing a piece of paper on it and writing, notes are copied. A virtual keyboard can also be displayed on it.

Users see notes appear directly on the screen, VentureBeat reports. Lenovo also includes a stylus, so that notes can be made directly on the digitiser without the intervention of pen and paper. The surface to draw on can also display a virtual keyboard. The keys cannot be physically pressed, but do offer haptic feedback.

Lenovo makes two variants of the Yoga Book, one with Android and one with Windows 10. According to the manufacturer, the device has a battery life of up to fifteen hours. On board the 9.6 mm thick tablet is an Atom x5-soc, 4GB ram and 64GB storage space. The 10.1″ screen has a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Prices start at 499 and $549 for the Android and Windows versions.

Lenovo also comes with the Yoga 910, as a successor to the Yoga 900. The new model gets an improved keyboard, a fingerprint scanner and a larger trackpad. There is a 13.9″ screen with a UHD resolution. The bezels around the screen are thinner than with the previous model. The Yoga 910 comes with Intel Kaby Lake processors from the Core i series, up to a Core i7 The convertible should be released in October for a starting price of $1299.

Lenovo will introduce the Yoga Book and Yoga 910 at the IFA electronics show, which kicks off this week in Berlin. At the time of writing, euro prices are not yet known.

Update 13.53: Both VentureBeat and BBC, who wrote about the new products on Wednesday morning, have taken their articles offline. The official introduction of Lenovo will follow during the IFA presentation, which will take place on Wednesday.