CES 2013: Lenovo Demonstrates Tabletop Computing and First Clover Trail Phone

Lenovo shares with us its varied Windows 8 product lineup.

What a year it's been for Lenovo, the world's largest or second largest PC maker, depending on which market research firm is tallying up the numbers. Either way,Lenovo's been able to not only weather the global storm of a downed economy and slumping PC sales, but thrive it in, earning the CEO a $3 million performance bonus (which he carved up and handed out to employees). The introduction of Windows 8 allows Lenovo to start thinking outside of the box of traditional PC design, and several of those products were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Let's take a look.

Purveyor of PC knowledge and Online Editor Jimmy Thang zigzagged through booths and attendees to where Lenovo had set up camp and was treated to a demonstration of several products, one of the more interesting being the 27-inch IdeaCentre Horizon. It's a slim all-in-one (AIO) system with the power supply integrated into the frame, but the real selling point is its ability to lay flat and function as a tabletop PC.

When the Horizon sits flat on the table, it automatically switches over to Lenovo's custom "Aura" skin, which itself is a touch friendly interface with a Minority Report feel to it. You can move photos and videos across the screen, resize images and rotate for a better viewing angle, and play pre-loaded games, with or without some game-related accessories. Here's a closer look:

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