2008 has been the year of the netbook, and although there has been a lot of excitement surrounding the ultra-portable devices this year, with new releases seeming to appear on the shelves almost every five minutes, the show is not over yet. With Christmas just around the corner, the latest netbook to wow consumers has just been released in the UK, and is expected to feature prominently in Santa’s Christmas present sack.
The Ideapad S10 has just been released by Lenovo, and has already been completely bought out by Interface Solutions International (ISI), meaning it is now the only distributor of the product in the country (uk)
The netbook is already causing great excitement, and it is thought to be aimed at the education market, although ISI is also trying to push for the SME and consumer markets. And after all, seeing as they have all of them they will want to be selling them wherever they can, with each one picking up £238 plus VAT.
It is all very cleverly timed on behalf of ISI. One reason why they have bought up the entire stock is that other vendors do not have a great availability on their products in the run up to Christmas, and ISI are hoping to cash in on their decision fairly shortly.
Adam Wilcox, the Lenovo business development manager at ISI, said that “we are encouraging resellers to push this product into education establishments, SMEs and out to consumers. With all available stocks of Lenovos IdeaPad S10, arguably the best netbook on the market today, we are uniquely placed to support the reseller community”.
I’m sure we will be hearing a loud “Ho Ho Ho” all the way to the bank.
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Funny how these numbers are all the same: NB100, NC10, S10, U101…
I can see this would be aimed at education where Lenovo already have quite a big hold. The price too seems aimed at that. Consumer would be a little higher.
Overall the S10 looks like a good machine and Id like to give one a go. Perhaps Ill wait for the next gen though – at the moment it just doesnt beat the samsung nc10!
is the items still fior sell.
thanks
larry