{"id":87077,"date":"1999-12-31T00:57:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/lenovo-grabs-business-over-consumer-with-smb-thinkpads-thinkcentres-tablets\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:57:00","slug":"lenovo-grabs-business-over-consumer-with-smb-thinkpads-thinkcentres-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/lenovo-grabs-business-over-consumer-with-smb-thinkpads-thinkcentres-tablets\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo Grabs Business Over Consumer With SMB ThinkPads, ThinkCentres &#038; Tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lenovo is set to make a splash in the business market over the next month with the roll out of new ThinkPad notebooks and the Australian release of its own tablet.The 10.1-inch ThinkPad Tablet has just gone on sale overseas this Tuesday and is slated for an official Australian release in September. <\/p>\n<p>Lenovo&#8217;s tablet contender faces up against its heavy competition in similar stead to its ThinkPad notebooks &#8211; the design is bland but the focus is on performance suited to business users rather than overreaching to grab the whole consumer space.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not the first to claim the business label, with Fujitsu and Research In Motion each recently coming out with &#8216;professional&#8217; and &#8216;business&#8217; tablets. 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