About two years ago, in 2007, before the whole netbook hype really started, Lenovo developed an interesting concept of a pocket-sized PC.

This certainly intriguing concept, which Lenovo calls “Pocket Yoga”, received some additional attention last week, when some photographs “accidently” left Lenovo’s Beijing design studio. Today, Lenovo published further images, which can be found here.

Some of the unique features of this netbook are that its exterior is completely covered in leather, its detachable keyboard, its touchscreen, and its belt that wraps around it, which can be used as a mouse when detached. Besides that, the “Pocket Yoga” can be used both as a laptop or tablet, by opening it 360 degrees. So far, there is no official word from Lenovo, whether this concept is ever going to see the light of day in form of a finished product, though.

NVIDIA’s ION chipset has been having a lot of success lately after Zotac announced their ION based motherboard and Acer decided the Revo Nettop would use it. Now Lenovo has announced the IdeaPad S12, a compact 12″ laptop which also features the NVIDIA ION chipset.

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Accompanying the ION chipset will be the Intel Atom N270 processor packed in a small and lightweight package featuring a 12″ screen and a full size keyboard. For those concerned about aesthetics, The S12 will be offered in both black and white. The IdeaPad S12 isn’t expected until much later this summer and should hit the market under $600.

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Lenovo used NVIDIA ION’s revolutionary design to create a thin, lightweight, low-power laptop with a 12-inch screen and improved application compatibility. The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 has the graphics horsepower to support high definition media and many PC games which will not run on most low-cost small PCs. NVIDIA ION enables these capabilities with the industry’s best graphics performance for low-power CPUs.

“NVIDIA ION is one of the latest technologies available for the PC industry for small, low cost laptop PCs, and we’re excited to be among the first to use it,” said Stephen DiFranco, vice president and general manager of consumer and commercial channels, Americas Group, Lenovo. “With its 12-inch display, full-size keyboard and rich multimedia options powered by ION, the IdeaPad S12 balances an improved computing experience along with the size and affordability many consumers are looking for today.”

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