Lenovo Announces 8-Inch IdeaPad Miix 300 Windows Tablet

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Big things come in small packages

If you can jam an 8-inch tablet in your pocket, then you'll be down with Lenovo's pitch of "pocket-sized productivity" for its newly announced Ideapad Miix 300 Windows tablet. Lenovo made the announcement at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, while also unveiling several other mobile devices, including four Android tablets and smartphones (two each), and a pocket sized projector.
So far it appears the Miix 300 is the only new Windows-based mobile product from Lenovo. It's not a game-changing device, though appears to be a decent value for money.
It has an 8-inch WUXGA (1280x800) In-Plane Switching (IPS) display that's powered by an Intel Atom quad-core processor based on Bay Trail T, though Lenovo didn't provide an exact model. The tablet also sports up to 2GB of DDR3L RAM, up to 64GB of internal storage expandable via microSD, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, a single watt speaker, micro USB 2.0, audio-comb jack, and up to 7 hours of battery life. As for software, it will ship with Windows 8.1 with Bing plus a one-year subscription to Office 365.
Getting back to portability, the Ideapad Miix 300 measures 130mm x 215mm x 9.3mm and weighs 360 grams. Equally light is its price tag -- it will start at $149 and when it becomes available in July.
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