As you might remember from one of our articles published yesterday, some photos of a new netbook concept by Lenovo appeared on the company's Flickr photostream, sparking instant debates and expectations for a fresh “lifestyle PC” (given the close resemblance of the photos with Sony's Vaio P). However, it would seem that the “Pocket Yoga” will never go beyond the concept phase, or at least that's Lenovo's official position on this issue.Hence, probably after witnessing the amount of speculation that was created by the appearance of the respective photos, Johnson Li, Director of Lenovo’s Beijing Innovation Center, decided to make a statement regarding this issue on the Design Matters blog, setting things straight regarding the alleged pocket-sized PC.
Mr. Li has declared that “The picture was of a pocket-sized PC we developed about two years ago, well before the current netbook craze and the introduction of a similar form factor by one of our competitors. Since the design has been shown in public in the past and received some attention, I thought it might be of some interest to discuss the design inspiration and share some photos and drawings of the device.”
Without a doubt, you can pick up from this statement some hints regarding the Vaio P, including the fact that Sony has more or less “used” this design for its “lifestyle PC.” Of course, Mr. Li doesn't really accuse Sony of “borrowing” the design, but if indeed this concept has been around for two years, it's not really impossible for Sony's designers to have taken at least a quick look at it.
Within the blog post, Mr. Li goes on to describe the concept, as well as the “Yoga” moniker (derived from a folding concept inspired by the practice of yoga by one of the company's New Zealand-based designers). However, he also points out the fact that we should expect great things from the Lenovo design center in the future as well, which leads us to believe that there might be some goodies being readied as we speak.
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