CES 2011: new products launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

Chinese computer giant Lenovo unveiled the IdeaPad computer at CES 2011. It serves as a laptop for work tasks then converts to a touch-screen tablet for play time. The IdeaPad has a slate called LePad that serves as a laptop screen but unplugs to become a tablet computer. The LePad tablet is powered by Google's Android software and a Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm. Once plugged into the keyboard base, the computer switches to Windows 7 operating software by Microsoft and a beefier Intel processor. LePad has a 10.1-inch (26 centimetre) colour screen, weighs less than two pounds (one kilogram) and connects to the Internet using 3G telecom service. It has a front-facing camera for video chat and promises as many as eight hours of battery life