Lenovo denies working on a huge tablet

CHINESE HARDWARE OUTFIT Lenovo has denied that is working on a 23-inch tablet.

Despite wish-fulfillment speculation from the blogscape that Lenovo is working on a humungous 23-inch shiny drinks tray, it claims it isn't.

Online rumours spread like wildfire that Lenovo was developing a strange hybrid touchscreen all-in-one tablet PC. It didn't help that a rogue Lenovo employee said something vague about the size. As soon as that went out, it was immediately assumed by the world plus dog that said tablet was roadmapped for the near future, but veiled under non-disclosure agreements.

We contacted Lenovo, which told us in no uncertain terms that there is no such thing as a 23-inch tablet.

"As you know, it is usually not Lenovo's practice to talk about unannounced products, but in this case I will tell you that Lenovo has no plans to introduce a 23-inch tablet," said a Lenovo spokesperson.

So there you are. But the statement does kind of fly in the face of the direction Lenovo was taking at the beginning of 2011. In January we reported that Lenovo was going to tablet the world. Lenovo announced the Ipad killing Lepad tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show. The company also predicted that tablets will take 10 to 15 per cent of the overall PC market and kill netbook sales. µ