"Lenovo was one of the first to embrace convertible design coupled with touch interaction in a big way and the Yoga 13 and ThinkPad Twist are both remarkable devices that are sure to wow consumers, " said Kirk Skaugen, corporate vice president and general manager, PC Client Group, Intel.

ENGADGET: Lenovo announces ThinkPad Edge Twist, a business-oriented convertible coming this month for $849

Management of memory card data can (thankfully) be handled on a PC or Mac using Content Manager Assistant, lest you worry that your data is trapped.

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"Consumers need to free themselves from all cables, not just the power plug, to truly enjoy the benefits of their mobile PCs, " said Mark Hanson, vice president and general manager of VAIO PC marketing for Sony Electronics in a prepared statement.

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"Lenovo is the first multi-national company to offer the Intel Learning Series classmate PC for the global education market, " said Kapil Wadhera, General Manager, Education Market Platform Group, Intel.

ENGADGET: Intel and Lenovo release the Classmate+ PC for the kids

The manager can drop a template for a phone or tablet onto any PC screen in the product and move and resize buttons for a target mobile device.

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Backing up your personal PC to external media might still be a novel concept for some, but any IT manager fresh out of school can tell you that regularly backing up mission-critical servers -- and storing those backups in multiple physical locations -- isn't merely important, it's practically non-negotiable, and it only becomes that much more critical before undertaking hardware maintenance.

ENGADGET: Sidekick failure rumors point fingers at outsourcing, lack of backups

Marc Kaufmann, the previous manager of the Select Electronics fund thought that the sinking memory prices of 1996 presaged a rocket PC market.

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