The Lenovo Pocket Yoga, a slim, mysterious new netbook, has been leaked to the press by Lenovo earlier today.  Similar in size and style to the popular Sony VAIO P, the Lenovo Pocket Yoga netbook has shown its face, but has yet to reveal its cards.  While we can project that this little Lenovo will likely be powered by an Intel Atom processor (due to its size and shape), we won’t know for certain until Lenovo releases the full details on specifications.  Should they play those cards right, and Lenovo usually does, we could see the Lenovo Pocket Yoga give the Sony VAIO P a pretty tough fight for the consumer dollar.  Here’s to hoping they’re not going to push their marketing campaign around an “it fits in your pocket!” mesage.  With a name like Pocket Yoga, we’re not betting too highly against that…  [more at flickr, via electronista]

Update – Johnson Li of the Design Matters Blog has explained that the Lenovo Pocket Yoga was a concept notebook design from 2 years ago.  That means this one may never see the light of day… but it also makes us curious.  If this concept is two years old, and the Sony VAIO P was revealed just months ago, what came first?  Ponder that, friends.

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This e-dictionary makes us wish we had trouble spelling and actually had a use for the device. The Nurian X40Knris is a pocket dictionary with a 4.3-inch LCD, QWERTY keyboard, 4GB of internal storage, and 79 (that’s right, 79) different dictionaries. The device has support for XviD, PDF, Flash, JPEG, and MP3 files and will be available soon in South Korea for around $253 US. We haven’t carried around a pocket dictionary in years, but this one makes us want to. What do you think? [via Engadget]

The Dell All in One Studio One 19–that’s a helluva mouthful isn’t it. It’s also a pretty nice machine. Dell’s newest desktop will feature a 18.5″ LCD with full 1080 x 1920 HD and will be driven by an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 or Core Duo QUAD. The rest of the specs being touted: 4 Gigs of RAM, Vista 64bit, GeForce 9400 graphics, a Blu-ray burner and reader or DVD Multi, 500 GB hard disk drive, a 1.3 MP web camera and Wifi. It will be available in Japan by the end of the month, in a variety of colors. [Akihabara News]

For weeks we’ve been seeing very brief, hollow glimpses of the new Dell Adamo from Dell’s teaser campaign videos. The practical information that’s been rendered is virtually non-existent: a 13.3-inch screen and an ultrathin Dell theoretically worthy of taking on the MacBook Air. What’s inside? What features does this Adamo have to offer? It’s beginning to feel like we may never know, and like any secret that’s kept too long, we may not be too overwhelmed when we find out. The latest video in the Adamo series offers a slightly better glimpse inside the making of this machine–that is, if the making entails the Adamo being levitated and passed between a series of robots. Oh well, if this keeps up, we can all continue to watch this thrilling mystery unfold on our new MacBook Airs. Check it out for yourself. [Slash Gear]

Asus is upping the size in its line of all-in-one Eee Top PCs. Spotted at CeBIT 2009, the ET2003 and ET2203 are 20-inch and 22-inch models, respectively, looking a little like Apple’s current generation iMacs. We’re short on specs, but the presence of an HDMI jack, Blu-ray drives and an HDTV tuner suggest use as a somewhat portable media center. Notebook Italia, which discovered the two all-in-ones, says there’s a dedicated graphics card for “excellent gaming,” but doesn’t specify which. The sneak peak didn’t come with a price or release date, so sit tight. [Notebook Italia (translated) via Electronista]

It’s a great day for unverafiable information, with a double dose of Apple rumors. Let’s start with the juicy one: Digitimes reports that Wintek, a Taiwan-based manufacturer, is working with Apple on some new products, including a touch screen “for Apple’s new netbook.” This product would be larger than an iPod Touch but smaller than the 13-inch MacBook, and is said to launch in the third quarter of this year. Mark your calendars and see if the report comes true.

The second rumor is more of a prediction. Apple’s next OS, called Snow Leopard, will launch on June 8, Baltimore Sun reporter David Zeider believes. There are a lot of Apple books coming out that month, and last June Steve Jobs said the next OS would come out in about a year. To firm up the date, Zeider looked at the likely window for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. A generic “Corporate Meeting” is scheduled at the usual venue, at about the usual time of year, starting June 6, and he figures it’ll take a couple of days for Apple’s announcement. True or not, Zeider suggests holding off on a new MacBook until Snow Leopard arrives. [Digitimes and Baltimore Sun via Wired, fake tablet from Frato]

OEM hardware manufacturer OCZ just launched the Neutrino, a new Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz netbook. The netbook features a 10-inch backlit LCD display with 1024 x 600 resolution, 2 Gigs of memory and a 250 GB hard drive standard. A 250 GB SSD hard drive is available for an additional cost. Of course, this is a netbook so you get WiFi, ethernet, 1.3 MP web cam and 4-in-1 card reader. Operation will be handled by buyer’s choice of Windows XP or Linux. Pricing and availablity not yet announced. [Geeky Gadgets]

The Dell Latitude XT2 is now on sale through Amazon. The $2,459 computer has a swivel screen that allows you to turn into a tablet rather than a traditional laptop with just a few twists and turns of the screen.  Besides the pretty badass touchscreen screen the computer actually has some pretty decent specs otherwise. The 12.1-inch XT2 has a 120GB 5,400rpm hard drive, Bluetooth, and an ExpressCard slot. The version available on Amazon also has a DVDF burner E-Module, which allows you to install software on the device and burn CDs and DVDs. The screen alone makes this one worth the price to us. What do you think? [via SlashGear]

When I get a new computer, I’m usually focused on getting all the hardware properly hooked up and loading all the necessary software. Some of our tech friends over at IFixit and Boing Boing have a different take. Rather than building, they’re breaking down. They got their hands on the new iMac 20″ and Mac Mini respectively and didn’t waste much time getting a look at the guts. In order to bring us well beyond the spec sheet, they’ve leftied some screws and given us a look inside to see what’s beyond the glitzy 20″ monitor. The cold hard facts on the iMac 20″: crisp 1680 x 1050 display, four USB 2.0 ports, optical audio in/out, loud, clear speakers, FireWire 800 7 Watts and Gigabit Ethernet. To see the rest that these computers have to offer, in full detail, and find out how to dissect one yourself, follow links above.