First of all, very big thanks to Derrick Koh, Lenovo, whom has kindly lent me a set of the Ideapad U110 for me to review some time before the exams started, and is understanding in letting yours truly to blog about it after her exams.

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Its nice to have a light and nifty device to seat in the bag, and easy to lug around… And for once, I never felt that it was a chore carrying laptops out (because my own laptop weights in at about 1.9 kg – with adapter)…

As usual, I shall spare you the specs, as its all found here. Because I have better things to rave and talk about this product, than just lump all the specs for you

I fess up! I like the design and the color of this unit. Am sure it appeals to many ladies. Of course, not forgetting the men, there is a black color variant of this product as well.

Another variant would be the black coloured U110. Check out the pict!

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Let me talk more about the design of this super light weight Ideapad.

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The texturing of the Ideapad is wonderful, and one can see the intricate design etched on the cover. Whats more, the reverse side of the unit carries a more wonderful surprise, even more designs etched on it *the silly me didn’t take a photo of the back*

It just makes the unit all the more attractive.

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The hinge design limits the movement of the positions of the screen, and sets it at an optimal position for comfortable viewing.

One might note that the speakers are located at both sides near the hinge too… which leads me to the next point. Having the speakers positioned there helps the sound to travel about just nicely.

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I personally like the sound quality of the U110 and I guess its something one must experienced it for himself/herself to notice it

The reason why the U110 is so slim is because the DVD drive is not integrated into the unit. Instead, it is an external DVD drive. That shaves off the weight of the U110, and gives the user the option to lug it along, or just leave it in the house. Throughout my trial usage with the U110, I didn’t touch the external DVD drive.

The keyboard takes some time to get used to… because, the surface area of each key is large~ Oh, its very shiny too…

What you see in this picture is how the keyboard looks like after using it for a while. Intially, the feel is wonderful, however, it soon became a love-hate affair with the keys. Its quite subjective. Either you like it, or hate the shiny keyboards.

I was still slightly error prone when typing in a very fast pace. LOL.

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Something nifty and beneficial for consumers to note that the built-in camera not only serves as a tool for cam-whoring, but also to communicate with your love ones via Skype etc, and doubles up as a security tool as well! Although its only at 1.3 Megapixels, its good and decent enough for all these functions. And it works well with good lighting, though picture quality will degrade with dim lighting.

I took a shot of myself with the built in camera at Geek Terminal.

Lighting is dim, but the shot turned out decent

Apart from just snapping pictures of oneself, one can also make use of the VeriFace Face Recognition Security System to authenticate oneself to gain access into the terminal. I have to admit that its an innovative feature, and differs from the usual thumbprint scanning device.

Registering your face with VeriFace software is not much of a hassle. Just that you have to keep in mind that no glasses allowed, and that the background must be bright. This is to ensure that the face recognition software could capture your appearance properly.

It took less than a min or two to get my face registered into the software. Afterwhich, every time I want to log in, I will just let the camera do its job of recognising me. There are some settings which one can configure, such as taking pictures of other users whom tried to log on to the system.

But the accuracy of face recognition is largely dependent on the surroundings. A dimly lit surrounding would warrant lower success rates compared to a brightly lit surrounding. Most of the time, logging in is a breeze, but at times, it gets tricky. Another way is to just simply key in your password if you can’t be bothered with the face recognition system.

Last but not least, the camera also captures faces of users which tried to login. You might be glad to know that even if someone else uses your photo to try to impersonate you, the system will NOT authenticate the photo. Thumbs up for such a function.

I would like to highlight something about the U110 Battery.

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Notice that the 4-cell battery flushes along with the U110, while the 7-cell juts out a little.

The 7-cell battery increases the weight of the U110 by quite a bit, but offers a decent 6.5 hours of power, compared to the 4-cell battery which yields about 2.5 hrs of power. Note that the duration of battery power is subjected to usage habits.

To add on, the U110 hooks up to wireless networks really fast, and in no time, I am connected to the WIFI on the go.

I used the U110 extensively to surf the net, word processing, and of course playing music and watching youtube videos, not to mention blogging ;P

My overall user experience with the Lenovo Ideapad U110 has been fruitful and enjoyable. Using it on a daily basis, travelling to and fro outside with it, its truly a mobile warrior. As with every laptop, it tends to heat up when running multimedia programs, or intensive CPU processing. That is something no one can avoid. My eyes took sometime to adjust to the small screen, and the fingers to the keyboard. I do hope that the keys of the keyboard can be improved, because I noticed that the keys start to wobble after intensive typing.

This is all I have for the review of the Lenovo U110. I would recommend visiting this page if one is interested in the lowdown of the hardware of the U110.

Hope you like it.

Nicole