To be quite honest, the so-called “promos” for the IdeaPad U Series are a bit pathetic, so let’s not waste words on that.

Discounts for the ThinkPad X Series look more promising however, featuring price cuts as high as £377.20!

Lenovo doesn’t promise as much generosity with its supremely high-end W700 series—known for the W700ds, a 17″ gargantuan featuring a slide-out 10.6″ secondary screen. And W700 mobile workstations aren’t really known for their affordability. Still, the highest discount of £223.42 is still pretty significant.

Another caveat: these promos are only available to UK residents, as Lenovo UK can’t ship out of… the UK. They last until September 24, 2009. In any case, here are the three promo pages for your perusal:

Lenovo IdeaPad U Series
Lenovo ThinkPad X Series
Lenovo ThinkPad W700 series

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Courtesy of Lenovo

The S10-2 will come in two variants: The $349 one features a 89%-sized keyboard, an Atom N270 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard disk, an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam, WiFi up to 802.11g, and a 6-cell battery, all running on Windows XP Home. The $399 variant has the same specs, but is 3G capable through an Ericsson transceiver. And yes, no Bluetooth is available on either build, if Lenovo’s publicity materials are correct.

Both variants will also feature a 10.1″ screen, a “multi-touch” touchpad, 3 USB 2.0 ports, and a 4-in-1 card reader. A most notable feature is VeriFace, which will supposedly recognize the user’s face as login credentials. Fingerprint readers are so 2008 indeed!

Somewhat uncharacteristic for Lenovo is the S-10 2’s availability in four colors: black, white, grey, and pink (the 3G version will only be available in black, and the pink looks more like lilac actually). Release of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2, according to the press release, is set for “this summer”.

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