[2010-07-21] Lenovo Announces Lepad Tablet Another top PC maker intends to enter the tablet market late this year. Yesterday, China-based Lenovo announced that it will release a new product - dubbed the Lepad and based on the Android operating system - before 2011 rolls around. [2010-07-09] Tablets To Overtake Netbooks By 2012 Driven by growing interest in tablet computers, nearly half a billion PCs will be sold to consumers in the US between now and 2015, according to a new report by Forrester Research.