The LePad has a 10.1-inch screen and runs Google's Android 2.2 OS on a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It was shown Tuesday evening at an event for press and analysts at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The LePad will go on sale first in China later this quarter, priced between US$399 and $449, said Leo Li, a Lenovo senior product manager. The company isn't certain yet if it will sell the product overseas, but it may offer a version in the U.S. that connects to the Android Market, he said.
Lenovo is the dominant PC maker in China and the first LePad has features aimed specifically at that market, including localized gaming, news and other content. It supports Flash, as many online gaming and video applications in China are driven by that technology.
A version of the U1 tablet was shown at last year's CES, but the device was scrapped when development began on the LePad, Li said.