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Nvidia and Lenovo Team Up in Win RT?

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While Lenovo already has a number of consumer Windows 8 devices waiting to hit the market, the Wall Street Journal reports the company also has a consumer tablet running Windows RT on an Nvidia Tegra processor.

IdeaPad YogaWhat kind of tablet? One with a "keyboard that flips around," the WSJ says.

ABC News confirms the WSJ report and claims the Nvidia-powered Lenovo tablet is a Windows RT version of the "flexible" IdeaPad Yoga, an ultrabook-tablet hybrid first seen CES 2012.

The Tegra-powered Yoga joins the first-seen version, which runs on a "next generation" (Ivy Bridge) Intel Core processor.

Windows RT is the first Windows version running on ARM processors, such as the Nvidia Tegra mobile device processor family. It cannot run all legacy Windows programs, instead depending on apps from the online Microsoft Store.

Go Nvidia Partnering With Lenovo on Windows RT Device (WSJ.com, registration required)

Go Lenovo Yoga Coming With Windows RT (ABC News)