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Lenovo may mostly be associated with laptops and all-business desktops these days, but it looks like the company’s CEO hopes that won’t be the case for too much longer. Speaking with the AP, Yang Yuanqing dropped the somewhat surprising statement that he expects mobile internet products to account for between 70 and 80 percent of the company’s sales “within three to five years.” Of course, Yang didn’t specify exactly what constitutes a “mobile internet product” for Lenovo, but we’d assume it includes things like the company’s new IdeaPad S10-3t (and possibly even traditional laptops), or else it really has its work cut out for itself

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Lenovo CEO says mobile internet products will soon account for ‘70 to 80 percent’ of sales

We knew virtual camera systems are starting gain traction, particularly in the world of cinema and within James Cameron’s little set of toys, but it’s pretty wild to see one in action. NaturalPoint is showing off its OptiTrack motion capture system at GDC, a budget-friendly multi-camera setup (if $6k is your idea of budget-friendly), but it also has a prototype of sorts of its upcoming virtual camera system.

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OptiTrack mixes motion capture with a virtual camera for delicious, Avatar-esque results

With the estate of Philip K. Dick up in arms over the slightest commercial reference to his published works, we may come to regret the above headline

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Does Android dream of DIY cushions?

Yes, Kondo KHR-3HV , you were our choice for robot of the year , and we see you’re celebrating by going out and getting yourself some new gear. We like your taste. Inside that fancy new backpack is a 32-bit Samsung ARM CPU running at 200MHz, powerful enough to handle Linux and things like onboard image processing and object recognition

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Kondo KHR-3HV robot celebrates Engadget Award with a new Linux backback (video)

Sleeplessness.

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Engadget Mobile Podcast 037: MWC Day 3 – 02.19.2010

You know, the vast majority of Chinese PMPs are underwhelming, and we can’t say for sure that the Windows G85HD is any different, but the video walkthrough of the user interface has us interested at the very lease. Reportedly, the all-white, touchscreen-centric device packs a Rockchip RK2806 processor, a 4.3-inch panel (800 x 480), 3.5mm headphone jack, 720p video output, 8GB or 16GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, FM radio tuner, a Chinese-English dictionary and support for a multitude of file formats

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Window G85HD PMP is somewhere between awesome and awkward

Looking for a bit of light reading this weekend? Then look no further than the 400+ pages of the Economic Report of the President (the hotly anticipated sequel to the Economic Report of the President) which, for the first time, has been made available as a free e-book. That includes versions ready to be delivered to your Kindle or Nook (the former of which is already sitting at #46 on the bestseller list), and an ePub version for Sony readers and other devices.

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White House releases economic report as e-book

Back in November we reported on another in what’s becoming a long line of issues with Dell’s and Alienware’s laptops, with M17x owners suffering from ” skipping, stuttering audio ” — rather unbecoming in a high-end gaming rig. Dell was quickly on the case and initially indicated that a BIOS update last month contained a fix, only to learn that it didn’t resolve all things for all people.

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Still no fix in sight for Alienware M17x stuttering audio issue, maybe you can help

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Apple is supposedly set to introduce a tablet device (AKA the Apple Tablet , iSlate , etc.) at its latest event that will change the lives of every man, woman, and child on the planet. Sure, it could just be a fresh version of iLife and an 8GB iPhone 3GS, but we kinda doubt that

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Our live coverage of the Apple ‘latest creation’ event starts tomorrow at 10:00AM PT / 1:00PM ET