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Friday’s LogicBUY Deal is the new 14? Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 Ivy Bridge Core i7 Laptop with 1TB hard drive + 32GB SSD for $949.  Features:  new Intel Ivy Bridge platform, NVIDIA GeForce GT640M 2GB graphics, Bluetooth 4.0, and a 720p HD webcam.  Model 209386U also has a Core i7 quad, 8GB RAM, 1TB 5400RPM hard drive, and a 32GB SSD.

Model 209386U is $1,649 – $200 instant savings – $500 coupon code = $949 and free shipping.

Other models are available at up to 20% savings, including a Core i3 (Model 29034QU) for $679.20.

This deal expires May 9, 2012 or sooner. Check the above link for more details on this deal, and check the LogicBUY home page for other deals.

We got a little worried when ITG missed its January unveiling for the xpPhone 2, but yesterday, this Windows 7-powered smartphone finally made its debut public appearance in Guangzhou, and we happened to be there to scoop up a demo unit. Since we last came across the second-gen xpPhone, its ambitious Chinese manufacturer has dished out more detailed specs: the 17.5mm-thick device comes with a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 LCD made by Sharp, multitouch input, an Intel Atom Z5xx series processor up to 2GHz, up to 2GB of RAM, up to 112GB of SSD made by Silicon Storage Technology, microSD expansion and a multipurpose HDMI Micro socket (notHDMI Mini as we mistakenly said in our video after the break) that takes care of video, audio, data (USB 2.0) and power. Read on to find out what we think of this weird creature.