Lenovo has some of the most innovative laptops on the market. It is already involved in the netbook market with Ideapad S10, but that hasn’t stopped the company from contemplating a Thinkpad netbook line. And it is going back to the basics by asking people about their reaction to such a move. David Hill wrote on Lenovo’s blog:

What if Lenovo was to make a ThinkPad branded netbook?  Would you say, “What a relief, finally a netbook that really means business” ?  What would you like to see in such a hypothetical offering?  How black and square  should we make it?  Maybe it should come in colors like the IdeaPad S10. Could I interest you in a PinkPad?

While I am a fan of asking people about what they think when designing new products, it’s not exactly the best practice if you want to innovate and think outside the box. Think about it. Apple did not create the iPod because people were asking for it. It was smart enough to observe people and find out about their needs before designing the product. When it comes to netbooks, we already have a lot of information on what people need. Now we need a company to come up with a more powerful, more portable, and energy efficient netbooks. Anything beyond that is going to come down to what the innovation teams in these companies come up with.

Your take: do you want to see a Thinkpad netbook?