Today Lenovo has announced two new versions of their ThinkPad T400s and X200 Tablet models featuring a capacitive multitouch display. The multitouch display allows for use of up to four fingers at once to interact with the operating system, and relies on capacitive sensing rather than resistive sensing, making for a much better user experience.

Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet with outdoor viewable screen compared to standard screen

There is also another new display available on the X200 Tablet, a truly outdoor viewable screen. While this offers a bright 400 nits, the trick to outdoor viewability is reducing reflectivitiy and Lenovo cut that down to only 1.2%. You can see an actual photo shot by the Lenovo product manager in charge of the tablet above.

The ThinkPad T400s with multitouch display starts at $1,999 and is available for purchase here. The ThinkPad X200 Tablet with multitouch display starts at $1,654 and can be purchased here. Those looking for the outdoor viewable screen will pay $1,704 and you can configure yours here.

We have both a ThinkPad T400s multitouch and X200 Tablet outdoor viewable in the labs. You can look for the T400s MT review later today, and the X200 Tablet to follow tomorrow. I look forward to fielding your questions in the comments! Press release is after the jump.

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