Lenovo has stormed the tablet market with a triple threat, launching the IdeaPad Tablet K1 for consumers, the ThinkPad Tablet for business customers and the IdeaPad Tablet P1 for home and office use.

The new Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 and ThinkPad Tablets are the company’s first mobile Internet devices featuring the Android 3.1 platform, and the IdeaPad Tablet K1 is the industry’s first Android-powered tablet certified to deliver Netflix video streaming. The Android-powered Lenovo tablets also provide access to more than 250,000 apps in Android Market as well as apps tested for the Lenovo device in the Lenovo App Shop.

As the first Honeycomb tablets certified for Netflix, Lenovo tablets can help turn every night into “movie night.” With HDMI output and Digital Rights Management (DRM) built directly into the IdeaPad and ThinkPad tablets, Netflix members can instantly watch movies and TV shows streaming from Netflix directly to a big screen TV.

Lenovo’s IdeaPad and ThinkPad tablets feature NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core mobile processors that offer extreme multitasking, noticeably faster Web browsing with built-in Adobe Flash Player, console-quality gaming and low power consumption for improved battery life.

The 32GB model IdeaPad Tablet K1 is priced at $499, and can be ordered in the U.S. starting Wednesday through select business partners and retail stores nationwide, or online. The product will be widely available in the U.S. in August 2011 and available worldwide during the third quarter of 2011.

The 16GB ThinkPad Tablet is priced at $479 without the digitizer pen, and at $509 including the digitizer pen, for Wi-Fi models. The 32GB ThinkPad Tablet (Wi-Fi model) with digitizer pen is $589. There is also an optional keyboard portfolio carrying case available for $99.

At a later date, shortly after launch, ThinkPad Tablets with 3G will become available. The ThinkPad Tablet can be ordered in the U.S. starting Aug. 2 online, or through business partners nationwide. The product will be generally available in the U.S. in August 2011 and generally available worldwide during the third quarter 2011.

The IdeaPad Tablet P1 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2011.