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April 2013
(74%)
113 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(70%)
240 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Great design
Pen input and pen silo
Great battery life
Clover Trail runs all of your desktop apps without making the tablet too large
Heavy
Or hot
Build quality
Digitizer and pen provide a secondary
More accurate input option for heavy desktop users
Good battery life
Decent array of ports and expansion
Very compact and light. Integrated stylus storage. Uses micro USB for charging. Very good battery life.
The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 is the best-looking Atom Windows 8 tablet yet
And the optional keyboard dock is excellent. All-day battery life makes it great for travel
Runs Windows 8 Pro
Fantastic keyboard
Excellent battery life
Great screen
Optional stylus
Best tablet keyboard we've ever used
Hands-down
Light weight
Stellar battery life for a full Windows 8 tablet
Supremely thin and light
Sharp display
3G/4G option
Wacom digitizer with pen
Wa
Long battery life
Accurate pen
Bright screen
Attractive design
Keyboard accessory has excellent tactile feel
Stylus included
Runs Windows 7 and Vista applications
Full USB port
Good 8.5-hour battery life
Your $729 gets you just the base unit and stylus. A docking station is another $100
And a compact Bluetooth keyboard
With an integrated stand and pointing system (but no secondary battery) is $120. The keyboard is nice
But you'll want the dock and its
Solid build quality
One of the best Bluetooth keyboards I've used
Thin and lightweight tablet with full Windows 8 experience
Sleek design
Light-weight
Wide-screen (16
9)
Windows Pro 8
Excellent connectivity
Excellent design and build quality
Digitizer pen
IPS touchscreen with good viewing angles
Fullsize USB 2.0 port
Top notch keyboard (optional addon)
Plenty of input options
Sleek yet sturdy design and a solid Windows 8 experience. Relatively good value.
Precise touchscreen
Good main camera
GPS
Weight
Good speakers
Memory extension via SD
Comfortable keyboard
Allows for pen input
Wide viewing angles
The editors didn't like
Keyboard is an optional accessory
Atom processor limits performance
The ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a slim
Light mobile productivity tablet with Windows 8
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 | $600-$750
ThinkPad Tablet 2 Review Guide
Hands On Video
Design
Display
Keyboard layout itself is good
But dock doesn't allow for multiple screen angles and doesn't extend the tablet's battery life
"Optical TrackPad" works well enough
But isn't our favorite input method
2GB of RAM and Clover Trail's relatively slow perfor
Slow multimedia benchmark scores. Intel GMA graphics. Only 2GB of memory. A 32-bit OS. USB port is low-powered. No erase button on stylus. No latch on keyboard accessory
The Tablet 2 is expensive
Especially considering the small 64GB SSD
Lack of USB 3.0
And generally slow Atom performance
Keyboard dock has no hinge
Won't replace laptop for most business people
Optional broadband package is expensive
Fingerprint magnet
Poky benchmark scores compared to similar systems
Keyboard costs extra
USB port can't handle external hard drives
Other bus-powered devices
3G/4G option is quite expensive. USB port lacks power to run portable hard drives
3G/4G option is quite expensive. USB port lacks power
Stylus doesn't come standard
USB port doesn't support bus-powered hard drives or peripherals
Palm rejection varies by app
Tiny Windows 8 menus
Underpowered Atom processor
Cameras unimpressive
No decent keyboard attachment
Microsoft Office not included
Useless USB port. Charging is incredibly slow
And accomplished via an incredibly small cable. Small
Stiff Windows button. Somewhat dim screen
Gets expensive quickly
You'll want an external mouse at all times
Atom processor can't handle powerful apps
Sluggish performance at times
Wonky pressure sensitivity with its digitizer pen
A little pricey for a tablet
Peformance limited by Atom processor
Final Words
All-in-all
The Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet 2 is a decent tablet that comes packed with decent features and excellent connectivity. It has all the bells and whistles for a busines
Keyboard is an optional extra
Wired Ethernet on optional dock only
Moderate performer
Expensive
Clover Trail processor already feels dated. Paired with the keyboard 'stand' the ThinkPad Tablet 2 isn't suited for use in anything other than solid surfaces (i.e. not your lap).
Battery is soldered in place
Bad illumination level of the LED-Flash
Digitize pen not retrofittable
Low power supply through the UBS port
Pen support isn't standard
Bluetooth occasionally causes typing lags
USB port doesn't work with USB hard drives or external optical drives
Abstract: PC manufacturers were thrown off by Windows 8 and its new touch-friendly face, which has given the PC industry what it needed to bring the PC forward into the mobile device space. The PC's long term success hinges on its ability to evolve, both in form fa...
The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 was the company's attempt to create a new version of their original tablet equipped with Windows 8, but unfortunately, its specs and its overall experience gave us the feeling of a low-budget tablet, even though this particula...
Excellent design and build quality, Digitizer pen, IPS touchscreen with good viewing angles, Fullsize USB 2.0 port
Keyboard is an optional extra, Wired Ethernet on optional dock only, Moderate performer, Expensive
As with any slate tablet, you're really going to need the optional (£103/$120) keyboard dock (left) to get laptop-like functionality out of the ThinkPad Tablet 2. Although that makes it an expensive option, the ThinkPad Tablet 2's physical design is excel...
Published: 2013-04-02, Author: Andrew , review by: arstechnica.com
Clover Trail runs all of your desktop apps without making the tablet too large, heavy, or hot, Build quality, Digitizer and pen provide a secondary, more accurate input option for heavy desktop users, Good battery life, Decent array of ports and expansion
Keyboard layout itself is good, but dock doesn't allow for multiple screen angles and doesn't extend the tablet's battery life, "Optical TrackPad" works well enough, but isn't our favorite input method, 2GB of RAM and Clover Trail's relatively slow perfor
Provided that you're comfortable with Windows 8 and with Clover Trail's limitations, the ThinkPad Tablet 2 is the best option on the market right now. The build quality is good, the digitizer and stylus helps in the cases where the seams between the Start...
Runs Windows 8 Pro, Fantastic keyboard, Excellent battery life, Great screen, Optional stylus
Keyboard dock has no hinge, Won't replace laptop for most business people, Optional broadband package is expensive, Fingerprint magnet
The ThinkPad Tablet 2 is a difficult thing to suss out. It's clearly great at what it is: being a business-optimized Windows 8 Atom tablet. However, the form factor itself is sort of an awkward compromise that is pretty good at most things, but not quite...
Precise touchscreen, Good main camera, GPS, Weight, Good speakers, Memory extension via SD
Battery is soldered in place, Bad illumination level of the LED-Flash, Digitize pen not retrofittable, Low power supply through the UBS port
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 If you are looking for a light Windows tablet, then the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 provides a loyal companion with good battery life. Business users on the other hand, purchase this table for the security module (TPM). However, one...
Supremely thin and light, sharp display, 3G/4G option, Wacom digitizer with pen, Supremely thin and light, sharp display, 3G/4G option, Wacom digitizer with pen, Supremely thin and light, sharp display, 3G/4G option, Wa
3G/4G option is quite expensive. USB port lacks power to run portable hard drives, 3G/4G option is quite expensive. USB port lacks power to run portable hard drives, 3G/4G option is quite expensive. USB port lacks power
It's hard to not love this little guy. If you're looking for a small Windows 8 tablet, this is one of the smallest and lightest, yet it's sturdy and ready for the road. Battery life is super and standby times are among the best we've seen on a Windows...
Abstract: Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 Windows 8 Tablet. First off this is a very thin and light laptop, measuring 9.8 mm thin and weighing less than 1.5 pounds with a 10.1-inch 720p screen. The ThinkPad Tablet 2 also sport a Lenovo digitizer pen how hand writing recog...
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Published: 2013-03-11, Author: Eric , review by: gizmodo.com
Probably not. Unless youre some kind of weird edge-case, chances are you already have a laptop. Yeah, maybe its an old one, but if its still functioning, chances are its at least as competent as the Thinkpad Tablet is in the Windows 8 desktop. So at t...
Thin and lightweight tablet with full Windows 8 experience, Great battery life
Sluggish performance at times, Wonky pressure sensitivity with its digitizer pen
If we came upon the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 in a store and quickly glance over its specs sheet, we probably wouldn’t get too excited. And who would considering its low-res display and choice of packing an Intel Atom processor? As we’ve seen, though, ...
