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Oct312011
Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet Keyboard/Case Review
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 8:40AM
After about 2 months on backorder, i finally received the Case/USB Keyboard combo for my Lenovo Thinkpad Android Tablet.
I like it! Like origional IBM products, in most areas Lenovo has kept up the quality and expectations. My first thought was, its heavy. Definity changes the tablet from a slightly heavy Android tablet to a small notebook type of device. If extremly light and small is what you after, this wont give you that. What it will give you is a classy, sturdy case with a great keyboard that gives you the option of having your tablet be almost a notebook.
The tablet slides into the case and connects via the full size USB port. Once in, its sturdy and feels secure. Its not falling out or going anywhere. Opening the case and standing up the keyboard secures with a magnetic clip which lets you know it will hold and not move around. When closed, the case feels thick but safe. Your tablet is protected and you have a nice little portfolio case with your tablet, and an Android laptop.
Typing on the keboard is excellent! I can say it better than that. Its as good as a lenovo laptop keyboard, feels great, and i can type the way i would on any normal desktop or laptop keyboard. Keys are responsive and feel great. Best part is working on a Honeycomb Android tablet and having the full screen real estate to see what you doing without the onscreen keyboard poping up. It makes using something like Google Docs much more pleasent to use. By the way, i am using just that with the keyboard to write this blog post while watching my 5 year old play soccer. Its Great!
Another nice feature about the keyboard is the extra Android keys! Above the keyboard there are keys for all the major Android functions: Volume +/-, Mute, Mic on/off, Home, Brightness, Settings, Lock, Zoom and media keys for Play/Pause Forward and Reverse. Getting use to useing them makes android much faster to use. This does not affect your onscreen controls, and you can always tap your screen as normal.
The case does not interfere with your tablet connectors, charging and other connects are all still accessible. Very necessary as my only complaint on this tablet is battery life. If you wanted to insert or remove a SD card you would need to remove the tablet from the dock but that should not b a problem as you dont do that often.
The keyboard has an optical trackball device in the center where the normal eraserhead pointing device would be on a normal Thinkpad. It works very well and with the two mouse type buttons at the base makes it even more laptop like.
Overall the keyboard/case combo is excellent. Type is suburbe and the everything about the case is great. Due to the surprise snow storm (14" and no power for days now) pictures and a video will be up as soon as I possible but the $99 (list) for the device is worth it for all it adds to your tablet.
I like it! Like origional IBM products, in most areas Lenovo has kept up the quality and expectations. My first thought was, its heavy. Definity changes the tablet from a slightly heavy Android tablet to a small notebook type of device. If extremly light and small is what you after, this wont give you that. What it will give you is a classy, sturdy case with a great keyboard that gives you the option of having your tablet be almost a notebook.
The tablet slides into the case and connects via the full size USB port. Once in, its sturdy and feels secure. Its not falling out or going anywhere. Opening the case and standing up the keyboard secures with a magnetic clip which lets you know it will hold and not move around. When closed, the case feels thick but safe. Your tablet is protected and you have a nice little portfolio case with your tablet, and an Android laptop.
Typing on the keboard is excellent! I can say it better than that. Its as good as a lenovo laptop keyboard, feels great, and i can type the way i would on any normal desktop or laptop keyboard. Keys are responsive and feel great. Best part is working on a Honeycomb Android tablet and having the full screen real estate to see what you doing without the onscreen keyboard poping up. It makes using something like Google Docs much more pleasent to use. By the way, i am using just that with the keyboard to write this blog post while watching my 5 year old play soccer. Its Great!
Another nice feature about the keyboard is the extra Android keys! Above the keyboard there are keys for all the major Android functions: Volume +/-, Mute, Mic on/off, Home, Brightness, Settings, Lock, Zoom and media keys for Play/Pause Forward and Reverse. Getting use to useing them makes android much faster to use. This does not affect your onscreen controls, and you can always tap your screen as normal.
The case does not interfere with your tablet connectors, charging and other connects are all still accessible. Very necessary as my only complaint on this tablet is battery life. If you wanted to insert or remove a SD card you would need to remove the tablet from the dock but that should not b a problem as you dont do that often.
The keyboard has an optical trackball device in the center where the normal eraserhead pointing device would be on a normal Thinkpad. It works very well and with the two mouse type buttons at the base makes it even more laptop like.
Overall the keyboard/case combo is excellent. Type is suburbe and the everything about the case is great. Due to the surprise snow storm (14" and no power for days now) pictures and a video will be up as soon as I possible but the $99 (list) for the device is worth it for all it adds to your tablet.
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