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ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 Pro from Lenovo (images)

Summary: Lenovo will release a ThinkPad tablet to be available in October at the Windows 8 launch. The Tablet 2 will leverage full Windows 8 Pro to bring the full Windows experience to a thin and light tablet.

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ThinkPad Tablet 2- available "when Windows 8 launches in October"

ThinkPad Tablet 2 full specs:

  • Processor: Intel Atom (unspecified)
  • OS: Windows 8 Pro
  • Display: 10.1-inch IPS, 1366x768, optional digitizer/pen
  • Ports: miniHDMI, audio, microSD slot, USB 2.0, docking connector
  • Sound: stereo, dual-array microphone
  • Wireless: Wi-Fi, 3G HSPA+, LTE (AT&T only), Lenovo Mobile Access (pay as you go)
  • Connectivity: Optional Tablet 2 keyboard and dock
  • Camera: Front 2MP, Rear 8MP
  • Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.5 x .39 inches; 1.3 lbs.

No pricing information is available from Lenovo at this time.


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Topics: Lenovo, Tablets, Windows

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  • Nice to see

    Someone putting an Intel tablet out before Surface. Looks pretty nice.
    CriticalSection
    Reply 4 Votes

    • Which is why it was so overblown

      All the stories of MS making it's own tablets, as though OEM's did not have something in the works already.
      Challenger R/T
      Reply 4 Votes

  • Nice, Acer should learn something from Lenovo

    instead of warning Microsoft one or two times, bring something that is better then only can earn you the share in market
    ninjacut
    Reply 3 Votes

  • Fat, Heavy & Underpowered

    And probably expensive as well.
    ldo17
    Reply 1 Vote

    • not for kids

      These machines are not for kids to play angry birds...
      owllnet
      Reply 3 Votes

      • right!

        Angry Birds will choke that Atom processor ;-)
        bunkport
        Reply 1 Vote

  • Didn't get past the first line...

    Atom. That's the deal breaker. We've had a bunch of Atom based tablets come through here and they are all dire. Intel tablets need real Intel processors, not Atoms.
    wright_is
    Reply Vote

  • Could be what I need

    The display resolution is a bit low, and I'd prefer Arm to Atom since I've already got a good notebook, but 9.8 mm isn't bad for thickness. The keyboard/dock looks nice too.

    For me, the 'killer tablet app' is annotating/revising/editing documents (text and mathematics, PDF and Word) and taking notes (probably with OneNote), so the digitiser is essential. I'd prefer Arm to Atom, but if the price is competitive with Windows RT tablets and the battery life is good, this looks like something worth considering.

    I'd really like a Surface-style cover too, but it isn't essential. I think Microsoft should license the surface technologies to OEMs, and standardise things like the length/width and the connector for the covers. Standardising would help to create a vibrant hardware accessory ecosystem.
    WilErz
    Reply Vote

  • atom? they gotta be kidding

    I've got an HP Slate 500 collecting dust. Win7 Pro, Office 2010, I got it as a gift from a corporate IT VP who recognized it immediately as useless in their company. I wish I had the $$ that this thing cost.
    bunkport
    Reply Vote

  • Now We Know

    Atom processor. No specification of memory or hard drive, but no reason to expect them to not be equally under-powered.

    This explains why Microsoft is making its own tablet.
    RaulYbarra
    Reply Vote

  • Total Crap

    I don't understand why it is so hard to get rapid graphics effects on Atom-based systems. If you can't make the screen zoom and rotate like an iPad or Android device, take your product and go home because the consumer perception will be "oh, that's slow".

    Windows tablets have to compete on certain basic criteria with their Android and iPad counterparts. If you fail at the casual let-me-play-with-the-device stage, you're done.
    ITTech001
    Reply Vote
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