Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 18382DG Tablet/MID

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 18382DG Tablet/MID

The ThinkPad tablet is according to the Nvidia Tegra two, which functions having a speed of 1 GHz and has 1 MB of RAM. Additionally the ThinkPad tablet is equipped with wifi, GPS reception along with a 3G/ UMTS modem. The difficult drive in our model is really a generous 64 GB. That ought to be sufficient to begin with. It makes comparable tablets like the Motorola Xoom or the Sony S1, with their base degree of onboard memory at 32 and 16 GB respectively, appear practically miserly.

The Lenovo tablet’s memory may also be expanded utilizing ordinary SD flash memory cards.

For the display, Lenovo has not gone for any old inexpensive panel, but has selected an IPS display having a screen diagonal of ten.1 inches. And using the resolution too, Lenovo has not produced any compromises; in this device it’s 1280 x 800 pixels.

And also the Lenovo ThinkPad tablet has nonetheless much more to provide: for instance, a great cost. Using the specs named above, the tablets expenses about 666 Euro at present (high street cost which includes tax, as of 1/10/2011). Within the Lenovo internet shop the 64 GB model expenses 749 Euros which includes tax. The Lenovo ThinkPad tablet is also fitted having a GPS receiver. With information received from satellites, the device could be utilized as a navigational tool. The suitable software program – apart from voice output – is pre-installed. The Text2Speech apps are accessible at no cost within the Android app shop. The navigation software program relies on map content material from Google Maps and can show terrain or satellite views if desired also as the street maps.

As soon as the Text2Speech app is installed, directions for altering direction (‘Please turn around’ or ‘Turn left in the subsequent set of lights’) could be broadcast by the tablet’s little loudspeakers.

The GPS receiver, nevertheless, only functions following a lengthy search for the GPS satellites. It took much more than an hour for the tablet to report that it had GPS reception; and in houses with double glazing, no GPS signal might be received. The GPS information could be utilized in conjunction with Google Maps or Latitude amongst other issues. Each apps are pre-installed. With regards to the display, Lenovo has produced the outstanding option of a high-quality IPS panel that is also improved with ‘Corning Gorilla Glass’. The capacitive touchscreen has a WXGA resolution (1280 x 800). The ten.1-inch touchscreen can reproduce 16.7 million colours having a pixel density of 166 DPI. The surface with the IPS display is (sadly) glossy, as with all other tablet PCs of any note which are presently accessible. Reflected pictures of your self or your surroundings seem in nearly each and every scenario. The reflections are only decreased in darkened rooms or at night.