Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 9.6 x 4.5 inches ; 1.6 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- ASIN: B005F0JDDA
- Item model number: 183822U
By : Lenovo
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Price : $439.88
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Product Description
This powerful Lenovo ThinkPad 1838-22U Tablet delivers a professional multimedia and unbeatable entertainment experience. Now professionals can do more on the go and IT managers can support their team—quickly, easily and remotely. This means, better management of multiple devices, more customization options, higher productivity, and more importantly, enhanced security.
Technical Details
- Processor: 1 GHz Tegra 2.0
- Number of Processors: 1
- RAM: 1 GB
- RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM
- Hard Drive: 16 GB Serial ATA
- Bundled Software: Lenovo App Shop Documents To Go MyScript Notes Mobile USB Data Transfer Utility User Data and SD Card Encryption Lenovo SocialTouch PrinterShare Mobile Print McAfee Mobile Security Google Voice Search Google Talk Google Maps Netflix YouTube app Adobe Flash player 10.2 Slacker Radio Amazon MP3 mSpot Music mSpot Movies Google Books Kindle for Android Zinio Magazine Reader eBuddy Messenger PokeTALK Tablet Version ooVoo Video Calls Angry Birds ArcSoft PowerMobia Gallery ArcSoft PowerMobia eBook Read
Lenovo ThinkPad 1838-22U 10.1" 16GB Tablet (No Stylus)
Customer Reviews
Since there haven't been many reviews of the Thinkpad Tablet yet, I wanted to add to the list. I've had a chance to demo three tablets so far: HP Touchpad, Galaxy Tab, and the Toshiba Thrive. In my opinion the Thinkpad beats them all. Here's why...
The device is touted as a having a "business focus" and that's certainly true. The digitizer pen has gotten it's share of publicity. It's useful out of the box, but it doesn't work universally within the tablet. I've only used it with the Notes app so far. It takes some getting used to, but if you watch the demo in the Notes section you can get a good feel for it quickly. The online demos tend to show the real-time handwriting to text functionality. The app's demo shows a far more effective method of "drawing" the text and converting it from handwriting later. The keyboard folio is not out yet, so no review of that, but I did hook it up to a USB keyboard with a built in mouse. It loaded a cursor automatically (The Thrive does this too, couldn't try it on a G-tab since there's no USB). In my opinion, however, the most beneficial thing they did for the business user is load a printing app that integrates with Google Cloud print. It took five minutes to set up printing from a wi-fi network to a printer networked on a separate VLAN. I'm pretty sure you need to keep your computer running with Chrome open. Not a big deal and it doesn't require changes on the printer server or loading software somewhere else on the network.
In terms of look and feel, it's a lot bigger than the Galaxy Tab. You do get set ports that rivals many laptops and beats a lot of netbooks. I've not understood why so many reviewers, particularly in the gadget press, make a big deal out of size and weight with these devices. If .25 pounds or a fraction of an inch makes a difference to you as a user, then you may have some physical problems that trump tablet use. It's not like the differences you see among laptops, and I'd rather have the added compatibility than a minimally lighter device.
Lenovo has been pushing the tablet as business oriented, but Netflix certification out-of-the-box makes it a competitor on the consumer side as well. To me, that's the killer app for a tablet. All Android tablets will share the majority of entertainment apps. Pandora has run on every tablet I've used. They all play music. I haven't tried it on the Thrive yet, but I was able to load a movie ripped for AppleTV onto the Lenovo via USB and it played just fine. The only downside is that it has a single speaker. Not a big deal in a business environment or if you use headphones or external speakers.
One last thing. If I included the purchase process as part of the product, I'd have probably given the Thinkpad Tablet a one star. I originally tried to buy directly from the manufacturer. They are clearly set up to sell to a channel and completely inept at selling directly to consumers. The product page showed a 7 day wait on shipping that slipped to 30 days as soon as I submitted the order. I had a 10% coupon that was not honored at the time of the order. Customer support was horrible at follow up and appeared outsourced without any way to get updated knowledge on the order. It took a week just to get final confirmation that my order was cancelled. Had they mistakenly shipped the product, they would have charged the credit card. If you choose to purchase use an 3rd party reseller like you'd find on Amazon.
PS - I intentionally left out iPad references. In many ways the iPad and the Lenovo are different such different products that I find direct comparisons only serve to start flame wars among fans of each platform.
I love love love this thing. I'm an artist and before this I used a Wacom with my laptop. This proved to be a cumbersome set up. The problem was there was no viable replacement. Tablets didn't have styluses; those that did only could use it in proprietary software (see HTC Flyer). I didn't really want to buy a touchscreen laptops since it would be a bit of a redundant purchase. Then I found the Lenovo thinkpad.
I use mine daily as a digital sketchbook. The program I use is Sketchbook Mobile for Autodesk. The Thinkpad (as far as I've been able to find thus far) is the ONLY tablet that supports stylus input for this app (which thus far is THE app for drawing with android). The input via the pen is fluid, comfortable, and easy. Pressure sensitivity works well.
The included software is IMO mostly junk. One is just a trial too: printershare; you only can use it 20 times then you have to buy it. Notes works pretty good at converting your writing to text. I found the Lenovo widgets tend to crash a lot, not to mention a little ugly. You don't have to use these and you probably shouldn't. I cant speak for citix or any of the security stuff, but my point is don't buy this for the "free apps" that come with it.
I've experience only a few hiccups here and there, nothing major, while using the tablet. Things like a tiny momentary lapse in recognition by the pen, or very occasionally when changing orientation things can get a little wonky. I attribute this mostly to honeycomb, and not the tablet. The speaker sucks, but they are workable. One nice thing is the task manager Lenovo built in making it easy to switch/close apps on demand. I find the carousel less useful just because I forget to use it.
One major complaint I see frequently is that it cant charge while in use. This give the impression that you need to shut it off to have it charged. This isn't the case, its only if you actively are using the device that it won't charge. It will stay at the same battery level though. Frankly I don't see where this would be a major problem since it lasts me all day easily with plenty of heavy usage (again I'm drawing on it mostly, but also using wifi for facebook and music and the occasional netflix).
Another complaint I've seen is the boot time. Seriously its like 60 seconds max, I don't even think its that much. I think if you're complaining about having to wait a minute, then you need some help. How often are you booting/ rebooting your tablet anyway?
Overall if you're a creative type this is the tablet for you. Its the only one (right now) that can sufficiently meet your needs in terms of creation. I'm super satisfied with it.
ONE NOTE: The Tigerdirect 16gig model does not ship with the pen, you need to purchase it separately. They also ship slowly (I ended up with 3 days "processing" time; I got the case and pen nearly 5 days before I got the tablet), so be aware.
