I really want to love this, but I have a few complaints (and concerns) right out of the gate. First of all, I'm wondering why they chose to use the Skylight UI with its Linux shell when Android seems like a more logical choice for the tablet's OS. The Snapdragon processor shouldn't have any trouble running Android and there would be a wealth of applications to tap into. And they could just as easily have added a custom shell to it, as HTC has proven with its Sense UI.
Several people have brought up the issue of separate hard drives, too, so I would hope that there's some kind of syncing capability that would let you choose directories to duplicate between the drives, the same way that Dropbox works. That way you could open/manipulate files on either the slate or the full-blown laptop and not have to worry about which you were using.
It's a shame that Microsoft abandoned the Side Show feature that was unveiled for XP back in 2002 as well. This seems like the ideal hardware to use it with, since it allowed a touchscreen tablet to connect to a standalone PC over a wireless network.
Hopefully Lenovo takes these and other concerns into account before bringing this to market, since it could be a killer device for the price: a true iPad killer with netbook appeal.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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I really want to love this, but I have a few complaints (and concerns) right out of the gate. First of all, I'm wondering why they chose to use the Skylight UI with its Linux shell when Android seems like a more logical choice for the tablet's OS. The Snapdragon processor shouldn't have any trouble running Android and there would be a wealth of applications to tap into. And they could just as easily have added a custom shell to it, as HTC has proven with its Sense UI.
Several people have brought up the issue of separate hard drives, too, so I would hope that there's some kind of syncing capability that would let you choose directories to duplicate between the drives, the same way that Dropbox works. That way you could open/manipulate files on either the slate or the full-blown laptop and not have to worry about which you were using.
It's a shame that Microsoft abandoned the Side Show feature that was unveiled for XP back in 2002 as well. This seems like the ideal hardware to use it with, since it allowed a touchscreen tablet to connect to a standalone PC over a wireless network.
Hopefully Lenovo takes these and other concerns into account before bringing this to market, since it could be a killer device for the price: a true iPad killer with netbook appeal.