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Friday, September 30, 2011

ThinkPad Tablet makes my writer parts tingly

Ever since I bought my first IBM ThinkPad laptop a few years back, then upgraded to a Lenovo IdeaPad netbook, I've been interested in both portable writing devices and in IBM, now Lenovo (as far as laptops/netbooks go, since they bought ThinkPad and kept it just as robust) products. None of the tablets out there have caught my attention because none of them look like anything I would want to write on. Being a writer, and as of this fall a professor and grad student in composition studies, I want my gadgets to be writer friendly. And now I have academic interest in how technology impacts the writing process. The new ThinkPad Android tablet not only looks great for writing, since it seems to have some amazing word processing power. Additionally, it might just keep handwriting alive, which is pretty amazing for a tablet to do well, or at least for a tablet company to want to do well in. Check out this video from Lenovo showcasing the keyboard case and the digital pen, both optional add-ons that seem well worth the price. Speaking of price, the ThinkPad table is priced around iPad prices, which is a hurdle, which means I probably won't be getting one till it's time to ditch my IdeaPad netbook. You can check out the tablet from Lenovo's website, and read Engadget's in depth review. Here's the video:




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