Lenovo unfolds smaller Yoga tablet-laptop hybrid Lenovo has announced an 11in version of its still-to-ship Yoga tablet-laptop hybrid. Part of the IdeaPad line-up, Yoga is so named because the hinge on its clamshell casing allows the screen not merely to be lifted up from the keyboard and folded flat against the desk but can be pushed further round to form a tablet. Lenovo …
13" might be too big for us non he-men to hold in one hand, but the form-factor still has benefits even if the device is still sat on a desk, in the manner shown in the article's image. It allows the screen to be closer to the user, not only only benefiting the experience of watching movies, but making touch-screen interaction less tiring.
Even if you wish to use it as a conventional PC, having the built-in keyboard folded around back allows you more room to use a wireless keyboard and mouse, thus allowing you to improve the ergonomics at your desk (the screen and keyboard position can be adjusted independently, there's more room for your mouse)
The device can also be used casually on ones lap on the sofa (to quickly check TV listings, for example) without danger of the screen tipping back and the whole lot falling on the carpet.
Like I said, I like this form factor, if only because it gives the user some more options with very little compromise over an existing laptop design (they've put a bit more work into the hinges, and presumably installed the means to disable the keyboard in certain situations... that's it.) It offers a fair bit if benefit for very little cost.
The Reg should know better than to write a willy nilly statement like that... Some people might not automatically catch the fact, that this version, running on a Tegra will only run Windows RT.
So this device qualifies as a WART and you can't run any of your existing software on it.
Nor can you download any free or open source software you might want to run - only Microfoist's 'trying-to-be-like-Crapple' Appstore stuff...
Yep, slowly turning windows into a fenced ghetto - don't hope that the media will save consumers from misinformation or corporate abuse of any kind.
Simole, if you use it for reading documents, e.g. Manuals in PDF form that don't have any kind of flow then when you get them on soemthing like an iPAd the font is a bit small.
You need something approaching a magazine size to read properly, especially if you are getting old and decrepit
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