Lenovo Thinkpad Usb 3.0 Dock Du9019d1

TechRadar Verdict

Telephone call it a luxury, only the ThinkPad viii is the get-go work-set up, 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet.

Pros

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Gorgeous FHD screen
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Thin, light design
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Powerful multitasking

Cons

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Comprehend adds majority
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Buggy camera software
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Short battery life

The range of 8-inch tablets featuring full-fat Windows 8.1 is growing everyday. While there have been a few great slates filling out this micro-slab space, it'south also grown stale. As of late, most devices sport an uninspiring 1200 ten 800 resolution screen and about the same internals.

Now, Lenovo hopes to get out of the rut with the ThinkPad 8, the first viii-inch Windows tablet with a 1920 x 1200 resolution touch panel and punchier Intel Atom processor to kicking. The ThinkPad 8 has some promising specs on newspaper, but does this tablet truly usher in the adjacent generation of small Windows 8.1 slates?

Design

With its latest tablet, Lenovo aimed to deliver a device that looks and feels premium, and information technology shows. The ThinkPad 8 is backed with a machined aluminium shell, rather than the plasticky Dell Venue 8 Pro and faux-metallic Acer Iconia W4. This solid piece of metal – which spans across the unabridged dorsum – is quite reminiscent of the iPad Mini 2 with Retina brandish and iPad Air, down to the anodized end. Though, the Lenovo received an extra coat of black paint.

A soft, rubbery cloth wraps the ThinkPad 8's slim edges and it helps to keep a grip on the device. Along the right border is the power push button, book rocker, and USB 3.0 port, which connects to Lenovo's USB iii.0 dock. And don't worry most bringing the included cablevision everywhere: a micro USB cablevision besides fits in the port for charging. The left side, meanwhile, holds a micro HDMI port plus an additional flap hiding a microSD slot underneath.

In another nod to the iPad, the tablet's left side side also houses hidden magnets for attaching the optional, $34.99 (nigh £20, AU$37) Quickshot Cover. The accessory does non mimic Apple tree's folding stand blueprint. Rather, there is a small flap that, when flipped back, reveals the rear lens and automatically launches the Windows camera app.

Crashy camera

Normally I don't shoot photos with a tablet, just the ThinkPad 8 is equipped with a rear camera that's a step up from the iPads of the world. The 8MP sensor at the heart of this shooter tin resolve some high-resolution images. However, image noise easily enters the frame unless photos are taken in bright, fully lit conditions. Fifty-fifty in a bit of shade, stills are full of nasty bits of greenish and cerise digital noise.

More impressive than the lens itself is Windows 8.1's congenital-in image editor. Without having to dive into Photoshop or Skitch, I could level out an overblown exposure, warm upwardly a tiresome image defenseless on a rainy day, and even do a few fun tricks like this toy box paradigm higher up.

But before you lot go shooting your first photograph, know that the camera app is prone to crash the entire device. The first few times I used the Quickshot Encompass to plow on the camera, information technology sent the tablet into a panic that required a system reset. Other times, the tablet would but display an unresponsive black screen, leaving me with no option merely plough it off completely. It was a frustrating experience, especially for missing those decisive, photographic moments.

That said, this is a known upshot that can be somewhat remedied with a quick update downloaded through the broiled-in Lenovo Solutions app. Even with the update in place, though, the camera is nonetheless quite buggy.

After updating, I triggered the camera only to have information technology loop back to a depression-resolution version of the Windows Start Screen, with no mode to admission the desktop or whatsoever apps. A restart cycle later on – plus fiddling around with the display resolution settings – and the tablet returned to normal. This is honestly the strangest issue I've ever experienced with any device before.

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