Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Tablet Information
The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Priced at $ 499 (32GB) and is available in three color options (red, white and black), Lenovo's Honeycomb (upgradable to Android 4.0) tablet is neither the thinnest, the cheapest, the prettiest, even the best equipped. In contrast, the tablet is moderately Lenovo in the middle of the table.
Design and hardware speciation’s
If we had to choose the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 out of a line, the two-tone design in the back would be the gift. Weaving a mixture of sturdy aluminum and glossy plastic, back of the tablet has a good hand feel that suffers only slightly from visible smudges.
The second feature reveals the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is its dedicated home button, located on the right side of the 10.1-inch screen (when held horizontally). Considering the onscreen navigation controls baked into Honeycomb, the physical home button is redundant. It makes sense, though. Beyond mounting naturally under your right thumb while holding the tablet, the physical button has a few tricks. For example, holding down the button will capture a snapshot of the current screen. A knock down the button to skip through menus or applications. It is clean, although we have to admit it was triggered accidentally on several occasions.
The rest of the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 design options are all pretty predictable. On the left is a power button, volume control, lock screen orientation, and a microSD card slot. The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 bottom edge has a micro-HDMI port, a headphone jack and a dock input that works both for charging and USB sync. Shutterbugs will also notice a 2 megapixel camera on the front and a 5 megapixel camera (with flash) on the back.
Lenovo Android Information
Android tablet makers are in a difficult position. Android purists are always ready to criticize when a manufacturer monkeys with Google's code or bundles unnecessary software. But without these features, it is almost impossible to make a Honeycomb tablet that can stand out and show the brand of a company.
For better or worse, the Android 3.1 installed on the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is not for purists. It comes with over 30 applications preinstalled, ranging from big names like Netflix and Kindle, self-produced programs such as SocialTouch (a messaging aggregator) and Lenovo App Shop.
Best of Android 3.1 is still here, though. You get the official Android Market, along with Google mobile apps for Maps, Gmail, Navigation, Books, and Google Talk. The celebrated Honeycomb Web browser is located literally front and center on the main screen of the ILenovo IdeaPad K1, located within control panel editable common actions (watching videos, reading email, listening to music and reading books). Lenovo calls this central dashboard the "Lenovo Launcher", and although we thought it was a useful addition, you have the freedom to delete it if you wish.
Performance Information
The bad thing you can say about the performance of the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is that the screen is not as bright or vibrant as in the iPad 2 or current selection in our first Honeycomb tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Its resolution is clear and the responsiveness of the screen is correct according to their competence, but the overall visual experience is not the best.
Everything else, from the browser load time with keyboard typing performance, is in good agreement with the other Honeycomb tablets we've tested. Hopefully, considering it's pretty much everything that runs on the same processor and RAM. Still, it is worth mentioning
Final Explanation
There is much to like about the Lenovo IdeaPad K1, but it's hard to get excited about a tablet that deviates little from the products that we have seen. However, if you have your heart set on an Android tablet and not hung on it is the thinnest and lightest, the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is a solid choice.
Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Images, Lenovo IdeaPad K1 videos
Design and hardware speciation’s
If we had to choose the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 out of a line, the two-tone design in the back would be the gift. Weaving a mixture of sturdy aluminum and glossy plastic, back of the tablet has a good hand feel that suffers only slightly from visible smudges.
The second feature reveals the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is its dedicated home button, located on the right side of the 10.1-inch screen (when held horizontally). Considering the onscreen navigation controls baked into Honeycomb, the physical home button is redundant. It makes sense, though. Beyond mounting naturally under your right thumb while holding the tablet, the physical button has a few tricks. For example, holding down the button will capture a snapshot of the current screen. A knock down the button to skip through menus or applications. It is clean, although we have to admit it was triggered accidentally on several occasions.
The rest of the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 design options are all pretty predictable. On the left is a power button, volume control, lock screen orientation, and a microSD card slot. The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 bottom edge has a micro-HDMI port, a headphone jack and a dock input that works both for charging and USB sync. Shutterbugs will also notice a 2 megapixel camera on the front and a 5 megapixel camera (with flash) on the back.
Lenovo Android Information
Android tablet makers are in a difficult position. Android purists are always ready to criticize when a manufacturer monkeys with Google's code or bundles unnecessary software. But without these features, it is almost impossible to make a Honeycomb tablet that can stand out and show the brand of a company.
For better or worse, the Android 3.1 installed on the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is not for purists. It comes with over 30 applications preinstalled, ranging from big names like Netflix and Kindle, self-produced programs such as SocialTouch (a messaging aggregator) and Lenovo App Shop.
Best of Android 3.1 is still here, though. You get the official Android Market, along with Google mobile apps for Maps, Gmail, Navigation, Books, and Google Talk. The celebrated Honeycomb Web browser is located literally front and center on the main screen of the ILenovo IdeaPad K1, located within control panel editable common actions (watching videos, reading email, listening to music and reading books). Lenovo calls this central dashboard the "Lenovo Launcher", and although we thought it was a useful addition, you have the freedom to delete it if you wish.
Performance Information
The bad thing you can say about the performance of the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is that the screen is not as bright or vibrant as in the iPad 2 or current selection in our first Honeycomb tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Its resolution is clear and the responsiveness of the screen is correct according to their competence, but the overall visual experience is not the best.
Everything else, from the browser load time with keyboard typing performance, is in good agreement with the other Honeycomb tablets we've tested. Hopefully, considering it's pretty much everything that runs on the same processor and RAM. Still, it is worth mentioning
Final Explanation
There is much to like about the Lenovo IdeaPad K1, but it's hard to get excited about a tablet that deviates little from the products that we have seen. However, if you have your heart set on an Android tablet and not hung on it is the thinnest and lightest, the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is a solid choice.
Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Images, Lenovo IdeaPad K1 videos