The stylus is powered by an included AAA battery (Lenovo estimates the battery life at 18 months, but did not provide usage parameters) and is accompanied by two extra replaceable tips. A SIM slot (no mobile networks carry the ThinkPad tablet yet, so only WiFi versions are available) and media card slot are behind a flip-down door on the bottom, and a USB 2.0 port resides behind a slide-door on the left hand side for mice or keyboards.Īnd the external doohickies don’t end there: the defining feature of the ThinkPad tablet is its stylus, which attaches by a cord to the top of the tablet and has its own stowaway slot. The bottom has a microUSB port, mini-HDMI port, headphone jack, and dock connector. The sleep/power button is along the right hand side, and the volume rocker is on the top toward the right. Most of the ports sit on the bottom of the ThinkPad, with the SIM and media card slots behind the flip door These buttons only click in on their internal edges to prevent unintentional clicks because they wrap around to the side of the device, so they’re a little annoying to use. Four buttons sit along the bottom of the ThinkPad’s screen: Home, Back, a dedicated browser button, and an orientation lock button. The ThinkPad tablet is a fun house of ports and buttons.

(Tablet-holding competitions: the office diversion/test of might that may never be.) Those with delicate avian bone wrists would be more comfortable wrapping their forearms behind it for extending holding/reading/writing periods. The ThinkPad's bezel is thinner than the iPad's, and that combined with the weight makes holding the tablet in landscape with one hand gripping the side something akin to a beer stein-holding competition. The ThinkPad tablet has a soft rubberized back that curves sharply into the front, and is thinner and lighter than the Thrive at 0.55 inches and 1.57 pounds (but still significantly bulkier than the iPad). It's not as hefty as the Toshiba Thrive, while still managing to offer up a decent number of ports. The ThinkPad doesn’t escape the thick-and-heavy profile that plagues Android tablets. Adorned with a stylus and a full complement of ports, the heavy Android 3.1 ThinkPad tablet favors flexibility over portability, but its performance is middling at best when compared to other Android devices. The ThinkPad tablet is Lenovo’s second recent entry into the tablet space, a professional cousin to the cutesier IdeaPad.

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