"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
02/16/2016 at 19:49 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
02/16/2016 at 19:49 • Filed to: None | 0
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I have a 10" Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2. It came in Windows and Android versions. Mine is the Android one. The Windows one, but not the Android one, came with this accessory bluetooth keyboard that clips on to it with magnets. I just got the keyboard. It’s not perfect, but I kinda like it.
Lenovo may or may not still sell the accessory keyboard themselves. There were different listings on their site, some which say out of stock, others which say available. But they wanted $100 for it, which was a bit steep for me to justify when the whole tablet was $230. Instead, I found someone on eBay selling the keyboard, that according to the listing, came with a now-broken Windows version of the same tablet. $50 shipped was much more palatable of a price.
The keyboard has a little flap at the top of it with magnets in it that the battery hump on the bottom (side?) of the tablet plops into. You need to use the tablet’s kickstand to support it, as the magnets don’t really have enough strength to hold the tablet up like a laptop hinge. But on a table, it stands up fine. I’m pretty good at typing on all sorts of keyboards, so I can touch type well enough.
The touchpad is a little wonky, in that it’s a click-pad, but clicking doesn’t actually do anything in Android. Instead you tap on it so it doesn’t click, because if you push the touchpad down to click instead of tapping it, nothing happens. Also, the touchpad has 2-finger scrolling, but it’s not nearly as smooth as using the touchscreen.
On the plus side, it’s a keyboard for my tablet, which thanks to my Office 365 subscription at work, and my using OneDrive for Business, I can actually get a lot done with just my tablet, and not mess with my laptop. The touchpad, while a little wonky, works fine in situations where you want some more precise pointing action than the touchscreen gives, like selecting text while editing, or messing around in Excel, which is actually pretty solid for Android.
Would I pay $100 for the privilege of having this keyboard? Probably not. But it’s kinda neat to have, now that I have it.
Scary__goongala!
> Textured Soy Protein
02/16/2016 at 20:05 |
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When my HP laptop fried itself I fully intended on getting a large tablet. Definitely like their compactness compared to laptops and at this point they are just as capable. But then JGrabow lent me a computer to use.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Textured Soy Protein
02/16/2016 at 21:37 |
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I always thought the design of the Yoga tablet was neat. How has it been? I thought spec wise they were pretty underpowered.
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> BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/16/2016 at 21:42 |
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The Yoga 2 is decent, it has an Intel Z3475, 2 GB of RAM, 1920x1200 screen, bigass battery, etc. When it came out it had a terrible KitKat build that slowed it down. The Lollipop update is much cleaner although animations could be smoother. The Yoga 3 actually has lower specs.
Originally I bought it in spite of its goofy design, but I’ve come to like the battery hump for grabbing it one-handed, and the kickstand is nice when I’m lying down, I can rest it on my chest and just put one hand flat on the kickstand instead of having to hold my arm up. I doubt it’ll get a Marshmallow update but I’m happy with it overall.
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> Scary__goongala!
02/16/2016 at 21:45 |
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This is true. I have a 13" Macbook Pro, and for work I have a 14" HP EliteBook. But for like, taking notes in meetings, showing documents to clients, etc, it’s nice to have this as an option. But it’s also just my chill at home reading on the couch and watching Netflix in bed device.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Textured Soy Protein
02/16/2016 at 21:47 |
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Not bad at all! I guess I was thinking the one with the MediaTek processor in it. I really do think it is a smart shape.