Lenovo Intros The Thinkpad 8, An 8-inch Windows Tablet For Business Users (hands-on)

There’s not much details out there on this subject today, so this really is all we have for you. Read it below.

For starters, the 8.3-inch screen boasts a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 1,920 x 1,200, whereas most of its rivals top out at 1,280 x 800. Additionally, it sports an aluminum chassis, micro-HDMI and optional 4G, all of which are fairly rare on 8-inch tablets (or budget tablets, period). Even the camera setup seems slightly better, with 8-megapixel stills and an accompanying flash, not that we ever have high hopes for imaging performance on tablets. If anything, the only cost-cutting measure seems to be the omission of an active digitizer for pen support, which was included on last year’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 , and which you can get on Dell’s less-expensive Venue 8 Pro . Otherwise, the performance should be on par with other Windows tablets: this packs a quad-core Bay Trail processor (the Intel’s Z3770 chip, to be exact), along with 2GB of RAM and up to 128GB of built-in storage. And with a rated battery life of eight hours, its runtime should also be similar to other 8-inch tablets. If that high-res screen does anything for you, the ThinkPad 8 will be available later this month, with prices starting at $399 (that’s without the 4G, of course).
The complete article on which this cited segment was in fact based is actually available at http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/05/lenovo-thinkpad-8/