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The first thought I had when I saw the Thinkpad Tablet introduction was, "Wow! That LOOKS like a ThinkPad." Then I thought about how I'd been judging all other tablets in relation to how much they looked like an iPad.
Later I found out that some reviewers thought it was stodgy-looking. Hehe. It's interesting that the same basic specifications/hardware are in a consumer-facing device (the "K" Ideapad) and the "business" device. Other than that, there's not a lot to differentiate the different devices. Lenovo chose to concentrate on VPN, Cisco, and even Computrace (sort of like LoJack) to give the ThinkPad Tab a "business" persona. Happily they didn't take away the consumer facing features, which has sometimes been an unhappy compromise (like S-Video for TV on the R series but only VGA for projectors on the T series). This plays to what I want - a serious machine with work features that can be a play machine, too, with popular features.
My Pocket Edge is neat, and it's a great introduction to Android. I'll use it going forward as a 7" navigator in the car (with Destinator 9, replacing a Palm LifeDrive with Mapopolis Navcard), an e-book reader in the house, and something to watch movies on or to listen to music from to time when I'm stuck waiting, but I'm already thinking about that NEXT device. The Pocket Edge is simply too small to surf on.
The ThinkPad Tab is looking better than anything else I've seen so far. And ThinkPads are designed to be worked on… and kept.
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