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I just got a Lenovo Thinkpad tablet a couple of days ago. It has a 10" screen and runs Android similar to the Transformer, Thrive, etc.
In my view, the Kindle App at is absolutely unusable on this device. I find text more than about 4" wide to be hard to read as my eyes have to scan back and forth too much rather than absorbing almost a whole line at a time. Even with my real Kindle I have the text width set to the middle option rather than the max width. With the Kindle App as currently available for Honeycomb tablets, you can't control the text width and you have no option for going to two column mode like you can with Kindle for PC app. If they would implement a two column mode, I think it would resolve most of my issues.
The thinkpad tablet came with the full version of 'documents to go' installed for dealing with Microsoft office documents. But this software leaves a lot to be desired. In working with Word documents you again are stuck with a display format that stretches the text from one edge of the screen to the other with no option for adding any white space along the left and right edges to make it more easy to read. In a pinch it is almost okay if you stick to a portrait orientation, but word documents in landscape orientation are very hard read as your eyes lose track of what line you are on when you move from one line to the next. Also, this software doesn't even include something as rudimentary as a spell-checker. It will also open and edit Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, but again with very obvious weaknesses like no freeze pane option to keep the first couple of rows with column headings on the screen while you scroll down in a longer spreadsheet.
So in my view a 10" tablet is both a poor ereader and a poor laptop replacement if you need to deal with many word documents or spreadsheets. It is very good for surfing the web, watching videos, and the thinkpad tablet with its pen input is very good for scribbling hand-written notes or sketching out some quick figures. Tablets have their uses, but I don't think they are quite ready to replace either my Kindle or my computer.
Duane
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