Lenovo Yoga book Trial evaluation

　　 can be a "dog-type" tablet computer

First of all, we appreciate the engineering level of the hinge used in yoga book. This hinge is the same as "strap" for other yoga devices, but is redesigned for a compact 10.1-inch yoga book and is still strong enough to be smaller.

Yoga book's hinges are very handy and find the right balance between stiffness and ease of operation. The screen can stay at any angle you set--and, of course, you can flip it 360 degrees, which is not much thicker than the average tablet computer.

Lenovo Yoga Book unusually thin, compact and light, feeling is a good design in the product. We wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it looks better.

　　"Flare Keyboard" is a big compromise.

What the hell is the following dummy keyboard?

Because we can't feel every keystroke, we think that this so-called "flare keyboard" is hardly a good way to enter. Lenovo claims that people will be able to adapt to it after about two hours, but it is still a glass plane with no actual buttons to press, regardless of adaptation. We didn't have a chance to use it for long, but our first impression was that it might be better than nothing, but it was still an interface that didn't improve our lives.

Some say the glowing "flare keyboard" gives yoga book a sense of the future, that may be true, but we can't imagine a keyboard that can take a place in the real future, because it's more like a step backwards from a normal keyboard design than any kind of progress.

　　Painting and doodling on paper and on glass

Yoga book's design is to become a powerful note-making device, and we believe that it is such a device! In fact, the Yoga book has nothing to be seriously evaluated in addition to notes and drawing functions.

The tablet is equipped with a versatile stylus with a Wacom digital tablet that provides technical support in the keyboard section. The stylus itself can assemble two different pen tips: A stylus tip that allows you to write directly on the glass plane, with a 2048-level pressure sense and 100-degree angle detection; another is a small cartridge, and more special.

Yoga book is equipped with a A5 sized Notepad, you can put it directly on the touch panel, and then start to write in real ink on this notepad-all your strokes will be immediately reflected on the Yoga book screen, Because the digital tablet in the keyboard section can detect the movement of the stylus over a distance.

It sounds ingenious, and it may be a bit complicated, and in reality it's amazing. The input has only a minimal delay, and the response is sensitive enough, and the best thing is that you don't have to sacrifice the authenticity of writing on paper, and you don't have to sacrifice the convenience of saving notes in digital format.

However, the Yoga book is a very small product, it is targeted not only to the masses of consumers, but also need to take a lot of notes-perhaps drawing a map, a spreadsheet, a net, but do not use it to do many other things business people. It comes with an atom processor and a nice screen, but the 10-inch size doesn't make it an office tool. This is a stylish device designed to solve a problem that we are not sure of, but the compromise is obvious: there is no real keyboard, only a touch analog keyboard that is far less convenient and used than the physical keyboard.

The Yoga book has two operating system options, the Android version is priced at $499 (about 3333 yuan), and Windows 10 sells 549 dollars (about 3667 yuan), and the pricing seems reasonable for its functionality. However, you can also buy a real notepad and use your mobile phone to scan your notes, which will cost you a lot less.

Yes, Yoga book is a fashionable product, but it is not a breakthrough device. It's stunning but lacks a clear direction, a big innovation in hardware but a lack of innovation in experience, not a great idea that allows us to stop and think about what we've missed in the days without this product. Yoga book tries to solve "how to make a tablet sexy again?" This conundrum, but we think it's not a good solution to have a paper notebook with a tablet.