Lenovo Yoga Brings Best of Both Worlds – A Tablet and Ultrabook in One

Tablets became popular in the tech world offering its users easy navigation with its touchscreen and also typing using the virtual keyboard. With the advancement in touch technology, tablet and similar devices can now handle ‘multi-touch’ inputs that are used to gain complete control of on-screen objects. The best example of this are car racing games that requires not just plain touching the screen but also swiping and almost simultaneous touching of multiple objects on the screen like the gas pedal, breaks and nitro boost. For internet users that consumes cloud services a lot like social networking sites (Facebook, Google+, Flickr, Instagram etc.), tablet also became a favorable and hip gadget for them.

The only problem that tablet users have is that when they need to do a lot of typing. This is especially true for bloggers and forum owners that need to write a bunch of words or even paragraphs when creating a blog post or in answering a forum thread. With virtual keyboard, tablet becomes unfavorable in this kind of situation. Tablet users then resort to purchasing an extra wireless or detachable keyboard to solve the problem. But extra keyboard will consume extra power or extra space in your already crowded geek bag. With Lenovo Yoga, we can now enjoy the best of both worlds. We will no longer have to worry about bringing an extra keyboard should the need arises because this unique gadget can function both – notebook or tablet.

The Lenovo Yoga is a Windows 8 powered laptop that uses a dual-hinge design that can bend back at 360 degrees. You can then use the bottom keyboard part as a stand for the touchscreen that can be adjusted at any desired angle to suit your needs. The 13.3-inch touch screen at 1600 x 900 has 10 point multitouch capabilities that I think is at par with the touchscreen technology found on Apple’s iPad 2. This notebook-tablet device weighs 3.1 lbs. and measures 0.67 inches thick that I think is just right for a device that has a dual functionality though I think that you need some extra ‘muscle’ for this. Lenovo claims that Yoga can last up to 8 hours of battery life, which I think is in the average compared to the most sophisticated laptop and tablets out there. The only problem that I can think of is the heat that emanates from the battery itself that is found on most laptops. If this issue was resolved, the weight issue will be the only one left for games and social networking geeks to deal with.

According to Lenovo, the Yoga was expected to be available at the second half of 2012 that has a price tag of $1,199. If you want this for yourself or not, please give us your comments and considerations why would you choose the Yoga over any other tablet or notebook.

See the video below from TheVerge to see the Yoga in action.

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