Sync it to your Google account and all your contacts, mail, pictures etc are immediately available. Open the 'gallery' app and all your picasa albums are already downloaded on the pad. The only thing it does not have is a sim and a costly data plan. It's wi-fi only but it has 32gb of storage plus a SD slot with a possible 32gb more. It runs a Nvidea dual core with 1gb of RAM and is bloody fast.
I have configured a VPN and an RDP app that gets me into work for free. Google docs and a local Office app is free. Games by the bucket load and SketchBook by Adobe (free) is brilliant. If you are into sketching you will be amazed at what you can do with your forefinger. The multitude of keyboard apps in the Android Market is amazing. SwiftKey predicts the word you are typing before you know it. Some often used sentences don't even require typing. Just pick the words above the keyboard.
They did have a problem with the Launcher freezing after one of the Android updates. However after updating again, it seems to be stable. Oh, and another glitch is, needing to restart wi-fi if it wakes from sleep mode. This seems to only affect the Lenovo.
The E-filer app allows you to browse your local network and find Windows shares and copy files to and fro. Copy your music to and from any share... easy.
Everything on the net is easy, and bloody fast. I'll have to do some research on how to open WMV files on the pad. It likes AVI's instead.
Otherwise the K1 Tab is value for money at $399 approx, compared to an iPad or Galaxy Tab.
Will it replace a laptop? No, not yet. However if you are in a meeting or visiting friends, it's easier to plop the pad on the table instead of lugging around a laptop.
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