Review: Lenovo Yoga Book

Lenovo's Yoga Book is an ultraportable, quirky take on the 2-in-1 device category.

But we like Lenovo's original thinking on the Yoga Book, a 10-inch device you might mistake for a paper notebook.

The device consists of an Android tablet that attaches to a secondary touch surface with a watchband hinge.

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That secondary touch surface is what really makes the Yoga Book different from other devices out there.

In one mode the touch surface lets users write or draw with a digital pen. That's neat because you can be scribbling on a flat surface and seeing the results take shape on the display.

Another option is to use the Yoga Book like an actual paper notebook and have the notes digitized instantly. The device comes with a special notepad for doing this, and the digital pen tip can be changed out for an ink tip so that you can write on both paper and the tablet at the same time.

Yet another mode for the secondary touch surface is what Lenovo is calling the Halo Keyboard.

The digital keys on the Halo Keyboard vibrate when pressed, but you can't rest your fingers on all of the keys without triggering them. That means this isn't a device to get a lot of serious typing done on.

Another benefit of the secondary surface, of course, is that it serves as a stand, making it better for video watching than a slate tablet.

The display on the Yoga Book is sharp and bright, and the battery life is not too bad. We got seven hours in our test.

For a processor the device uses an Intel Atom chip, which is not big on horsepower. But we didn't have major issues when streaming video and browsing the web.

Considering everything the Yoga Book can do, we're impressed that it manages to be just 0.38 of an inch thick and weigh 1.5 pounds.

Overall, the Yoga Book strikes us as a good value with a starting price of $500.