REVIEW

IdeaPad A10 This happens when a tablet shapes up to become a miniature laptop

— S. Aadeetya

a tablet and netbook. However, when it comes to performance, the device is more of the latter than former. Netbook has always been made to be the perfect-portable laptop alternative before the tablets came to fore but never recognized for their output. You could say the same for IdeaPad A10 that is a mere contrast to the tablet offerings that are in the market. The tablet packs a quad-core Rockchip processor with 1 GB RAM and offers 16 GB storage, expandable further via microSD slot. Charging the A10 is convenient via microUSB port. It runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS that invariably falls short of the current requirement but still manages to perform with stability and no apparent OS-based issues. For this price, IdeaPad A10 can be compared with some really powerful-yet- affordable devices like Xolo Note and even the 2013 version of . Average Price: `19,990 cameras and when it comes to battery life, we managed to get over 5 hours during our video playback tests that translate into 7-8 enovo A10 is a 10.1 inch notebook hours life during normal usage. that as per Lenovo is targeted at tablet Key Specs: Lusers who are looking for the support 80000 10.1 inch HD display, of physical keyboard. Sadly, the 10.1 inch 70000 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, Quad-core size has been fairly compromised owing to 60000 Rockchip CPU, 1 GB RAM, its big size bezel spacing that takes out huge 16016 Vellamo HTML5 16 GB internal storage chunk of the allotted display real estate. It’s 50000 really small; one can’t really work long hours 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme 40000 14382 on it. You can flip the A10 to varied degrees, 1338 Quadrant Pros: 30000 7630 making it an all-round tablet. 4078 Petit 10.1 inch size, Decent for watching movies or listening 5522 5286 20000 34466 AnTuTu ‘Flip’ feature, solid body built, to music but anything beyond that is not 20174 MicroUSB charging advisable. Like most of the Lenovo products, 10000 19692

A10 comes in a matte finished body which is 0 Lenovo Xolo Nexus 7 Cons: tough and can withstand any kind of mishap. IdeaPad A10 Tegra Note (2013) Average performer, One thing we do like about the attached Small display estate, keyboard on A10 is its Android-friendliness. Bottomline: Lenovo has tried something Average battery life You have all the keys that are paramount different with the IdeaPad A10, an Android for an Android tablet, that said the typing powered tablet with the addition of keyboard. experience and accuracy is not pleasant. But let’s be straight; this one is a mid-rung Write to: Clumsy keys owing to the size of the device performer which for its price does not Lenovo India, Bengaluru is a big letdown, for something that was really work for us. Better to look at other Ph: 080-30533000 meant to be an add-on for the user. options like Xolo Tegra Note, Nexus 7 (2013), [email protected] Tablet that performs more like a Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, if keyboard is not netbook - A10 is the perfect match between really that necessary.

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