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"  Lenovo showed off more than just a new gadget tonight. The Chinese-based tech company presented a new image\u2014an aggressive persona to match its dominating sales numbers. With Ashton Kutcher on hand, (who played the tech legend Steve Jobs and isn&amp;#039;t foreign to the commercial gadget space), Lenovo announced its new Yoga Tablet. The device continues the mission that the company established when introducing the Yoga line of PCs in 2012: adapting electronics to fit consumers&amp;#039; needs, and not the other way around. Like its PC forebears, the Yoga Tablet works in a variety of modes, primarily stand, hold, and tilt.  In many ways the Yoga Tablet is like a lot of other tablet options. The device runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is packed with a Quad Core 1.2 GHz processor, 16GB or 32GB of storage, and an HD display (1280x800). The user interface is familiar, whether you&amp;#039;re an iOS acolyte or Android disciple, though the screen resolution was a little blurry on a few applications.   But the tablet design is unlike anything else in the market. Its most notable feature is a cylindrical node that runs along the bottom of the device in landscape mode. This strange design element houses the unit&amp;#039;s battery, which Lenovo says gives the device up to 18 hours of active use, and also acts as the tablet&amp;#039;s built-in kickstand, allowing the device to be propped up or flipped over. If a user wants to just hold the Yoga Tablet, he or she just folds the stand back into the device&amp;#039;s sturdy, aluminum alloy body. Also, the tablet has a micro-USB port for users to charge other devices, and Lenovo is developing a compatible Bluetooth 4.0 keyboard. At between .88 lbs and 1.33 lbs, the weight of the device feels good, but the distribution takes some getting used to. The screen rotates 360 degrees, giving left-handed and right-handed users a comfortable option. However, holding the device wasn&amp;#039;t as comfortable as advertised. The cylindrical bulge felt a little more disruptive than natural. Also, the Yoga Tablet does have a few hardware issues. Most notably, it can only be propped up in landscape mode, and sometimes the device would become too top heavy and topple over.  Kutcher isn&amp;#039;t the next Jobs, but if sales numbers and prices mean anything, maybe Apple and Google should be paying attention. At $249 and $299 for the 8-inch and 10-inch respectively, Lenovo puts out a serious contender in the low-end tablet market. The Yoga Tablet is available at Best Buy starting Oct. 30 and will be available online as well. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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