Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 Tablet Review

Name: Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 Tablet
Brand: Lenovo

by Joshua Gulick — Thursday, November 01, 2012, 12:50 PM EDT

Performance Summary: The Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 is a modest, sturdy tablet that gives off a vibe of dependability. It isn’t flashy, but it is comfortable to use and it’s small and light enough to be a good travel companion. And although the screen doesn’t have the resolution that higher-end tablets offer, it’s plenty bright and has excellent viewing angles.

Likewise, the tablet won’t knock your socks off when it comes to performance (particularly graphics), but it can certainly hold its own versus other Android slates. We didn’t notice any hiccups when navigating the OS, opening programs, and browsing the Web. It handled streaming video just fine, too, and it handled other ordinary tasks, like connecting to our Wi-Fi network, without a glitch.

We like the way the tablet and the Keyboard Dock connect: when they’re together, the combined system really feels like a laptop. The display doesn’t wobble and the keyboard/touch pad work seamlessly on the tablet. And we don’t get the sense that repeated connecting/disconnecting is likely to weaken the connector.

As we mentioned, the FCC label would have been less obtrusive in a different location on the tablet. And, Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t the most recent version of Android – we would have liked to have seen Jelly Bean in actiona. Even so, the IdeaTab S2110 isn’t going to disappoint typical users. We think Lenovo can hit a broad range of consumers with a modest-but-dependable tablet like this.

Thin and light, but sturdy
Bright screen
Above-average battery life
Tablet and Keyboard Dock work well together

Middle-of-the-road performance
Bulky Keyboard Dock interferes with otherwise sleek look
Weird FCC label placement

Tags: Lenovo, IdeaPad, Qualcomm, tablet, Keyboard, Touch-screen, Ultrabook, ideatab

Joshua Gulick

Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.