Hands-on Lenovo Yoga Book review

Lenovo Yoga Book special features

Integrated halo keyboard

The so-called halo keyboard is a full, illuminated touch-screen keyboard. The touch screen is made of rough, matte glass; only when necessary are the white outlines of the virtual buttons displayed. The Halo keyboard uses learning software to adapt to the typing habits of the user.

They keyboard can turned off, allowing you to take notes by hand on the same area. / © AndroidPIT

In our hands-on test of the Lenovo Yoga Book, the keyboard proved a little stiff, but this should significantly improve after several days of use, after the learning software has had some time to adjust.

Real Pen - stylus and ballpoint pen

Turn off the Halo keyboard to use the screen area with the stylus. The Real Pen contains actual ink and can, therefore, be used to write on paper. Place a piece of paper over the screen, and whatever you draw or write will be translated 1:1 onto the tablet. The paper can be up to one centimeter thick.

Everything can be copied 1:1, but there is now optical character recognition. / © AndroidPIT

Of course you can also write directly onto the panel and use the space as you would a Wacom graphics tablet, just remove the ink refill and replace it with the included plastic tip. The pen offers 2,048 levels of pressure. The Real Pen comes from Wacom feel Technologies and works with electromagnetic resonance (EMR) technology, allowing the pen to operate independently of batteries or cords.

Any notes you make are recorded, even when the device is sleeping. / © AndroidPIT

The note-taking software can also be used when the display is switched off: just enable the touch surface, make a note and then switch the display back on. The digitization and storage takes place in the background. The next time you wake the tablet from standby, a notification will alert you to any new notes you have made.