When you're competing with the iPad, you've got to make something that isn't just good enough — you have to make the user fall in love with the product.
When I first saw Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 in this year's CES coverage, I was intrigued.
It's a tablet that's about the same size as an iPad Mini, but it's running a full version of Windows 8 and has specs that can keep up with many laptops on the market.
With its HDMI port and Bluetooth, you could easily use it as a desktop running all the software you need for work. You're basically getting a full PC and a tablet together for $399.
While we haven't spent enough time with the device to give it a full review, we do have some initial thoughts after unboxing and setting up the tablet.
Here's the box my review unit came in.
There are stickers all over the thing.
The packaging is very simple — there's no fancy cardboard cradling your tablet like when you unbox an iPad.
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