Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet Review Discussion

[2disbetter]

This is a craptastic review:

- Complaining about no auto rotation on Windows 7 tablet? Fail (can you imagine how ANNOYING that would be? It's not iOS! It's Windows! There is a good reason why no Windows tablet does this!)

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Seriously, this review needs a redo.

Not sure if this has already been corrected, but this is also incorrect. The X220t does have an accelerometer and can do auto rotation. I have it turned off though, because its a real pain in windows.

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[JoeS]

Isn't accelerometer in the HDD as part of the shock protection? At least with an SSD installed the auto-rotation option is grayed out.

[AndreR]

The auto-rotation isn't grayed out on my x201t, and I have SSD.

[JoeS]

Nice, maybe I'm not looking in the right place? On my x220t I go to 'Control Panel > Configure settings in tablet mode' which opens a dialog 'Auto Screen Rotation Settings'. The dialog shows a checkbox for the initial screen orientation in tablet mode, and a grayed out checkbox 'Enable ActiveRotate' and a 'Calibrate' button next to it, also grayed out. This is with a Samsung 830 SSD.

Edit: Nevermind, earlier in this thread hp79 says " If you clean install the OS, and did not install HDD active protection, automatic rotation function would be grayed out."

Edit2: And my second concern, apparently the SSD won't be stopped upon shaking/dropping with the AP system is installed: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=98762

Edit3: OK, that works, except Lenovo disabled auto rotating to the secondary landscape due to regulations regarding the antenna. This has to be one of the least informative dialog boxes out there. No picture, no 'help' option, non-intuitive name (with SSD we're not 'protecting' anything..).

[mcdull]

I guess it's similar, or the same, as any other Wacom device for tablet PCs.

My HP digitizer works the same on my x201t as on my HP tx2500.

The pen from my HP TX2500 and T2M work on X220T, and even the tips are the same, I can replace the hard tip with those felt tips I bought from Wacom.