Thinkpad tablet 2 shipping updates

[skylord13]

Decided to cancel my order. The early impressions don't sound all that great and I'm tired of the shipping delays.
I'll just stick with my HP Envy X2 for now.

[SeaNut]

For others like me who didn't catch it out of the gate there's a new thread with first impressions from the early birds who have already gotten their new Thinkpad tabs. Here's the link:

Thinkpad Tablet 2 - Initial Impressions

[mattalter]

I just got a email from lenovo that my order was delayed another 30 days.

[bemymonkey]

Are you based in the US Matt? If you guys are seeing further delays, we probably won't have a single TPT2 here in Europe until the end of Q2

[mattalter]

Are you based in the US Matt? If you guys are seeing further delays, we probably won't have a single TPT2 here in Europe until the end of Q2

Yes. This is my order details.

86A96186 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 SW Applica 1
000000C13397 L1 COPT Tablet2,64G,2G 1
000000C13711 L1 COPT FCC LblWLAN+Blt+Digitizer 1
86A96158 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 Preload 1
000000C49344 L1 COPT GEO Label US 1
86A95641 86 Parts Abbreviated Publication 1
000000C37981 L1 COPT Win8 TPG Combined Logo GML 1
000000B70913 L1 PKG Standard Economy Packaging 1
86A96157 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 Publicatio 1
000000B70879 L1 BAT Li-PolymerBattery30Wh 1
0000044C9189 L1 WWAN No Mobile Broadband support 1
86A96167 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 Keyboard 1
000000B70873 L1 FPR No NFC No WWAN 1
000000B70865 L1 BASE 64GB WiFi Digitizer & Pen 1
86A96156 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 AC adapter 1
86A96154 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 HW 1
86A96155 86 Parts ThinkPad Tablet 2 Language 1
86A95985 86 Parts Service 2012

[bemymonkey]

Crap

I just priced out the Dell Latitude 10 as an alternative, and we'd be looking at upwards of 850€ (vs. 549€ entry price on the TPT2)... so we're pretty much SOL here in Germany with regard to 10" Atom tablets.

[spinedoc77]

Wow, these guys are run by a bunch of monkeys. I've had a pending charge on my CC for 2 weeks, suddenly today it disappears. I call Lenovo and the guy says he can't pull up my order for some reason and has to research it and email me later. I haven't been able to look up my order on their website at all and they keep telling me the website has technical difficulties.

Tis makes me very fearful of their customer service if anything ever goes wrong with it. If my order got lost or canceled I'm done with this company.

[Bronsky]

Wow, these guys are run by a bunch of monkeys. I've had a pending charge on my CC for 2 weeks, suddenly today it disappears. I call Lenovo and the guy says he can't pull up my order for some reason and has to research it and email me later. I haven't been able to look up my order on their website at all and they keep telling me the website has technical difficulties.

Tis makes me very fearful of their customer service if anything ever goes wrong with it. If my order got lost or canceled I'm done with this company.

If you're in the US, Thinkpad post-sale customer service is handled by IBM and is great.

[odelta]

Just received my slim case today and realized it uses hard plastic rails to hold the tablet in place. Had bad experiences with these in the past actually causing damage instead of preventing. Not sure if I want to even take a chance with this when the tablet arrives. Will probably return and keep searching/waiting for soft fabric or leather solution.

[150pilot]

Any chance you could post a picture of those rails you mentioned. Would really appreciate any close up photos of the slim case.

Thanks.