Lenovo has their own app store too, which one might consider fragmenting or confusing, but in Lenovo's case it's a cary over from their PC business where security and end-user care are a focus. The standard Google apps are on board including the Android Market, Gmail, email, the Webkit web browser and YouTube Player. The tablet ships with the usual Google Maps and Navigation, but you'll need a mobile hotspot to download map data while driving. The tabet has good WiFi range, and the GPS was quick to get a fix in our tests. Netflix streaming quality is very good (watch our video review to see it in action). It scores 1695 in the Quadrant benchmark, which is middle of the pack among Honeycomb tablets and it feels reasonably snappy once you remove some of the bloatware (particularly the Arcsoft media server). In terms of performance,the IdeaPad K1 handles video playback well, can stream full Adobe Flash content and keeps up with the competition. The K1 has been more crash-prone than our other Honeycomb tablets, and we think all the added software, some of which run services in the background are to blame. Our least favorite is the redundant and UI-challenged Arcsoft suite of photo, video and music apps. The rest of the software? Well, we could live without it, and the good news is you can uninstall any of the pre-loaded software you don't want. There's also mSpot for movie and TV show rentals, and it's certainly great to have "big screen" entertainment options out of the box. The best of these apps is Netflix, and this is the first Honeycomb tablet to offer Netflix and the accompanying DRM support for that content. When specs are all the same on the first crop of Honeycomb tablets, how do you differentiate? Lenovo thinks software is the way, so they've loaded over 30 apps on this tablet. It has a microSD card slot, a micro HDMI port and runs Android 3.1 out of the box. Like all Honeycomb tablets, the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 has a 10.1", 1280 x 800 capacitive display with 10 points of multi-touch, a 1Ghz dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU, 1 gig of RAM, dual cameras, WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth and a GPS. It's available in black, red and silver, and we should see other storage capacities available after launch. The IdeaPad K1 sells for $499 with 32 gigs of storage, and that's the one we're looking at today. Now Lenovo is here with their IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Android tablets. We've reviewed quite a few (in fact all) Honeycomb tablets that have hit the market, starting with Motorola's Xoom. In Chief (twitter: a few years ago when we went from one Android smartphone to a wide selection in a matter of months? Now it's Android Honeycomb tablets' turn to boom. What's not: Software bundle is excessive and feels more like bloat. What's hot: Netflix support! Good quality build, nice looks. Home > Android Tablet Reviews > Product Title
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