Ideapad U1 and OneNote

So, I've been in the market for a netbook type computer for a while and saw this little gem. Looks pretty enticing. My question is this though, being that I'm a student, I'd like it to be able to run Microsoft OneNote. Will it be able to in tablet mode? Since its a tablet, I'd like to hand write my notes.

Thanks for your help

 

hmm I am pretty sure it is not a flavor of windows, I would guess either linux, or chromeOS. either way onenote would not be there however I am sure there is a simular package just not as integrated as onenote.

 

Yea once you detach the screen from its base, it becomes a Linux distro. While there are note taking programs for Linux, the touch screen is not design for that. To take fluid handwritten notes you need an active digitizer that is designed specifically to work with a special pen. This screen is just designed for poking.

 

Its actually both. The tablet is a Linux OS but when you slide it in to the "laptop dock", its Windows 7.

 

Ideapad U1 shall gave the iPad a run for their money...

 

It costs twice as much, do you think people will buy into the 2 computers in one deal?

Their software needs some work too, it looks ok but the iPad iPhone OS port really flies.

 

you are basically getting two computers in one with the Ideapad U1. Also, the iPad OS is too restrictive with apps installation and the need to transfer stuffs through the iTune is a real pain. Hopefully it can read pdf natively, which is the most important feature i am looking for.

Also, when you compare prices between the two, are you comparing the entry spec of the iPad with that of ideapad U1?? When you option the iPad to have 3G, keyboard, card reader and 64 gig i think the price between them two would be comparable.

 

I was aware that the tablet part's OS was a type of Linux. My fault in communication. I don't really have any experience with Linux so it'll be new for me.

@aznguyphan, I don't want to be rude but are you sure that the screen is "just for poking". I was under the impression that that was the point of a tablet. That you could i fact write on it.

One thing for me on the U1 vs iPad, U1 has flash, iPad does not.

 

Yes I am sure. The tablets we saw spring up at CES are a far cry from the tablets of the past. Active digitizers were no where to be seen because everyone is trying to play a price game and everyone believes the expensive addition of an active digitizer will drive people away since netbooks are so cheap.

The tablets every company is investing in now is purely for media viewing, no focus on creation. They're even more of a secondary machine than netbooks at this point.

 

but are you not involving yourself in the price game, when you talked about the price of ideapad U1 been twice as expensive as the most basic iPad? Price is the point of difference in the current consumer electronic market.

The tablet laptop with active digitizer are still around, but they are expensive and feature wise it is pretty much same as the current crop of tablet laptops with minor improvements in userability and durability.

Netbooks and ebooks type tablet pc is where money is made, they are the new PDA....

 

Didn't know that kind of technology still garnered that kind of price. Hmm, well that may change things a bit. Would it still have an on screen keyboard for notes?

 

Of course I'm playing a price game, I'm the consumer =P. I was just commenting on why there seems to be such a push for entertainment tablets and not ones with active digitizers, because the price of Wacom/N-trig tablets put them out of netbook price range, the booming market segment at the moment.

The keyboard on the U1 looks terrible from CES videos, but it was just a pre-production model/OS, improvements could be made. But if you plan to type notes...then get a netbook/use the keyboard dock.

 

the Ideapad U1 have a smartphone brother and looks to be a potential iPhone killer if the keyboard and OS is any good.

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Consumer listens to their wallet and electronics company listen to the consumer... which means no active digitizer in the current crop of ebook tablet. Last thing any laptop company wants is a perfect product for features that no one wants to buy due to the high price...

Regarding keyboard, it won't be good as the thinkpad one, but it will sure beat anything that Apple make for the current crop of their desktop keyboards.

 

Finally someone putting some actual design into a phone. The keyboard looks a little weird though. Hope it's easy to use. Also hope it supports flash, really the only way to combat the app store with the amount of content it has.

 

I'm almost positive that the U1 (and most of the other netbook tablets) use finger based Capacitive digitizers (just like the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). These do NOT support Wacom active digitizers and are thus a poor choice for inking.