ThinkPad Helix

It seems there are many positives and so a better question is "what you don't like about your helix"?

 

I don't like the touchpad. Disabled it.. The trackpoint is ok, but often, the buttons don't respond and I have to left click many times. Drives me crazy sometimes. That is my only issue.
And I do miss the SD card reader. Would have loved one on the side of the display.

 

Pretty much as expected...

 

Ugh yeah, I hate clickpads with a passion. Integrating the trackpoint into the clickpad "ecosystem" is a terrible idea. It's absurd that so many years down the line Apple is still the only company that makes a decent clickpad...

 

I would check that UltraNav isn't applying some "Smart Check Settings" that actually ruin instead of enhance the experience. For example if "Edge tap filtering" is available and enabled, disable it ASAP as it makes a TouchPad almost unusable.

 

This seems to have solved my issue. Thanks a lot

When clicking the "buttons" I touch the pad on the top, thus disabling the click also.
Finally fixed

 

Wacom has released the Wintab driver for pressure sensitivity for Windows 8 devices with Wacom digitizer yesterday :
https://twitter.com/wacom/status/332599404676665345

Link to the driver: TABLET PC

 

Hi, I have a Helix and a pretty extensive Comixology library Yes, you can store Comixology comics on the Helix. There's actually a Start screen/Metro Comixology app which is very "finger friendly" and works great in tablet mode. Comics look gorgous on the Helix screen, but ironically due to the 16x9 shape of the Helix the display of a comic page is almost exactly the same physical dimensions as the same comic page displayed on an iPad. You get a little less pixel density on the Helix but you would only know it if you put an iPad 3/4 next to it

The Win8 Comixology app leaves a lot to be desired compared to the Android and iOS versions, however. You can't sort your library by titles/series; you can search but it took me a minute to remember to use the search charm (I kept looking for the search function in the app like in iOS and Android, only because I've used the tablet apps so much, common Win8 start screen app mistake ).

So far the only way I've found to navigate my library is in reverse order of purchase, so when you have over 300 titles like me that's a lot of scrolling to find stuff you want to download locally. But it works.

And you can always just use a browser in the desktop and access Comixology the same way you would on a desktop PC, but for some reason it refuses to rotate, so I'd recommend getting the free app from the Win8 store.

 

It's up on Lenovo.com now, just launched this afternoon. Price of $1,679 with Core i5:

Convertible Ultrabook Laptop & Tablet PC | ThinkPad Helix | 11.6" with Windows 8 (US)

Ship date June 6th. Anyone order? Too much for me still.

 

I was waiting for Lenovo to sell it directly such that they might actually hit that $1500 base price... on top of all the delays this is really, really disappointing. They better have some coupons soon or I'm going to wait for R2.

 

Pretty much my thoughts, I was hoping to be able to save some money by going core i5 +8 GB, but so far, configuration options are pretty much non existent and it'll likely be the same when it becomes available on the canadian website. If Haswell ULVs are pretty close too, the incentive to get one will be going down and I assume that's not just for me, with all the delays, the Helix feels like a missed opportunity to me.

 

I was waiting for it to be on sale directly through Lenovo. Looks like it's priced beyond my reach. A little disappointed but at least I have the X1C.

 

almost 2K and no broadband..give me a break!
I was looking at this as the ultimate laptop/tablet but the lack of broadband is a deal breaker.

 

helix with 3G is on levono's website. But it is either i5/4GB RAM or i7/8GB.

 

I was able to to play with the Helix and Thinkpad Tablet 2 a few days ago.

The Helix's docking/unlocking for the tablet is really impressive and easy to use. The device was very nice and incredibly responsive. The responsiveness of the TPT2 was nice as well, but you could feel the difference after using the Helix.

I did come away with the impression that the Helix might be too much of an in-between device for some people (like me). For people who type a lot, the keyboard felt a little too cramped and the screen felt a little too small.

For people who primarily want to use it as a writing slate or tablet, the screen felt just a little too big and a little bit heavy. The Thinkpad Tablet 2 felt better for this.

I was very interested in the Helix, but I'm now more inclined to just wait for the next versions of the Atoms to how they do in tablets.

As always, YMMV.