It's that an 11.6-inch tablet is clumsier to use than a 10.1-inch one. You see, the problem isn't that it measures 1.5 millimeters thicker than something else on the market. But it does feel like an unwieldy one at times. This doesn't feel like a heavy tablet, per se. Still, the difference never bothered us much. The HP's Envy x2, another 11.6-inch, Atom-powered Windows 8 tablet, weighs 1.5 pounds and measures 0.33 inch thick, to make just one comparison. To be clear, it is actually heftier than the competition, at 1.65 pounds and 0.39 inch thick. We'll say this, though: we expected it to be thicker and heavier than it actually is, given that it makes room for a full-sized USB port and a large 4,080mAh battery. It brings back memories of Samsung's older tablets, like the Galaxy Tabs 8.9 and 7.0 Plus, except here the lid has a slick, shiny finish that makes the whole thing feel just a bit tackier. Starting with the back cover, Samsung went not just with plastic, but plastic painted to look like brushed metal. The Smart PC represents everything we've loved and hated about the company's tablet designs, which is to say it's comfortable to hold, but feels cheaply made given the high price. Samsung might be dabbling in a new OS, but its approach to hardware hasn't changed a lick.
A WiFi-only model retails for about $750 with the keyboard.) (The tablet costs $800 off contract - again, with no dock included. In particular, we tested out an LTE-capable model available on AT&T for $700 on contract, with the keyboard sold separately. We'll save that last one for some other time, but for now, let's take a look at the ATIV Smart PC (formerly known as the Series 5 Slate), which has an 11.6-inch display, a dual-core, 1.8GHz Clover Trail chip and a 4,080 mAh battery promising up to seven hours of runtime. That means, then, that we haven't gotten to test any new Samsung devices: both of the company's new Windows 8 offerings take on the hybrid form factor, with one packing an Atom processor and the other, an Ultrabook-grade CPU. In part, that's because we've been so preoccupied reviewing convertible Ultrabooks, but it's also because many of the biggest-name hybrids have only just begun to go on sale. Though we've spent a lot of time writing about laptop / tablet hybrids running Windows 8, we've so far spent precious little time actually playing with them. Samsung ATIV Smart PC and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 hit AT&T on November 9th for $800 and $500.AT&T gets its hands on ASUS VivoTab RT and Samsung ATIV Smart PC.Samsung announces Series 5 and Series 7 Windows 8 tablets with S Pen apps, optional keyboards.
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