If you decide to
flip into tablet mode for a moment and fold back the Type Cover, the keyboard will turn off when the cover is tucked back.
It's easy to take off if you want to
go into tablet mode and the back and bottom serve as a stable platform for viewing anything on the screen.
That also allows there to be some distance between the screen and keyboard when
flipped into tablet mode, which is supposed to make the computer somewhat easier to hold.
Converting to Tent mode gives users the option to use in a confined space, while a masterfully - crafted magnet design allows the device to be fully
converted into Tablet mode — without any gaps whatsoever.
The hinge — which Asus calls the world's smallest — stays right where you want it as well, and it spins
around into tablet mode with confidence.
While some manufacturers have come up with clever screen hinges to allow for the acrobatics of laying a screen
flat into tablet mode, HP has gone one step further by making the tablet portion screen detachable.
The x360 has the same general design popularized by Lenovo's Yoga series, complete with a 360 - degree hinge that allows the laptop to fold
back into tablet mode, as well as «Stand» and «Tent» positions.
However, this all goes away the minute you remember the Pixelbook's screen can be flipped over and
put into tablet mode.
As a «detachable PC,» you can break off the keyboard to put the
device into tablet mode, as well as sit in laptop mode at 110 to 150 degrees for different typing configurations.
An innovative Wave Keyboard has keys which retract when you go
into tablet mode in order to prevent you from accidentally typing.
When we rotated the
X200 into tablet mode, the screen quickly responded, changing its orientation in just under 2 seconds.
Comes with a 12.5 inch touch screen display and has a full size keyboard like conventional laptop, Lenovo ThinkPad Twist also can be
transform into a tablet mode, thanks to strong hinge that located below the screen.
Swiveling the Flip
C302CA into tablet mode provides a responsive experience that should work well with Android apps.
Being able to flip the Spectre
x360 into tablet mode and use the pen, or just use it on the display to navigate, use Stick Notes or draw, is a great option to have.
The laptop features a unique design with a metallic textured design just above the keyboard and a metal hinge for converting the
laptop into Tablet mode.
You can also tell Windows to keep your open and pinned apps on the taskbar when in Tablet Mode if you so desire, as well as to
boot into tablet mode at startup.
If you are using a touch - enabled device, you can set your
PC into a tablet mode from the System Settings > Tablet mode.
If your Chromebook supports «tablet mode» and can transform into a tablet, rotating to put the
Chromebook into tablet mode will automatically open the touch keyboard.
If you've ever used a Yoga laptop, you'll have an idea of what to expect: namely a very flexible hinge that enables the display to rotate back to various degrees
including into a tablet mode.
The keyboard with the Intel model however sports a flat design, but it's so you can pull the screen over the top to
morph into tablet mode, without having to remove the protective rear cover.
I also often went
into tablet mode when I wanted to read something, as the tablet portion is so lightweight and the display so easy on the eyes that it's somewhat reminiscent to holding up a magazine.
The X200 Tablet's 1280 x 800 - pixel resolution screen can swivel either right or left to
convert into tablet mode, which is particularly helpful for lefties.
Both laptops come with screens that flip
around into tablet mode, built - in styluses, and support for Android apps.
If you want a laptop with the most versatility, a 2 - in - 1 that either bends back or detaches to
switch into tablet mode is your best choice.
The patent application details a «live hinge» which allows a device with two screens to be seamlessly opened
flat into a tablet mode, or have one screen folded all the way around back.
As its name suggests, the x360 has a 360 - degree hinge similar to Lenovo's Yoga series that allows the screen to fold
back into tablet mode (and Tent Mode, and Stand Mode — yep, HP even stole Lenovo's names for its different usage modes).
I found it odd that the fingerprint reader is on the keyboard, but it still works even when the laptop is
flipped into tablet mode.
Systems such as Lenovo's Yoga 900 and HP's Spectre x360 have hinges that bend back a full 360 degrees to
go into tablet mode and also offer intermediary positions such as tent and presentation modes.
The display can be used as a touch screen all the time, not only when you flip
it into tablet mode.
For the same effect, you have to flip the Book One
into tablet mode, something Microsoft's laptop can't do.
I can easily flip the screen
into tablet mode and, yes, it stays at whatever angle you want to place it.
A laptop that can convert
into tablet mode is a really smart gift for a new grad, particular if you couldn't decide between getting them a tablet or a laptop.
Switching
into tablet mode, you might find that the bezel is a bit too slim to properly hold onto.
Last year's X1 Yoga had a frame that snapped up around the keyboard to lock the keys in place when you put
it into tablet mode — you could still feel the keys, but they wouldn't depress as you gripped the convertible.
If you're lucky enough to have a tablet, emoji are accessible only if you undock the tablet and put
it into tablet mode.
It can even switch Windows 10
into tablet mode, if desired.
Thanks to its funky hinge system, the Pixelbook can be folded
into tablet mode, tent mode, laptop mode or rested on its keyboard in a kind of reverse laptop mode.
When the keyboard is detached from a Windows 10 tablet, it will also ask to go
into tablet mode to switch between mobile and PC settings.
That's a very important capability as Google and various manufacturers work to push out Chrome OS tablets, to go with the increasing number of convertible 2 - in - 1s with displays that can flip around
into tablet mode.
The Yoga 730 is really similar to last year's Yoga 720: like all Yoga laptops, it has a touchscreen and can flip around
into tablet mode; it starts with a price around $ 900 but can go much higher if you spec it out; and while it's a well - made laptop with an aluminum body, it isn't quite as slim or light as what Lenovo offers in its Yoga 900 series laptops.
Bend that screen back
into tablet mode, and ChromeOS makes things even easier.
If the keyboard is detached, or if it flips around to show just the touchscreen, Windows 10 will pop up an alert asking the user to go
into tablet mode.
Instead, it rotates 360 degrees to go
into tablet mode.
They're surrounded by relatively narrow bezels on the sides and top (with a properly placed webcam), with a taller bezel on the bottom to house the requisite electronics and provide someplace to grip when flipped over
into tablet mode.