Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 screenshot tour

Last updated Nov 1, 2012 — 1298 views

This screenshot tour was created in preparation for DeviceGuru’s in-depth review of Lenovo’s IdeaTab 2110 10-inch Android tablet. The comprehensive tour includes over 500 images showcasing numerous aspects of the tablet’s Android 4.0-based user interface, home screens, customization, and apps.

Browse this extensive Lenovo IdeaTab 2110 Screenshot Tour using the index below. For the complete story behind these screenshots, read our complete IdeaTab 2110 review.

IdeaTab S2110 Screenshot Tour Index

The list below offers quick access to screenshots by category. Click the screenshot thumbnails for larger images.

Initial homescreens and folder function

The screenshots in this section show the tablet’s initial homescreens, widgets, apps, and default folder capability…

Initial homescreens:

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Initial apps:

Initial widgets:

Android 4.0’s built-in homescreen folder function:

You can add apps, widgets, and folders to the tablet’s homescreens. The device’s default folder function can hold up to 48 app launchers and browser shortcuts (as shown below)…

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Tweaked home screens and folders

The user-installed Folder Organizer app provides greater flexibility than the standard Android 4.0 folder function shown above. It lets you create customized folders, app launchers, and bookmarks — each with a customizable image. DeviceGuru’s finished IdeaTab S2100 setup has a single homescreen, comprised of a combination 15 folders, 47 app launchers, and three widgets. The tablet also has a personalized lockscreen.

These screenshots show the tablet’s customized homescreen and the tablet’s pop-up status pane:

These screenshots show the tablet’s customized lockscreen; note the modified wallpaper and the use of Android’s pattern-unlock option:

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These screenshots show the contents of the homescreen’s 15 Folder Organizer-based folders; they provide quick-and-easy access to more than 200 apps:

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The following screenshots show the contents of the homescreen’s “ALL APPS” folder — it has launchers for every one of the tablet’s apps, alphabetically arranged:

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Device & file management apps

The screenshots in this section showcase several valuable system management and cloud storage apps. Click each tool’s title for access to the app’s information at Google Play.

ES File Explorer:

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Advanced Task Manager:

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WiFi Manager:

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DropBox cloud storage:

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Google Drive cloud storage:

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Box.com cloud storage:

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Virtual keyboard alternatives

These screenshots show three options for text entry: the standard Android keyboard; the Hacker’s Keyboard (my personal favorite); the GO keyboard, which comes preinstalled on the S2110; and “Google voice typing,” which works surprisingly well…

Standard Android keyboard:

The Hacker’s Keyboard alternative:

The GO keyboard, including its ability to record and email up to 2 minutes of audio:

Google voice typing:

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Productivity apps

Thanks to its bright, high resolution 10.1-inch screen, the IdeaTab S2110 is well suited for both work and play. This section contains screenshots showing several productivity apps in action on the device. Click each app’s title for further details.

Documents to GO — Lenovo currently bundles this app with the IdeaTab S2110.

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Office Suite Pro — This office-style app currently costs $15 in the Google Play market, but you might want to download and try the fully-functional 7-day free trial version to check it out before purchasing it. (It has some limitations and flaws.)

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QuickOffice Pro HD — Unfortunately, there’s no free-trial version of this $20 office-style app, although with all apps purchased in the Google Android market you can cancel your purchase within 15 minutes for a full refund.

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Although the version I currently have of Quickoffice Pro (v4.6) lets me insert an image into Word-compatible documents, it does not provide the ability to insert charts into spreadsheets.

Kingsoft Office — This office-style app is currently free in Google’s Android market. Like the paid office suites above, Kingsoft Office can be used for creating and editing MS Office-compatible text, spreadsheet, and presentation documents. It offers a wide range of features and capabilities, and at a price that’s hard to resist!

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LogMeIn — Currently priced at $25, this useful app lets you access a remote Windows or Mac desktop and in order to run desktop programs on the remote system. In the screenshots below, we’re using the IdeaTab S2110 to create and edit Open Office documents and brows the Web in Firefox on a remote Windows 7 desktop. In the last several screenshots of the group, we transfer a PDF document from the Windows 7 system to DropBox, and then access the PDF via the DropBox app on the S2110.

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SketchBook Mobile — This free tool from AutoDesk provides a range of painting and drawing functions. You can create mixed text/graphics images, which can be embedded within presentations or other documents.

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AutoCAD WS — Using this powerful (and free!) tablet-friendly app from AutoDesk lets, you can view, edit, and share AutoCAD DWG, DWF, DXF drawings directly on your Android tablet. You can even create mixed text/graphics images for use within presentations and other documents. It comes with several sample projects, one of which appears in the screenshots below.

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Calculators — These screenshots show three calculator apps: the standard Android 4.0 Calculator; the Simple Calculator (by Technotopia); and the wonky RealCalc Scientific Calculator.

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Text, voice, and video communications

This section is devoted to two great communications apps: Skype and Google Talk.

Skype — The Android Skype app provides text, voice, and video communications. Note that the IdeaTab S2110’s Skype support currently is categorized as uncertified; although we noticed some rough edges, it was still quite usable:

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Google Talk — Although less ubiquitous than Skype, Google Talk, which comes preinstalled on the Lenovo tablet, is another great option for text, voice, and video communications:

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Google Maps, Earth, & Sky

These three tablet-friendly apps looked great on the IdeaTab S2110’s large, vivid display…

Google Maps — The screenshots below show some of what’s available with Google’s Maps app on the S2110. Unfortunately, you can’t use the S2110 for Google’s real-time navigation, since the tablet lacks GPS hardware. However, the app provides the ability to “pre-cache” map regions (see images), so you can refer to them on-the-go at times when Internet access isn’t available.

Google Earth — With this app you can be an armchair traveller, touring our planet vicariously…

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Google Sky — Use this amazing app to explore the heavenly bodies above, below, and all around you.

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Google Play: apps & entertainment

The Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 comes with the Google Play market pre-installed, offering a wide selection of apps, games, magazines, music, movies, TV, and books…

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Streaming multimedia from the web

This section showcases ways to stream audio and video content from the Internet via both dedicated apps and the browser.

Netflix — This app lets you stream Netflix movies and TV episodes. The service requires monthly subscription.

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Crackle — This app lets you stream movies and TV shows from Crackle’s ad-supported video service.

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PlayOn — This app lets you stream multimedia from a multitude of sources — including free Hulu — provided a Windows PC or Mac acts as a streaming intermediary. Use of the PlayOn service is subject to modest monthly or annual subscription fees, or a larger one-time fee.

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Plex — This app lets you stream multimedia from a multitude of Internet-based sources (including Comedy Central, for example), as well as from computers on your local network. It must be used in conjunction with a free Plex Media Server app running on a Mac, Windows PC, or Linux PC.

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YouTube — These screenshots show the tablet-friendly YouTube Android app running on the S2110:

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Vimeo — This free tablet-friendly app gives you easy access to thousands of interesting and creative videos from the Vimeo video service.

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TED — This app makes it easy to explore and watch TED videos on the S2110.

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FOX News — A tablet-friendly app for keeping up with the latest news and analysis from the FOX News channel:

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NBC News — A tablet-friendly app for keeping up with the latest news and analysis from MSNBC:

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PBS — You can watch PBS movies and episodes via the browser, direct from the PBS.org website:

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Comedy Central — You can watch Comedy Central shows via the browser, direct from Comedy Central’s website (until Android drops Adobe Flash support):

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BeyondPod — This free, tablet-friendly app makes it a pleasure to subscribe to, stream, download, and play audio and video podcasts on the S2110 tablet.

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Pandora radio — Stream music, selected by genre, artist, song, or personalized channels. The app can be used free, but a modest monthly or annual payment removes limitations:

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TuneIn Radio — This tablet-friendly app provides access to a wide range of Internet radio stations, and includes an option for recording streams:

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Streaming multimedia from/to other devices

This section showcases various apps for streaming multimedia to/from other devices via UPnP/DLNA, and from Windows shares…

UPnPlay — Streaming and playing multimedia from the local network via UPnP.:

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Bubble UPnP — Streaming and playing multimedia from the local network via UPnP:

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PlugPlayer — Streaming and playing multimedia from the local network via UPnP:

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Ark Media Center — Streaming and playing multimedia from the local network via UPnP:

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Avia Media Player — UPnP/DLNA multimedia streaming and rendering functions, including media “flinging” to compatible rendering devices:

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Skifta — UPnP/DLNA streaming and rendering functions, including “media shifting” to compatible rendering devices:

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iMediaShare — UPnP/DLNA streaming and rendering functions (including media shifting), plus streaming direct from several dozen Internet sources:

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DoubleTwist — this all-in-one music, podcast, radio, and video syncing app offers paid add-ons for several optional features, including “AirSync” and AirPlay:

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Streaming from Windows shares — using ES File Explorer to stream multimedia content from Windows (samba) shares on the local network:

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Reading ebooks

Below are demonstrations of three popular ebook readers…

Google books — Google’s eBooks-reader app for books acquired through Google Play:

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Kindle books — Amazon’s eBooks-reader app for for books acquired from Amazon.com or directly through the app:

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Nook books — Barnes & Noble’s eBooks-reader for books acquired from B&N’s website or directly through the app:

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Taking photos and videos

Camera app — The IdeaTab S2110 comes with a full-featured camera app for taking photos and videos:

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All this and games too!

The IdeaTab S2110 comes with five Silvercreek Hardwood Hearts games preinstalled:

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Naturally, you can add games to your hearts content (both free and paid) from Google’s Android apps market. The screenshots below show three fun games I installed on the device for testing — and leisure — purposes:

Angry Birds…