This versatile tablet lets users work the way they want to with multi-finger touch support, pen input or the ability to connect to the optional ThinkPad Tablet 2 keyboard and dock for a PC-like computing experience.

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Android was taking off in the wake of the Motorola Droid, and the software's support for both finger touch and multiple resolutions effectively opened the floodgates for companies wanting to one-up each other with bigger screens across more of their lineups.

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The Journal noted that Gates mentioned this lack of funding, and in particular pointed his finger at the paucity of government financial support.

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Beyond those typical gestures, Synaptics has also configured the pad to support three- and four-finger swipes, much like the Apple pads.

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Moving on, the external touchpad is a Magic TrackPad competitor if ever we saw one, with support for all the multi-finger gestures you're used to making in OS X.

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