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ItвЂ™s flimsy, and it allows too much give and flex, resulting in a typing surface that never feels reliably solid when perched on my legs. But during testing, I still found that the Type Cover flopped around on my lap too much. Yeah, the new approach does add stability-to the tablet. Touted as a marquee feature, the broader kickstand angle is designed to add stability when you use the tablet and one of its keyboard covers on your lap. Image: mike homnick The 40-degree kickstand setting makes for more stable lap use, but itвЂ™s the floppy keyboard covers that are really the problem.

The rear chassis is now dressed in a lighter shade of magnesium (it looks as snazzy as the original color), and the much-celebrated kickstand can now be set at a 40-degree angle in addition to the original 24-degree incline. In fact, from an industrial design perspective, the Surface 2 is near identical to the Surface RT save two features. Mass reduction is a headline feature in 2013, yet Microsoft did nothing to reduce the weight of its entry-level tablet.

#Gmail app for windows tablet surface pro full#

At 1.5 pounds, the slate is a full half-pound heavier than the just-announced iPad Air. The Surface 2вЂ™s weight, on the other hand, is more disappointing. This makes it relatively large in an age when tablets are trending smaller, but IвЂ™m a fan of screen real estate, so the size doesnвЂ™t faze me. In terms of raw dimensions, the Surface 2 measures 10.81 by 6.81 by 0.35 inches. Here we see the kickstand at its 24-degree incline. Image: mike homnick Yes, the Surface 2 is technically thinner than the Surface RT, but the difference is indiscernible. If you can notice the difference, youвЂ™re a piece of scientific measuring equipment, and not a human being. Compared to the model it replaces, the Surface 2 is just two one-hundredths of an inch thinner, and one one-hundredth of a pound lighter.

On its website, Microsoft makes a big deal about how the Surface 2 is вЂњthinner, faster, and lighter than before.вЂќ Yes, technically the new tablet is thinner and lighter, but letвЂ™s moderate our Kool-Aid intake before this party gets out of hand. LetвЂ™s not quibble over 1/100th of an inch Image: mike homnick In Windows RT 8.1, you can snap onlyВ two apps (here we see Weather and Internet Explorer), but the width of each app can be dynamically adjusted to your liking. Or maybe just a product line it canвЂ™t bear to let die. ItвЂ™s almost as if Microsoft is telling the world that its RT effort is a hobby. Precisely when Microsoft needed to make a bold move-like removing the desktop from its Windows RT 8.1 tablet once and for all-it released a cautious, tepid, half-step advancement.