but it also provides a natural grip for holding onto the tablets while you use them. It makes the devices somewhat heavy - the Tablet 2 Pro is just under 2 lb.
The base, which also serves as a house for the battery, is about the size of a roll of nickels on the Tablet 2 and closer to a roll of quarters on the Tablet 2 Pro. The slate gets gradually thicker as you move toward the bottom and eventually slopes out into the cylinder base. Size aside, the two models are very similar in appearance: When you hold them in landscape orientation, you have a standard tablet screen at the top surrounded by a metallic silver frame and silver-colored plastic on the back. version of the Tablet 2 for the past several days.