Now that I’m using the Hoopla library app in addition to Kindle, I wanted an e-reader downstairs in my mancave reading spot. What about carrying the Fire HD10 tablet downstairs then back up to the kitchen? Nah. Something bigger than my phone is needed, but not that big.
Wait. What about the Lenovo Yoga 8-inch tablet that saw me through many trips to Arizona?
I put the tablet away almost five years ago, after system updates ended with Android 6, and it slowed down to the point of being useless. Does it have enough life left in it to run a couple of reading apps?
After all this time, when powering it up, the battery was at 63%! Unbelievable. Once connected to WiFi, it started taking a lot of Google updates, including a system update. Whatever it was, Android 6 remained.
Eventually, the updates were done, and I was able to install the two apps I cared about. Hoopla complains about its updates requiring Android 7 and higher, but downloading and reading books is working.
One more piece of otherwise electronic waste has been forced back into service! This is nice, but not enough for me to reconsider my boycott of future Lenovo purchases. I’ll only do that if there’s a way to wake up the touchpad on my Yoga i7 laptop PC.