The Lenovo Yoga Book, three years in the making, is the company's way of injecting life into the "boring" tablet industry.

In a news interview with Tech Radar, Lenovo Yoga Book campaign manager Matt Lazare said that the tablet industry has been lackluster for a number of years now. The reason why it took longer for the company to release its flagship was because it first launched an intensive study into the industry.

Their research study found that people in their 50s and 60s tend to use their tablets for work or recreation, like watching YouTube and Netflix. Those 18 to 35-year-olds typically use their devices in school and workplace, "but are hamstrung by a lack of functionality in tablets out there."

"Some of our competitors that add on accessories that let you type and draw start approaching the $1,000-plus price range," he said. "We wanted to achieve that and more for this younger generation at a fraction of the cost, and think we've pulled that off."

A news article from The Verge was very generous with praise for the Lenovo Yoga Book, which it described as both "futuristic and relatable at the same time."

Jeff Meredith, Android Chrome Computing Business Group VP, said that they wanted to innovate the tablet using smartphones as the foundation. For instance, people are more glued to their phones than tablets in the first place, and are more productive that way.

The idea is simple enough: make a device that looks, weighs and feels like a book. The result, however, is revolutionary. A touch-sensitive panel that can recognize the Wacom pen and even a pen that writes real ink. By early indication, Lenovo Yoga Book indeed generated a buzz in mainstream tech news outlets. Hopefully, it can live up to the hype further along the road.