Lenovo to bring Android 5.0 Lollipop update to a bunch of phones in Q2, 2015

Lenovo is gearing up to bring Android 5.0 Lollipop update to a bunch of its device. The company’s roadmap shows a total of seven smartphones that will receive Lollipop update in Q2, 2015.

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Lenovo appoints Qingtong Zhou as CIO, makes other leadership changes

Lenovo has appointed Qingtong Zhou, the current head of strategy and planning, as the company’s new chief information officer (CIO). Zhou replaces Xiaoyan Wang, who becomes senior vice president of a newly created, yet-to-be-named, centralized services organization.

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10,000 units of Lenovo A6000 sold out in 2 seconds on Flipkart

Lenovo’s recently launched budget smartphone Lenovo A6000 sold out on Flipkart within seconds. The company has revealed that 10,000 units of the affordable LTE smartphone were sold out within 2 seconds. It received 2,55,000 registrations for the sale.

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New Lenovo unit ‘Shenqi’ to focus on online only smartphones and IoT: Report

Lenovo is gearing up to launch a new device unit that could be worth a couple of billion dollars, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Dubbed as ‘Shenqi’, the new unit will focus on online only smartphone brand and smart home devices.

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Lenovo K3 is the company’s upcoming affordable LTE smartphone in India

Lenovo recently announced that it is planning to a launch a new 4G LTE smartphone in India with an affordable price tag. Today, we know that the upcoming model is nothing but the ‘K3’ which the company unveiled in its homeland a couple of weeks ago.

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While the smartphone has been named as K3 in the Chinese market, Lenovo hasn’t finalised the naming scheme of the device in India, according to a report. Continue reading “Lenovo K3 is the company’s upcoming affordable LTE smartphone in India”

Lenovo steps into wearables with VIBE Band VB10

Lenovo is the latest manufacture to get into the wearable sector. The Chinese manufacture has officially announced its latest product – VIBE Band VB 10 at its dedicated press event at the on-going Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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The Lenovo VIBE Band VB10 wearable is said to be designed to let users live their lives more connected and with less worry. The unique band is equipped with features like E Ink display, up to seven days of battery life even with display and Bluetooth always turned on. Continue reading “Lenovo steps into wearables with VIBE Band VB10”

Lenovo P90 with 5.5-inch display goes official

Lenovo’s biggest event has always been the Consumer Electronics Show and it’s not any different this year either. The company has introduced P90, which is its first smartphone to be powered by the newest 64-bit Intel Atom Z3560 processor.

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Lenovo P90 sports a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080p that accounts to a resolution of 440 pixels per inch. Under the hood powering the smartphone is a quad-core 1.83 GHz Intel Atom Z3560 processor along with 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Lenovo P90 with 5.5-inch display goes official”

Lenovo S580 Photo Gallery

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Lenovo launched the S580 handset from its S series earlier this month in India for Rs. 8,999. We have already seen the unboxing of the latest budget handset phone from the company. Now let’s take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Photo Gallery”

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Review

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 -1Android tablets in the 7-8 inch space are a dime and a dozen. In fact the small tablet category is practically being dominated by these Android running machines and the fact is that we are approaching a level of homogeneity in terms of specifications too. With that in mind, it is becoming increasingly hard for an OEM to differentiate its product from the deluge of competitors out there. Enter the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2. With a very unique take on design, quality hardware and a polished build of Android on board, it has the potential to be the tablet of choice for many users but is it perfect? We take an in-depth look in our review. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Review”

Lenovo rolls out REACHit app to simplify file storage

Lenovo has launched a new REACHit app that will allow users to access, organize, search and share files no matter where they are stored. The app is an addition to Lenovo’s DOit suite of apps.

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REACHit connects a user’s PC, Android or Apple iOS device and multiple cloud storage accounts from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and Box. It will come preloaded on all Lenovo systems starting in early 2015. Lenovo stated that the app’s simple GUI as manageable for most users, as well as its customizable views for data filtering and sorting. For Windows users, REACHit integrates into Windows File Explorer for searching storage locations within the Windows operating system.

REACHit allows users to move files from a phone to PC or between storage locations by dragging and dropping the files within the app’s interface. Users can also edit word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in the cloud using the ZOHO document editor. Documents, pictures, videos and other files can be shared with friends and family via the SHAREit app, email, downloadable link and on FaceBook or Twitter.

The app is now available for free download on Lenovo.com, the Google Play store and the Apple App Store.

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro Photo Gallery

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Lenovo announced the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro in August and launched in India in September for Rs 32,999. The phone has a 6-inch ( 2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display with ultra narrow bezels, powered 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 (8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI 2.0.  We went hands on with the Vibe Z2 smartphone at the IFA 2014Lets take a look at hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro Photo Gallery”

Lenovo Vibe X2 Gold Photo Gallery

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Lenovo announced the Vibe X2 in September at IFA Berlin 2014. The phone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs 19,999. We have already seen unboxing and benchmarks of the Vibe X2 and now lets take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery post. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X2 Gold Photo Gallery”

Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro Review

Lenovo has not been a go to brand when it comes to high-end smartphones. Even though, Lenovo is the third biggest manufacturer in its homeland, the company hasn’t managed to make a name for itself in other global markets.

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The Chinese manufacturer seems to be determined to change its course and with their latest product – Vibe Z2 Pro the OEM is aiming to become one of the house hold names when it comes to purchasing power packed smartphones. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro Review”

Lenovo completes Motorola acquisition for $2.91 billion

Lenovos’s Motorola acquisition is a done deal. Motorola Mobility is officially a part of Lenovo as the $2.91 billion acquisition that was announced in January earlier this year has been completed.

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