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Lenovo Confirms ICS for ThinkPad in May

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 6th, 2012

The folks at Lenovo had already set a target release of Q2 for the launch of Ice Cream Sandwich for their ThinkPad tablet but that was such a broad window. Today, they’re confirming that the update will be coming in the middle of that quarter – May, to be specific. It’ll be bringing performance improvements, [...]

Apple Users In Uproar Over Foxconn Labor Conditions – Why Are Android Users Silent?

by Chris Chavez on February 1st, 2012

Apple has long been the target of criticism over their labor practices, specifically, at overseas factories like Foxconn where harsh working conditions, accidents and suicide rates for Chinese laborers working in these factories have all made headline. Foxconn even had to go as far as installing safety nets along the sides of their buildings to help [...]

Lenovo ThinkPad To Receive Ice Cream Sandwich Update In Q2

by Chris Chavez on January 30th, 2012

Looks like the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will be joining the elite club of Android devices set to receive their Ice Cream Sandwich updates this year. More specifically, Lenovo mentioned today that Android 4.0 will arrive for the tablet Q2 of this year. The tablet is currently running on Android 3.1 which isn’t so bad seeing [...]

Lenovo and NAF Team Up to Teach High School Students Mobile App Development

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 26th, 2012

Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation have announced a partnership that will see the latter bringing mobile application development curriculum to students of high schools within their network. Five schools will be getting the program but the NAF aims to bring it to their entire network of schools in due time. Lenovo’s contribution will come [...]

Lenovo Android 4.0 Smart TV is a Decent Google TV Alternative

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 12th, 2012

Lenovo has long been known for their laptops and most recently their tablets and smartphones. It looks like they’re breaking into the smart TV game, though, because they have a Qualcomm S4-enabled television set ready for consumption in the Chinese market. It’s a dual-core TV that uses Android 4.0 at its core. You won’t recognize [...]

Hands-on with the Intel-based Lenovo K800 [CES 2012]

by Kevin Krause on January 11th, 2012

Lenovo is the first to announce an Intel-powered Android smartphone, their K800 headed to China Unicom. We had the opportunity to go hands-on with the device here at CES 2012 and we can say definitively that there is a bright future for the Intel/Android combination. The phone features a 4.5-inch 720p display, 1GB of RAM, [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad S2 Hands-on [CES 2012]

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 10th, 2012

Our buddies from Lenovo were on hand at CES to show off their newest Android tablet and boy is it a doozy. It’s the 10.1 inch IdeaPad S2, an Android tablet that aims to take on the almighty ASUS Transformer series. The device houses a dual-core processor and can last you up to 10 hours [...]

Lenovo K800 is First Intel Powered Smartphone, Motorola Devices On The Way

by Rob Jackson on January 10th, 2012

At Tuesday’s keynote speech during CES 2012, Intel took to the stage and announced their first ever Intel-powered smartphone, the Lenovo K800. The introduction didn’t go so smoothly – check out the upside-down announcement… – but the demonstrations and stats seem nothing short of phenomenal. Very little was shown on the K800 besides the picture [...]

Intel Demos Pre-Production Medfield-based Tablet from Lenovo

by Kevin Krause on January 10th, 2012

Intel is looking to make a big push into the Android space in 2012, and one of the first manufacturers to hop on board is Lenovo. At CES, the chip maker demoed a new tablet running on the Medfield platform, and though it was a bit rough around the edges it showed some promise. Thanks [...]

Android Forums Galore: CES Brings Us 18 New Devices, We Bring You 18 New Forums

by Kevin Krause on January 9th, 2012

Hey, did you know there is this big trade show going in Las Vegas? If you haven’t seen us mention it in just about every post lately, take note. We’re here at CES and CES is treating us good with 18 new Android devices already announced (and the show floor hasn’t even opened yet). With [...]

Lenovo Unveils 10.1 Inch IdeaPad S2 Tablet

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 9th, 2012

Lenovo’s having a busy year at CES. One of the biggest devices to kick things off was their IdeaPad S2. It’s a 10.1 inch Android 4.0 tablet that is compatible with a desktop dock, also made by the manufacturer. Their dock has a battery of its own and will give the tablet 20 hours of [...]

Android’s Chinese Manufacturers Form Alliance To Defend From Apple and Microsoft Patent Lawsuits

by Chris Chavez on December 30th, 2011

Digitimes is reporting that Chinese OEM’s could be quietly banding together to fight off the ever looming threat of patent lawsuits from Android arch nemeses like Apple, Microsoft and Nokia. The Chinese coalition would be formed by ZTE, Lenovo, TCL, Coolpad and Konka who, it’s assumed, would pool their patent resources and share information on how [...]

Lenovo LePhone K2 is Another High-End Phone for China

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2011

Lenovo’s been busy this week. To my count, they have announced three different tablets and three different phones. That third phone is the Lenovo LePhone K2, a high-end handset for their main market, China. It’ll sport a 4.3 inch IPS display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and an 8 megapixel camera. We’re still [...]

Lenovo’s New IdeaTV To Drop Early Next Year – Google TV Inside?

by Chris Chavez on November 29th, 2011

Earlier today we told you about Lenovo’s new line of Android powered smartphones and tablets and now we’ve learned that the Chinese company is planning on getting into the smart TV business with a new line of “ideaTV’s” that will launch early next year. Although Google TV was never specifically mentioned, Lenovo did make it [...]

Lenovo Unveils Flurry of Android Phones and Tablets

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 29th, 2011

Lenovo has unveiled their updated line of Android tablets and phones. Starting with their tablets, we have the S2007 and S2010, 7 and 10 inch tablets, respectively. We’re looking at 1GB of RAM, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, 1280×800 resolution, an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 1.3 megapixel front camera for both devices. [...]

Lenovo Also Bringing a 5 Inch Device

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 22nd, 2011

Following rumors that Lenovo would be bringing a 10.1 inch tablet under the LePad brand, it appears a 5 inch tablet is in the works. It, too, will be marketed under the LePad brand in China and the IdeaTab brand elsewhere. There was no word on whether or not this device would be a phone+tablet [...]

Lenovo Android 4.0 Tablet with Quad-Core Tegra 3 Launching This Year

by Rob Jackson on November 14th, 2011

Holy smokes, Droid-o-claus, what do we have here? It looks like the ASUS Transformer Prime won’t be the only Quad-core Android Tablet to launch this holiday season. And what’s more, the Lenovo Android Tablet leaked by Engadget is said to be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has high enough specs to clear as a [...]

Lenovo Ideapad A1 – Affordable Android Tablet Now Only $200

by Chris Chavez on October 6th, 2011

In what seems like a common occurrence these days, Lenovo has just dropped the price on their Android-powered IdeaPad A1 tablet down to $200 via their website. The tablet was originally introduced at $350 back when manufacturers were a bit more optimistic on Android tablet adoption. This new price point seems to fall more in [...]

Seton Hall University Hands Out 400 Lenovo ThinkPad Tablets to Students and Faculty

by Kevin Krause on September 15th, 2011

As more and more institutes of higher education dabble in the tablet as a tool useful for learning, Seton Hall University has become the first to deploy Lenovo’s Android-powered ThinkPad. The university handed out over 400 tablets to students and faculty alike. The ThinkPad slates came loaded up with applications and tools such as Documents [...]

Lenovo Announces the IdeaPad A1, 7-inches of Gingerbread for $199

by Kevin Krause on September 1st, 2011

The 7-inch Lenovo IdeaPad we first caught a glimpse of after it moved through the FCC back in July has been officially announced at IFA. Perhaps the most surprising element of the new tablet is its price, which starts at a very affordable $199 for the 8GB model. Keeping in the tradition of sub-$200 tablets, [...]