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Lenovo’s Android 4.0 smart TV now available in China

by Kevin Krause on May 8th, 2012 No Comments

Lenovo’s line of Android 4.0 smart TVs is now available in China. Running on the Snapdragon S4 platform, the range starts at  6,499 yuan ($1,030) for a 42-inch set and tops out at 14,999 yuan ($2,378) for the 52-inch K91 model. We first saw the alternative to Google TV back at CES, where it’ unique interface [...]

First Intel-based Android smartphone shipping later this week

by Kevin Krause on April 18th, 2012 No Comments

During the company’s Q1 earnings call, Intel CEO Paul Ottelini revealed that the first smartphone to utilize an Atom-based Medfield CPU would ship later this week. He wasn’t too clear on which device that may be, but there are only a handful of possibilities. The Lenovo K800 was the first handset announced with Intel’s platform [...]

Intel Medfield-powered Lenovo K800 launching next month with ‘Avatar technology’

by Kevin Krause on April 11th, 2012 No Comments

The Lenovo K800 has been boasting its Intel Medfield power since early January, but so far we’ve only had a chance to see it events like CES and MWC. That should be changing soon with the release of the handset next month. Intel’s Sean Maloney dropped that bit of knowledge in a post over at [...]

Lenovo reveals 9.7-inch IdeaTab S2109 with Ice Cream Sanwich

by Kevin Krause on April 9th, 2012 No Comments

A Lenovo tablet first spotted in an FCC filing has been officially outed. The Lenovo S2109 is an Android 4.0 slate with a 4:3 9.7-inch display. A short promotional video shows off some of the finer points of the new tablet, including its unibody design, quad speakers with SRS Trumedia support, and 10 hour battery [...]

Lenovo Confirms ICS for ThinkPad in May

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 6th, 2012 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 [...]