Lenovo debuts three mid-range Android smartphones at MWC

Lenovo S660

Lenovo brought three mid-range devices at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona—the S660, S850, and S860. The phones all come with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, dual-SIM capability, and 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. The devices should be out on the market by June but whether they will be available in the region is yet to be seen.

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Lenovo unveils mysterious MWC teaser

Lenovo doesn’t want to give too much away but it just wanted to whet techies’ appetites with a teaser. The tech company put out a vague tweet to get the conversation started about the “secret” they wanted to share. Well, we will find out soon enough at this year's Mobile World Congress.

WE’VE GOT A SECRET. What could it be? (Check back tomorrow @ 1pm EST) #LenovoMWC #MWC14 pic.twitter.com/FAyvghkRnj

— Lenovo (@lenovo) February 22, 2014

 

Source: Android Central

First look at Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Lenovo's ThinkPad Carbon X1 is their latest take on a business ultrabook and currently the lightest 14-inch notebbok in the market. Seen here on display at CES 2014, it has special powers. You can charge it up to 80 per cent capacity in under 35 minutes thanks to RapidCharge technology. It also features the latest Intel Haswell processors, has a fingerprint reader for increased security and is military spec tested for high pressure, humidity, vibration, high temperature, temperature shock, low pressure (15,000 ft), low temperature, and dust. 

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Photos by Alex Davies shot on Sony CyberShot RX10 courtesy of Sony Canada

Lenovo acquires Motorola from Google for US $3 billion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Lenovo has bought Motorola Mobility from Google for US $3 billion. This latest shocker is the latest chapter in the story of Motorola Mobility, a company that was bought by Google in 2012 and that union produced two smartphone models that diversified the Android smartphone landscape. Google says that it thinks Lenovo has what it takes to scale Motorola to a global company which makes sense since Lenovo is already currently a top-three player in the Chinese and Asian smartphone market. Lenovo recently became the leading PC manufacturer, it will be remembered that it similarly purchased IBM's computer business and built it into multiple product lines.

Lenovo gets the Motorola brand, trademark portfolio and access to 2,000 phone and mobile patents which Google will still own. Can Lenovo propel Motorola to the next level as it did the ThinkPad line of notebooks? Who is the big winner in this transaction and what are the repercussions for Google's own mobile device play? Stay tuned as more news unfolds.