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Lenovo IdeaPad 11S Convertible Ultrabook Now Selling

Instead of using one of those complicated (and breakable) hinges that can spin the laptop screen around and lay it flat on top of the keyboard, Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 11S is connected to the lower half with two hinges that allow it to spin all the way to the underside. Which is to say, the screen can be pushed ...

17 May 2013
02:24 GMT

ThinkPad X230, a Light Notebook Wrapped in Carbon Fiber

All notebooks are considered portable/mobile computing products, but like always, there are degrees of comparison, with some laptops being simply much more portable than others. Lately, ultrabooks have been taking over the market of ultrathin laptops, although some notebooks with Advanced Micro Devices APUs (accele...

15 May 2013
05:47 GMT

Lenovo’s P780 Spotted with 5-Inch Screen, 4000mAh Battery

Chinese mobile phone maker Lenovo is gearing up for the launch of a new large smartphone running under Google’s Android operating system, and has already started to tease the phone online. Known at the moment as Lenovo P780, the mobile phone is expected to arrive on shelves with a 5-inch touchscreen display o...

3 May 2013
17:41 GMT

Lenovo-IBM Deal Crashes and Burns

Last month, we learned that Lenovo was gunning for IBM's server business, and that it was searching for other parties that could help it secure a portion of the server industry for itself. Given Lenovo's success on the PC market, where it rose to prominence in just a few years, it wasn't too hard to b...

3 May 2013
02:40 GMT

Lenovo’s IdeaTab A1000 and A3000 Get Priced

Earlier this year, Chinese maker Lenovo officially unveiled a series of new tablet PCs running under Google’s Android operating system, including the 7-inch IdeaTab A1000 and A3000, and specific details on their pricing is now available. The IdeaTab A1000 slate features a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek MTK 8317 proc...

2 May 2013
11:21 GMT

Lenovo Preps IdeaTab S6000 10.1-Inch IPS Tablet

Lenovo will soon release a new 10.1-inch tablet, one that doesn't really go out of its way to befuddle anyone. While the company put in the token effort to make the device more or less good looking, it didn't shove the best hardware inside that shell. Instead, it settled for an IPS display with 1280 x 800...

2 May 2013
05:32 GMT

ThinkPad S431, Lenovo's Newest Premium Laptop PC

Eager to make sure it continues to lead the PC industry, Lenovo has launched a new ThinkPad laptop, called ThinkPad S431 and equipped with something that other laptops lack. That something is the OneLink technology, which allows users to use a single cable to connect the ThinkPad OneLink Dock, which has dedicated v...

1 May 2013
04:04 GMT

AMD Richland APUs Appearing in OEM Desktop PCs

AMD continues to hold back information on its Richland accelerated processing units, but that hasn't stopped all leaks from providing details. On this particular occasion, Lenovo is the source, or rather its H535 and H535s computers. The A8-5500 and A10-5700 quad-core processors are listed, along with the A4-6...

27 April 2013
05:38 GMT

Shipments Start for Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Hybrid Tablet

Unlike most other tablets, convertible or otherwise, Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix was made with educational pursuits in mind. That is why its commercial availability is not starting in the retail channel, but at the Seton Hall University in the US. Originally, the dockable Windows 8 tablet was supposed to start s...

24 April 2013
10:09 GMT

Lenovo Buying IBM's Servers, Looking for Help

Not content with dominating just the PC market, rumor has it that Lenovo is in talks with IBM for the acquisition of the latter's server business. For all its expertise in PCs, however, Lenovo doesn't really know all it needs to know about servers and data centers. That is why, reports say, it has begun t...

23 April 2013
05:55 GMT

Download Drivers for Lenovo’s 27-Inch IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC

Lenovo has launched its very large 27-inch display table PC that goes by the name of IdeaCentre Horizon 27. Therefore, we have made a list with all the available drivers of the device, so that they can be easily found and downloaded. I have to start by saying that Lenovo’s table PC is designed for the 64-bit v...

17 April 2013
08:29 GMT

27-Inch Lenovo Table PC Released in the US

Back at the 2013 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013), which took place in January, Lenovo revealed the very odd and very large IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC for the first time. Now, the company has officially released it in the United States, where it sells for a starting price of $1,699 / €1,289...

17 April 2013
05:45 GMT

Lenovo to Launch Smartphone in Its “Think” Lineup

Chinese mobile phone maker Lenovo is reportedly getting ready for the launch of new smartphones, including one that would be included in the company’s popular “Think” series. No specific info on what the handset will have to offer to users has been provided as of now, but techcrunch claims that Di...

9 April 2013
15:51 GMT

Lenovo’s ThinkCentre Edge 62z AiO Drivers Are Added to Softpedia’s Database

Lenovo’s latest addition to the AiO category, namely the ThinkCentre Edge 62z, is backed up by Softpedia with drivers that are added to our database, forever. All the drivers needed, from the user-friendly audio or lan installers, to the advanced BIOS package, are available for download. The device’s dri...

1 April 2013
09:41 GMT

Lenovo Could Buy NEC's Phone Division [Reuters]

NEC is mostly known for its optical drives, custom-built PCs and monitors, but it has a phone division as well, albeit a very little known one. Clearly, the company can't compare to Samsung, LG, Apple and their ilk. It lacks expertise and brand strength, and doesn't really bother much really. Should a dif...

29 March 2013
11:41 GMT

Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 62z, a Very Affordable All-in-One PC

If one were to drop by the official Lenovo website and look around for a good all-in-one PC, they might stumble upon the latest addition to that particular product category: ThinkCentre Edge 62z. The ThinkCentre line of AiO systems is Lenovo's collection for businesses, be they small, medium or large. One thi...

27 March 2013
05:21 GMT

Acer, Asus, Lenovo to Help Make Windows 9 Successful

Windows Blue got leaked a few days ago and, now that we know the changes that it might bring to the Windows ecosystem, all eyes are on Windows 9, the next full version of the Windows operating system. Acer, Asus and Lenovo will all help Microsoft develop the next-generation Windows operating system, DigiTimes report...

26 March 2013
08:43 GMT

New MediaTek-Based Phones Coming Soon from Sony, Lenovo, ZTE

MediaTek-based smartphones are already available for purchase around the world, and it seems that that more of them are set to hit shelves in the not too distant future, including some coming from vendors such as Sony, Lenovo, Huawei, and ZTE. MediaTek is already offering its mobile processors at low price tags, bu...

22 March 2013
07:41 GMT

Lenovo P780 Emerges with 5-Inch Screen, 4000 mAh Battery

Chinese mobile phone maker Lenovo is reportedly getting ready for the launch of a new Android-based smartphone, and it might pack it with a 5-inch screen, the latest reports on the matter suggest. According to a recent post on Blog of Mobile, the upcoming device will sport a quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor insid...

21 March 2013
09:01 GMT

The Windows 8 Disaster: PC Makers Start Selling Computers with No Windows

Windows 8 is often blamed for the poor sales recorded by the PC industry, but it appears that some manufacturers have found a way to deal with this problem. A report by Digitimes informs that several PC makers, including Lenovo, have decided to ship notebooks with no Windows version installed, as Windows 8 increased...

19 March 2013
19:41 GMT

Start Button, Windows 7 Offered on Lenovo Computers

It’s no secret that Windows 8 is a controversial product and, since people are trying to stay away from it, sales of devices equipped with Microsoft’s new operating system are stagnating. Lenovo has apparently found the easiest way to deal with the anti-Windows 8 craze. According to a report by The Chan...

18 March 2013
10:24 GMT

Lenovo Ultrabooks and Tablets Get NFC Payment Processing

Some may be tempted to assume that Lenovo's recent work on the ThinkPad product line consists of only the slimming of the physical package, but this is not the case at all, it turns out. Indeed, while the thinnest ever T Series laptop is an impressive piece of work, it is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg...

18 March 2013
06:29 GMT

Lenovo Launches Thinnest Ever T Series ThinkPad Laptop

Lenovo still wants to become the top supplier of PCs in the world, and it can't just rely on HP's flagging business, hence the changes made to the ThinkPad series of mobile personal computers. The ThinkPad line of laptops is as suited for normal consumers as it is for business/enterprise customers. It is,...

18 March 2013
04:59 GMT

Lenovo Windows Phone Handset Might Be Coming Soon, VP Already Uses One

Chinese mobile phone maker Lenovo might soon bring to the market a handset running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, just as promised last year, given that its Senior Vice President is already using one such device. The company’s exec is using the device to tweet, WPDang reports, adding ...

6 March 2013
11:51 GMT

Lenovo Intros A1000 and A3000 Android Tablets

Chinese vendor Lenovo appears set to expand its presence on the Android segment of the market further, and the IdeaTab A1000 and A3000 7-inch tablet PCs that it has made official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona should help. The Lenovo A1000 should land on shelves as the cheaper of the two, with a dual-cor...

27 February 2013
07:41 GMT

MWC 2013: Lenovo Intros New 10.1-Inch S6000 Tablet

Lenovo wasn't about to miss out on the opportunity provided by the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (MWC 2013), so it leaped forward and released a new tablet called S6000. Lenovo is striving to become the top supplier of personal computers, but its tablet side-business has been doing decently too. T...

27 February 2013
05:05 GMT

Windows 8 Will Definitely Succeed – Lenovo

Microsoft doesn’t talk too much about the way Windows 8 is performing after launch, but analysts and some insiders have hinted that the new operating system was still struggling to ignite the ever-collapsing hardware industry. While many believe that the upcoming Windows Blue project is Microsoft’s only ...

26 February 2013
07:19 GMT

Lenovo’s ThinkPad Twist Ultrabook Drivers Are Now on Softpedia

All the drivers needed for the ThinkPad Twist S230u Ultrabook, that Lenovo just launched today in Japan, are now on Softpedia. This device is able to twist, bend, fold, and spin depending on your necessities. According to Lenovo, the device is compatible only with the 64-bit version of Microsoft’s latest opera...

20 February 2013
07:54 GMT

Lenovo's Rotating Chair, a Way to Promote Yoga Convertibles

Advertising can take bizarre turns sometimes, and Lenovo is all too eagerly proving this. Thinking that it could use something really strange to draw attention to its Yoga transforming devices, it installed a rotating chair wheel into a glass-sided bus. That would be strange enough on its own, considering that Yo...

13 February 2013
10:26 GMT

Lenovo to Be Largest Notebook Vendor This Quarter

It is only the second month of 2013, but already analysts and other market watchers have made an idea of what the IT industry will look like at the end of the first quarter. Lenovo's name is once again surfacing on the PC front. While Digitimes' sources from the supply chain still think HP will do best fo...

8 February 2013
10:30 GMT

Lenovo Delays ThinkPad Helix Ultrabook to March or April

Since February 2013 is here and the ThinkPad Helix isn't, people started asking Lenovo, on Facebook, what the wait was about. The response given by the company was less than reassuring. Even though, back at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013), Lenovo said the ThinkPad Helix would be shipping from this mon...

5 February 2013
03:09 GMT

Lenovo Scores Record in 4Q12, Highest Revenue Ever

January and February are always months of revelation, because it is then that companies and analysts report what happened in the fourth quarter of the previous year, and for the year as a whole. Lenovo has, predictably enough, done well. Some might not realize just how well though. Indeed, the company made an opera...

1 February 2013
11:55 GMT

RIM to Sell Its Hardware Division to Lenovo [Bloomberg]

While gearing up for the launch of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is also exploring new options aimed at expanding the market share of its platform, such as licensing it to other handset vendors. RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins said that in a recent interview w...

25 January 2013
03:53 GMT

Five More Lenovo or Huawei-Class Companies to Rise in China by 2015

China may have some of the cheapest labor in the world, but it is also a very ambitious country, as proven by the most recent plans that its government has cooked up. The name “Lenovo” doesn't really sound all that Chinese. For those unfamiliar with the company, the name would resemble a mix of Fre...

23 January 2013
14:01 GMT

Sharp Almost Willing to Let Lenovo Buy Its LCD TV Plant

Lenovo may be one of the two top suppliers of PCs. More or less tied with HP, but it wants to do more than sell computers. The company needs a better way to build whatever TVs it comes up with though, and while it could, theoretically, enlist third parties to perform the assembly, Lenovo isn't ready to settle f...

22 January 2013
10:21 GMT

Download the Official Lenovo Settings for Windows 8 Application

Lenovo has just released its official Windows 8 application, allowing buyers to make the most of their computer without leaving the Modern UI. Basically, the app was designed to provide access to a number of PC configuration options, so you can easily set up a mobile hotspot and configure camera settings, microphone...

18 January 2013
06:11 GMT

Lenovo’s Rugged Chromebook Is Aimed at Schools

Google is getting more people to build Chromebooks, which can only be a good sign. Lenovo has gotten into the Chromebook game with its first device, the ThinkPad X131e. The device has a very specific target – it's aimed at schools and students. Chromebooks are already quite popular with schools, so the target m...

17 January 2013
12:01 GMT

Lenovo Enters the Chromebook Market

Lenovo might have a lot of student customers come fall, having decided to enter the Chromebook market. The company has introduced the ThinkPad X131e Chromebook, with an 11.6-inch display (1366 x 768 pixels), an Intel processor (unspecified), two video outputs (HDMI and VGA), a webcam and a battery that lasts “...

17 January 2013
08:49 GMT

HP and Lenovo Laptop Shipments to Drop 20%

Despite the dismal fourth quarter that ended on December 31, things are only going to get worse for the notebook market, and HP and Lenovo will suffer from it. According to Digitimes, the two companies will suffer from a drop in notebook shipments of around 20%. Previously, the supply chain anticipated a 10% decl...

16 January 2013
03:24 GMT

Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 Promo Video Available

At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Lenovo and Intel unveiled to the world the first smartphone to feature a Clover Trail+ processor inside, the IdeaPhone K900, which can be admired in the video promo embedded above. The handset was announced with a 5.5-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering...

15 January 2013
18:21 GMT

Android Convertible Tablets/Notebooks in the Next Few Months, Lenovo Decides

Lenovo isn't pulling any punches and it isn't going to play favorites either: whatever works and has anything to do with its portfolio, it will sell this year. We've only just learned that Lenovo failed to overtake HP on the PC market in 2012 after all. Whether because of this or not, the company i...

14 January 2013
12:21 GMT

HP Back in PC Lead Again, Some May Say It Never Lost It

Back around the middle of 2012, Lenovo gained the lead of the PC market, though not all analysts were in agreement on that. Said analysts can now feel vindicated, as it looks like HP is still at the top. HP has been the worldwide top provider of personal computers for years, which was why Lenovo one-upping it was s...

14 January 2013
11:21 GMT

Lenovo Could Give Up IdeaPad Brand

Lenovo is definitely changing things and keeping its strategy fresh, something that Acer might want to learn from. Having decided to make Intel and ARM-powered Android tablet/laptop hybrids, the company is considering what existing products to drop. According to a different rumor than the last one, though one from...

14 January 2013
10:47 GMT

ThinkPad Edge E130 Gets Full Windows 8 Support

The 11.6 inch E130 netbook from the ThinkPad Edge Series is getting full support for upgrading to Microsoft Windows 8. All the components in the device can be upgraded if the user wants that.Audio, Bluetooth, Camera, Card Reader, MEI, Chipset, Graphics, Keyboard, Touchpad, LAN, WLAN, WWAN or Storage categories have e...

11 January 2013
09:07 GMT

Lenovo Confirms Windows Phone 8 Plans for 2013

Chinese mobile phone maker Lenovo might bring to the market a Windows Phone 8 device before the end of 2013, a company’s executive confirmed at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. JD Howard, vice president of business operations and worldwide business development at Lenovo's Mobile Internet ...

10 January 2013
07:01 GMT

CES 2013: Lenovo Announces IdeaPhone S720 Budget-Friendly Smartphone

Chinese company Lenovo recently has announced a trio of Android smartphones at Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES), IdeaPhone P770, S890 and S720. We have already reported on the first two, so let’s see what the IdeaPhone S720 has to offer. Unlike the P770 and S890, the S720 is a budget-friendly smartphone. ...

9 January 2013
05:55 GMT

Lenovo’s 5.5’’ Intel-Based IdeaPhone K900 Announced at CES 2013

Chinese mobile phone maker Lenovo has made official at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a new handset powered by an Intel processor, namely the IdeaPhone K900. The new device sports the new Clover Trail+ processor from Intel, which features two cores clocked in at 2GHz each. Furthermore, it will ar...

9 January 2013
02:00 GMT

CES 2013: Lenovo Erazer X700, an Imposing Gaming Machine

Since Lenovo is the greatest supplier of PCs now, it brought all sorts of systems to CES 2013, as well as tablets and ultrabooks. Right now we are talking about a very mean-looking gaming desktop PC. The Erazer X700 is clearly a different cup of tea than the ThinkPad Helix ultrabook and the IdeaPad Yoga 11S tablet....

8 January 2013
10:19 GMT

Microsoft Skips CES 2013, but Windows 8 Is Still There – Video

Microsoft has decided to say “no” to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but Windows 8 managed to be the number one guest star thanks to an increasing number of devices running the new operating system. Since PCs, laptops and tablets are playing quite a key role in the way Windows 8...

8 January 2013
02:07 GMT

CES 2013: Lenovo Unveils Gigantic 27-Inch Tablet

If you’re planning to buy a tablet and you’re even willing to spend more than $1,000 (€758) on such a device, don’t do it. Because for $1,700 (€1,290) Lenovo brings you the biggest tablet you have ever seen. The so-called IdeaCentre Horizon features a 27-inch screen that allows you to mak...

7 January 2013
10:43 GMT


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