14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week, after rumors surfaced saying Lenovo might be targeting the Sony VAIO line, the Chinese's tech giant shares collapsed with an impressive 16%.
Lenovo also announced last week that it was acquiring Motorola Mobility from Google, and a lot of speculation regarding what this merge might mean for the mobile industry appeared online. Throw in the Sony VAIO rumor and everything gets really confusing.
However, Sony has already stepped forward and claimed the media reports couldn't be further from the truth, albeit acknowledging they are having problems and as such are taking into account various scenarios for the VAIO line.
Now NDTV says that Lenovo was also asked to comment on the information, but chose to remain silent and declined the offer, which might indicate there's still a story to be told here.
Currently a whopping 80% of Lenovo’s revenue comes from its PC business, so it might make sense for Sony to sell the VAIO line to a company that knows how to handle things in this department. On the other hand, Lenovo is currently struggling to make it into the smartphone market and maybe it will focus its efforts into this direction in 2014.