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Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon hands-on with BlueStacks for Android gaming

By Robert Nelson
on 7 May, 2013

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon recently began shipping and while this "table" PC is running Windows 8, those making the purchase will find something Android related. The IdeaCentre Horizon comes pre-installed with a copy of BlueStacks. Basically, this means you can turn your 27-inch Windows 8 PC into an oversized Android tablet. The table PC ships with a wireless keyboard and mouse, however it also has a touchscreen display.

Lenovo confirms Ideaphone K900 release date

By Robert Nelson
on 23 Apr, 2013

Lenovo announced the Ideaphone K900 back in January. The announcement took place during CES and while Lenovo was forthcoming in terms of specs, they were rather quiet in terms of when the handset would begin shipping. At the time all we heard was about how the K900 was expected to begin shipping around April.

Lenovo looking to buy NEC’s mobile division for Android push

By Cory Gunther
on 29 Mar, 2013

We've been hearing a lot of different rumors lately surrounding the fact that Lenovo wants to jump deeper into the Android smartphone market. They have plenty of impressive phones, but we've heard they are looking to buy RIM (BlackBerry) and now new reports claim NEC could be selling their mobile division to Lenovo.

Lenovo S920 announced with 5.3-inch display, quad-core and Jelly Bean

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Mar, 2013

It was only a few weeks ago we got our first look at the previously unknown Lenovo S920 quad-core smartphone, and today they've made it official. The S920 is a pretty impressive sounding smartphone and as of today you can order it over in China, although they aren't quite shipping this 5.3-inch device yet.

Lenovo CEO is open to the idea of buying BlackBerry

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Mar, 2013

This isn't the firs time we've heard scattered rumors regarding the extremely popular PC maker Lenovo buying BlackBerry, but today their CEO made a few remarks that has the rumors swirling again. Previously RIM, now known as BlackBerry could be a potential target for Lenovo to buyout, and their CEO said an acquisition “could possibly make sense.”

Lenovo S920 5.3-inch phablet and S820 smartphone leaks

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Mar, 2013

It looks like the popular PC company Lenovo is aiming to offer a few impressive quad-core smartphones later this year. While we've already seen and were impressed with the Lenovo K900 Intel-powered 5.5-inch smartphone, today a few slightly more budget aimed smartphones have leaked. Both rocking quad-core processors, and one even sports a large 5.3-inch display.

Hands-on with the new Lenovo A- and S-series tablets: Aiming for the Nexus 7

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Feb, 2013

Today here in Barcelona, the folks from Lenovo have announced a trio of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean powered tablets to take on the market. More importantly, Lenovo wants to take on Google's own Nexus 7 with two aggressively designed and priced 7-inch tablets in their new A-series. Then we have a new Lenovo S-6000 10.1-inch tablet also coming soon. Check out all the pictures and specs below.

Gartner: Q4 2012 was a record making quarter for smartphone sales

By Robert Nelson
on 13 Feb, 2013

The latest Gartner report has been released, this time focusing on smartphone sales for the fourth quarter of 2012. Diving right in, the report notes the quarter as breaking records. In fact, Gartner is reporting that Q4 2012 smartphone sales were up 38.3 percent as compared to Q4 2011. Or in actual numbers for the quarter, Q4 2012 saw smartphone sales of 207.7 million. Anyway, given some of the other recent smartphone sales reports we have seen -- we suspect you can guess which companies are on the top of the list.

Canalys: Android accounted for 34% of Q4 2012 mobile phone shipments

By Robert Nelson
on 8 Feb, 2013

We have seen a few recent reports which all seem to place Samsung in a rather dominant position. And well, it looks like we have yet another to mention. This latest arrives from Canalys, who happen to be an independent analyst firm. The Canalys report is dealing with information from Q4 2012 and is showing the worldwide smartphone market share by manufacturer.

Lenovo looking to acquire RIM for Android smartphone push

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Jan, 2013

The PC and laptop manufacturing giant Lenovo has slowly been working their way into the mobile marketplace. While their tablets haven't been a smashing hit, nor have their smartphones, some new products shown off at CES sure were exciting. Today some reports have surfaced that Lenovo could potentially be in the running to acquire RIM, and they might toss the ailing company a nice bid to make things interesting. This would really bolster Lenovo's Android smartphone offerings.