Lenovo and Motorola collaborating on new tablet

Do the consumers really need another new tablet in the market? Well, based on the continuous rise of tablet sales and the emergence of new (and old) players on the scene, then the answer is a resounding yes. The latest OEMs planning to join the fray is a collaboration between Lenovo and their recently acquired company Motorola. The CEO from the Taiwanese tech company said that they are working on bringing a Motorola tablet sometime soon, but no details yet as to the specs and features.

A few years back, Motorola tried its hand with tablets with its Xyboard. But it’s either it was ahead of its time (it was the early days of Android devices on bigger screens) or it was just really a bad product because it never took off .The blame may not entirely be on the hardware, since it may also be the fault of Android, particularly the pre-Honeycomb era. Now the question is will Lenovo resurrect the Xyboard or just start from scratch.

The report from Yahoo Taiwan did not indicate which of the two companies will do the design and which one will actually produce the tablet. While Lenovo may be a big name to the rest of the world, in the US, it practically has no recall. That is why they need something like Motorola, already a big player in the market (well, at least smartphone-wise), to help penetrate this new territory (new for the Taiwanese OEM). To the rest of the world, it is reversed since Lenovo has the bigger name and Motorola may be a thing of the past.

Samsung was a fairly dominant player in both the smartphone and tablet market, but with its recent decline in sales and popularity, new players are trying to grab a piece of the pie. HTC also recently announced that it will be making tablets again with the help of Google, as they produce the upcoming Nexus 9. Let’s hope this “dual branded” effort between Lenovo and Motorola will be worth it.

VIA: SlashGear