Lenovo announced in October that it would launch a new company in China in 2015 to sell smart devices and services exclusively online. The new company is meant to emulate Xiaomi’s approach which has seen it become one of the top five smartphone manufacturers in only a few years. New details about Lenovo’s new subsidiary came to light this week […]
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IDC: More than 327 million smartphones shipped in Q3 2014
Smartphones shipments continued to show no sign of slowing down in Q3 2014 but the top five manufacturer list underwent some changes. According to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 327.6 million smartphones were shipped over the quarter, up 8.5% from the 301 millon the previous quarter and up 25.2% from the 261.7 million shipped over […]
Lenovo closes Motorola acquisition
It took nearly a year but Motorola today has a new owner, China’s Lenovo. The Motorola acquisition was first announced back in January 2014 when Google agreed to sell the mobile device manufacturer to Lenovo for US$2.91 billion. Motorola will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lenovo and remain headquartered in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. As had been expected, the iconic […]
Lenovo readying another bid for BlackBerry?
Lenovo already made one high profile move in the smartphone space when it announced plans to acquire Motorola from Google earlier this year for US$2.91 billion. The deal has yet to close that it may be readying another big move. A rumour now suggests that the Chinese company could make an offer to acquire BlackBerry as early as later this week. […]
Lenovo to establish Internet-focused smart device company in China in 2015
Lenovo is expected to soon complete its acquisition of Motorola from Google but its mobile device ambitions do not stop there. The company announced yesterday that it will create a new company focused on selling smart devices and services exclusively online. The new company will operate in China under its own name and brand when it launches in April 2015. […]
Lenovo unveils Lenovo C1 smartglasses prototype
Lenovo may the latest to get into the smartglasses market. It unveiled a prototype dubbed the Lenovo C1 last week as it launched a new program to offer a broader range of connected devices with new partners that would include both developers and other hardware manufacturers. Lenovo showed off a prototype of the C1 but revealed few details about it. […]
Lenovo expects to close Motorola acquisition by end of year
Google announced back in January that Lenovo would acquire its Motorola Mobillity subsidiary for US$2.91 billion. The deal has since been winding its way through the necessary regulatory requirements and closing conditions. Speaking at the Lenovo annual general meeting in Hong Kong, CEO Yang Yuanqing said that he expects both the Motorola acquisition and another for IBM’s low-end server business to […]
Motorola to continue to use almost stock Android user interface
When Lenovo announced it was acquiring Motorola from Google for US$2.91 billion, one of the first questions that sprang to mind was what it would mean for the vision that Motorola had begun to lay out with devices such as the Moto X and the Moto G. The acquisition has yet to close but details are starting to emerge about […]