Neowin News Feed for: Lenovo

Lenovo posts record sales just as PC market shrinks

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:39:57 +0100

Lenovo has published its quarterly earnings report and the Chinese manufacturer has had a record setting quarter. They now stand at 15.5% of the global PC market and they rank third on smart devices. Read more...

Lenovo teases two aluminum ThinkPad notebooks

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:12:07 +0100

Lenovo has released new teaser images of two upcoming notebooks in its ThinkPad lineup, the 13-inch ThinkPad S3 and the 15-inch ThinkPad S5, with a possible launch in China in late May. Read more...

Lenovo reveals furniture range designed for its 27-inch Windows 8 touch-PC

John Callaham — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27:02 +0100

Lenovo has revealed three custom furniture designs that have been made especially for use by the recently launched 27-inch IdeaCentre Horizon touchscreen PC running on Windows 8. Read more...

Lenovo Yoga 11S Windows 8 hybrid now available for pre-order

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:12:04 +0100

Microsoft has announced that the Lenovo Yoga 11S hybrid PC, running on Windows 8, will go on sale June 23 at Best Buy, with pre-orders for the device beginning today starting at $799. Read more...

Lenovo: Businesses don't want Windows RT tablet

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:09:14 +0100

A Lenovo executive claims in a new interview that businesses don't want a Windows RT tablet and that even Microsoft "has started to review the RT path they have gone down." Read more...

Lenovo reveals Windows 8 ThinkPad S431 touchscreen laptop

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:00:16 +0100

Lenovo has just announced the ThinkPad S431, a new 14-inch Windows 8 touchscreen laptop made for small businesses that will go on sale this June - possibly for as little as $509. Read more...

Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Windows 8 hybrids start shipping

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:03:59 +0100

After a delay, the Lenovo ThinkPad is finally shipping, and students at Seton Hall University will be the first members of the public to get their hands on the Windows 8-based notebook-tablet hybrid. Read more...

Lenovo Windows 8 27-inch IdeaCentre Horizon AiO-tablet PC on sale

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:02:33 +0100

Lenovo has finally begun taking orders for its highly anticipated 27-inch IdeaCentre Horizon all-in-one Windows 8 PC, with prices starting at $1,699 and an early May ship date. Read more...

The upcoming PCs that could help boost Windows 8

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:29:31 +0100

We go over some upcoming Windows 8 PCs that from Dell, Lenovo and Panasonic (yes, Panasonic) that look highly promising and could help to boost overall Windows 8 PC sales. Read more...

Windows RT tablets get price cuts, except for Surface RT

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:29:29 +0100

The Windows RT tablets from Dell, Lenovo and Asus have all received price cuts in recent weeks, but the price for Microsoft's own Surface RT tablet models have yet to go down. Read more...

Two new Lenovo touchscreen Windows 8 PCs now on sale

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:19:34 +0000

Lenovo has announced that two of its previously announced touchscreen Windows 8 PCs, including the all-in-one IdeaCentre A520 that was revealed back in August 2012, are now finally on sale. Read more...

Lenovo ditches Windows 8 for 7 for the enterprise

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:57:46 +0000

Rather than installing the latest version of Windows on PCs designated for the enterprise, Lenovo is shipping out Windows 7 on new machines with a discreetly-bundled Windows 8 DVD, just in case Read more...

Lenovo revamps its ThinkPad notebook design with new T431s

John Callaham — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:17:24 +0000

Lenovo has announced the new ThinkPad T431s, a new addition to the ThinkPad notebook family that also represents a redesign of the laptops. It's due out in April starting at $949. Read more...

Research firm: Windows 8 tablets could beat iPads in enterprise markets

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:58:30 +0000

A new white paper from research firm Moor Insights and Strategy claims that Windows 8-based tablets could outsell Apple's iPad thanks to more features and better compatibility. Read more...

Lenovo CEO says that buying BlackBerry “could possibly make sense”

Andy Weir — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:39:36 +0000

For the second time this year, comments from a Lenovo executive have hinted at interest in a possible takeover of BlackBerry, with Lenovo's CEO stating that such a deal "could possibly make sense". Read more...

Lenovo delays ThinkPad Helix Windows 8 convertible until March-April

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:18:43 +0000

Lenovo has announced that its plans to launch its new Windows 8-based ThinkPad Helix convertible notebook-tablet in late February has been delayed and it will now be released in March or April. Read more...

Lenovo records record profits; thinks Windows 8 will drive PC demand

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:07:42 +0000

Lenovo said that the fourth quarter of 2012 generated a record profit of $205 million, and its CEO said that Microsoft's Windows 8 will be part of the reason why Lenovo will have a better year in 2013 Read more...

Lenovo exec open to some kind of deal with RIM

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:36:05 +0000

An executive at Lenovo says that the company is "looking at all opportunities -- RIM and many others", adding that Lenovo has spoken to the BlackBerry phone maker on many different ideas. Read more...

Report: Microsoft and PC OEMs privately debate causes of slow Windows 8 PC sales

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:38:41 +0000

On the eve of Microsoft's fourth quarter 2012 financial results, a new rumor claims that the company has privately been debating with PC OEM makers over slow inital sales of Windows 8 PCs Read more...

Lenovo announces a Chromebook that has a face only a mother could love

Brad Sams — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:50:44 +0000

Lenovo has announced a Chromebook that is targeted at the education market and is built to withstand the trials and tribulations of the education sector but it's hard to ignore that the device is ugly Read more...