Lenovo on the rise

Lenovo is on the rise, at least for their business results. PC market is going down, they don't care they are selling more PC's then ever and smartphone sales are also going up.

Last year Lenovo passed HP and became the biggest PC distributor in the world. This is a title they don't plan to give up, as their sale results are increasing. Whats interesting in their report is that they have actually sold more smartphones then PC's. Lenovo has shipped 15.8 million smartphones and 14.5 million PC's in their last quarter. This is a 39% increase in shipment, compered to the same quarter last year.

Smartphone shipments puts Lenovo at number four smartphone-seller in the world. Keep in mind most of their sales are still in China. This doesn't necessarily needs to be a bad thing, Because China is a growing market and their economy is also on the rise.

In previous months there have much talk about Lenovo, not about heir sale results so much, but rather their accusation of Motorola. China based company bought Motorola from Google for $2.9 billion. So far the plan is to keep the Motorola logo on their smartphones, maybe this is their attempt of making an impact in the western markets. So far they haven't been able to compete against Apple and Samsung outside of China, they are hopping Motorola name will give them that chance.

Motorola name or not, they will still need quality products if they want to succeed on the western markets like USA and EU. This is not something they have been able to pull of so far, but if they want that number one spot in the smartphone sale results this is one area they will have succeed at.

Source lenovo.

Windows Phone from Lenovo

Long has been rumored that Lenovo is making a smartphone based on Windows Phone operating system, and now this spring, possibly April those rumors will come true.

Microsoft has recently released a list of partners regarding their Winwows Phone smartphones, this is an area in which they plan to make an impact in this year and years to come. So far the IT giant from Redmond didn't have much success, as WP is only 4% of the smartphone market world wide.

Lenovo is also trying to make an impact in smartphone sales, with very little success so far. The company has recently bought Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion, which will definitely get them name recognition, but they didn't announce any new smartphones just yet. Considering how Android market is crowded and dominated by Samsung, Lenovo's move to make a smartphone with Windows Phone shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

New Windows Smartphone from Lenovo will be running the new Windows 8.1 OS, 4.5 or 5 inch screen and Snapdragon 400 or 600, with the price tag somewhere around $400. According to the rumors it will be announced in April.

Acer has also been rumored to make a smartphone with Windows Phone, but  they have delayed these plans until Microsoft operating system increases their market share. Who knows Acer, maybe until then it will be too late.

Source technobuffalo.

Lenovo buys Motorola from Google

Lenovo has just bought Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion. The news came as sort of shock as there were no big rumors about Google selling Motorola, the company they bought in 2011 for $12.5 billion.

Lenovo is a huge company that is currently number one in pc sales and so this purchase of Motorola is pretty straight forward. They want to make a push in the smartphone market, so this is basically their best option. Motorola has been making smartphones for many years, they have both experience and name recognition.

But this move from Google was not expected, as the search giant is recently trying to develop their own hardware. Google Glass is a product that they have been testing lately, and their acquisition of Nest was also a step forward to developing smart household appliances.

So why would a giant company like Google sold their own smartphone division. They already make operating system for smartphones, the most popular OS in the world Android. Doesn't it make sense to control your own hardware and software, Apple is the best example for this winning strategy and even Microsoft is becoming more and more involved with developing their own hardware. Looks like Google might have shot themselves in the foot with this one.

Source technobufallo.