With Lenovo’s US$2.91 Motorola acquisition set to close sometime later this year, the company will reportedly adopt a dual-brand strategy for its smartphone business. Citing anonymous “Taiwan-based supply chain makers,” the hit-and-miss Digitimes reports that it will use the Motorola brand for mid-range and high-end models in mature markets such as North America and Western Europe. Entry-level and mid-range devices […]
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Canadian government blocked BlackBerry sale to Lenovo last year
BlackBerry put itself up for sale in August 2013. The move generated a lot of interest from a range of parties including Facebook, Google, Cisco Systems, China’s Lenovo and even RIM’s own co-founders, the company eventually had to settle for a US$1 billion investment in the form of convertible debentures by Fairfax Financial Holdings. According to CBC News, rumours that Lenovo […]
Lenovo buys Unwired Planet mobile patents for US$100 million
Having just spent US$2.91 billion to buy Motorola from Google in January, Lenovo opened the purse strings again this week to acquire a number of Unwired Planet mobile patents. In all, it bought 21 patent families covering 3G, LTE and “other important” mobile technologies from Unwired Planet, a company that bills itself as the “the inventor of the Mobile Internet.” The […]
MWC 2014: Microsoft announces nine new Windows Phone hardware partners
Huawei was not the only company to get an early start on Mobile World Congress. Microsoft also today held a press conference. While it had no new devices to unveil, it did announce that it has added nine new Windows Phone hardware partners to “broaden the portfolio of devices for consumers and introduce new price points to accelerate growth in […]
Confirmed: Motorola’s Dennis Woodside to become Dropbox COO (Updated)
Following last night’s report that CEO Dennis Woodside was leaving Motorola to take up the role of COO at Dropbox, confirmations of the move have now been provided by both Google, the company’s current owners, and Lenovo, Motorola’s new owners. A Lenovo spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that it was aware of the move: “We are aware of this change, but […]
Concept Sunday: Google Nexus 6 by Lenovo
The surprise of the week goes to the news that Lenovo is acquiring Google’s Motorola division for US$2.91 billion. Following that announcement came the rumour that the move may have given Lenovo a chance to be the manufacturer of choice for an upcoming Nexus device. With Lenovo looking to expand into the U.S. market, that device could well be the […]
Lenovo to leverage current Motorola product roadmap into 2015
Motorola changed hands this week with Google selling off the hardware manufacturer it acquired in 2012 to Lenovo for US$2.91 billion. Along with the well-received Moto X and Moto G, Lenovo has also picked up the Motorola product roadmap and its development pipeline. Much as Google did when it first acquired Motorola, Lenovo will need to decide what to […]
One of last Nexus devices to be a Lenovo Nexus one?
Lenovo yesterday acquired Motorola from Google for US$2.91 billion. Aside from buying itself a company that delivered two of the best smartphones of 2013 (for different reasons), Lenovo may also have pushed its way to the front of the line as manufacturer for the next Nexus device. Following his prediction that Google will retire its Nexus line in 2015, Mobile-review’s […]