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New Ruggedized ThinkPad Laptops Are A+ Classroom Performers

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:13 am EDT

Dateline:

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC

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"We know from experience that students are our toughest customers – literally – and for that reason we make it a point to go above and beyond our standard ruggedness features in the laptops we introduce for education..."

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced the ThinkPad X131e laptop, built especially for students with the technologies to enhance classroom learning along with a rugged design to meet the physical demands of the school day and beyond. The ThinkPad X131e offers choices of Intel® Core^™ and Celeron^® processors or AMD E-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for strong performance, Dolby^®Advanced Audio^® for rich and resonant sound, vibrant HD graphics and USB 3.0 for fast data transfers.  The PC’s cover displays a wireless activity LED indicator so teachers know when students are using WiFi in the classroom. Built for the rigors of education, the laptop also includes customization and security options for schools’ IT teams.
“We know from experience that students are our toughest customers – literally – and for that reason we make it a point to go above and beyond our standard ruggedness features in the laptops we introduce for education,” said Dilip Bhatia, vice president, ThinkPad Business Unit, Lenovo. “To help combat the extreme wear and tear students subject their laptops to, we’ve designed our toughest education PC yet by incorporating heavy-duty, military-grade features, while packing the device with top of the line technology so teachers can offer students the latest in digital learning.”
Student-Tested, Teacher-Approved
The powerful ThinkPad X131e can handle a variety of student assignments, from working with video and creating presentations to managing data and other word processing tasks. The 11.6-inch laptop includes choices of dual core AMD E-300 and E2-1800 APUs with AMD Radeon™ graphics or Intel® Core™ i3-2367M and Intel® Celeron^® 877 processors with Intel® HD Graphics; all help to deliver multimedia-rich lessons. ThinkPad X131e PCs equipped with Intel processors also offer the option of including Intel® Learning Series Software Suite, a collaborative and user-friendly tool designed for one-to-one eLearning and classrooms around the world.
The convenient LED light on the laptop’s cover shows wireless activity to give teachers a quick visual cue that students are connected to the Internet for lessons requiring connectivity -- and offline when the work calls for simple word processing or other local activity. This convenient aid to teachers helps keep students following along with the lesson.
The laptop’s Dolby^® Advanced Audio^® boosts the performance of the built-in speakers and enhances classroom learning that includes music, video and games. Additional multimedia functions include a low-light webcam and Lenovo’s Instant Resume function, allowing students to maintain a WiFi connection while moving from class to class.
Kid-proofed Design
Lenovo built the ThinkPad X131e for mobility throughout the school day with its lightweight design, less than four pounds,[1] and with long battery life, up to 8.5 hours.[2] Student-tested, heavy-duty features include:

• Reinforced hinges:because frequent opening and closing of laptops can accelerate wear and tear, the X131e has a reinforced hinge to withstand 50,000 open/close cycles.
• Stainless steel hinge brackets:helping the laptop absorb 150 percent more force to the cover.[3]
• Tightly aligned keyboard:prevents objects like pencils from wedging under keyboard keys.  
• Dustless fan:filters dust away from the fan assembly to extend the life of the fan.  
• Strengthened AC adapter cable:designed to withstand frequent plugging and unplugging of the laptop.
• Enhanced HDD shock performance:protects against damage from students by incorporating rubber padding around the hard drive.

The ThinkPad X131e also meets the needs of IT teams with its range of optional services including asset tagging for inventory control, ThinkPad Warranty Upgrades with onsite repair to provide tech help at school and ThinkPad Accidental Damage Protection which turns expensive out-of-warranty repairs into predictable, managed expenses.
The X131e comes in custom colors[4] and the school can opt to have its logo etched into the top cover. 
Pricing and Availability[5]
The ThinkPad X131e laptop will be available starting today from business partners and onwww.lenovo.com. Pricing for models starts at $499
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About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR:LNVGY) is a $US30 billion personal technology company – and the second largest PC company in the world, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centres in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

[1] 3.93 lobs (1.78kg) with 6-cell battery

[2] With 6-cell battery

[3] Compared to previous models

[4] Minimum order quantities and lead times vary based on customer customization requirements.

[5] Prices do not include tax or shipping and are subject to change without notice and is tied to specific terms and conditions. Reseller prices may vary. Price does not include all advertised features. All offers subject to availability. Lenovo reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice. Pricing varies by configuration and business partner. 

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Lenovo Announces Manufacturing and Distribution Investment in Brazil

US $30 million Sao Paulo facility will employ up to 700 workers within two years
First move in long-term strategy to double business in the world’s third largest PC market

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Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:27 am EDT

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SAO PAULO, Brazil

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"The Itu center will give Lenovo even better end-to-end control of our Brazil business, enabling greater speed in delivering the right products to every large organization, small business and consumer in the country, with industry leading value and the most responsive delivery and services..."

SAO PAULO, Brazil (July 5, 2012) – Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) the world’s second largest PC company, announced today that it will invest US $30 million to build a new manufacturing and distribution center in Itu, Sao Paulo, Brazil that will produce and deliver a full range of commercial and consumer PCs for its customers in Brazil.  The new 325,000 square foot facility, scheduled to begin operations in December 2012, is likely to employ as many as 700 workers when it reaches full capacity within two years, and it will establish a more integrated business model in Brazil while extending the Company’s overall commitment to its customers there.  

Lenovo has been the world’s fastest growing major PC company for 10 consecutive quarters, and aims to build on this success by aggressively expanding its business in Brazil, the world’s third largest PC market in 2011.

“Today’s announcement represents the first step in a bold, long-term plan that will encompass both organic and inorganic growth strategies, with a goal to more than double our market share in Brazil,” said Dan Stone, Lenovo vice president and newly appointed country general manager in Brazil.  “This new, state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution center will give us the greater flexibility and efficiency needed to deliver a full range of exceptional and competitively priced personal computing products to a wider range of customers.  It will position Lenovo to grow faster than the overall market in Brazil and match our successful track record around the world.”

“The Itu center will give Lenovo even better end-to-end control of our Brazil business, enabling greater speed in delivering the right products to every large organization, small business and consumer in the country, with industry leading value and the most responsive delivery and services,” added Gerry Smith, senior vice president, Global Supply Chain & Global Services, Lenovo.

The Itu, Sao Paulo manufacturing and distribution center will produce and deliver a full range of notebook and desktop systems for both commercial and consumer markets.  The facility will enable the company to significantly expand its product portfolio in Brazil while strengthening price competitiveness, and shortening order delivery times for customers there.  It will further extend Lenovo’s efficient global manufacturing network, which leverages a hybrid mix of in-house, end-to-end factories and outsourcing partners to meet the needs of customers in over 160 countries.

About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US30 billion personal technology company serving customers in more than 160 countries, and the world’s second-largest PC vendor. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

Lenovo Ranked “Best Investor Relations” in Institutional Investor’s 2012 All-Asia Executive Team

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Lenovo Ranked “Best Investor Relations” in Institutional Investor’s 2012 All-Asia Executive Team

Lenovo receives top rankings across six categories on the second annual list

BEIJING & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - June 18, 2012 - Lenovo, the world’s second largest PC company, received top rankings across six categories, including “Best Investor Relations,” inInstitutional Investor’s second annual All-Asia Executive Team rankings, released on June 14, 2012. The report – published here: http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/Research/3755/Most-Honored-Companies.html -- is an annual ranking of Asian companies and executives based on a survey of 935 money managers and investment professionals at some 500 buy-side firms, and approximately 490 sell-side analysts from 75 institutions across Asia (excluding Japan).

Institutional Investor criteria allowed participants to nominate up to four CEOs, CFOs, IR professionals and companies in each sector. All votes were weighted by place and aggregated to produce two distinct rankings (buy side, sell side) for Best CEO, Best CFO, Best IR Professional and Best IR Company. To be eligible, a company must be incorporated in Asia (excluding Japan) and traded on a corresponding Asian exchange.

In addition to being named one of the “Best IR Companies,” Lenovo and its key executives ranked highly across a number of other categories including:

• Best Technology/Hardware Company CEO: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Yuanqing Yang, Lenovo
• Best Technology/Hardware Company CFO: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Wong Wai Ming, Lenovo
• Best Technology/Hardware IR Professional: Vice President of Investor Relations, Gary Ng, Lenovo
• Best Hong Kong Technology/Hardware Company
• Second Most Honored Company

This achievement comes days after Lenovo was named one of “The World’s Most Reputable Companies” by the Reputation Institute’s 2012 Global RepTrak™ 100, a survey of more than 100,000 consumers that assesses the reputations of the world’s most prominent companies.

As the fastest growing of the top four vendors in the global PC space for ten consecutive quarters, Lenovo just completed its most successful year in company history. As of March 2012, Lenovo achieved full-year record sales of nearly $30 billion and a 44% increase in worldwide shipments year over year.

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About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 0992) (PINK SHEETS: LNVGY) is a $US30 billion personal technology company – and the second largest PC company in the world, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the Company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 Tablet Makes Debut

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Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 Tablet Makes Debut

Fast, Slim and Light Tablet Hits the Market with Android 4.0 Operating System, Up to 10 Hours of Battery Power and Enhanced Entertainment Features

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – May 30, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced the  IdeaTab S2109 – a strikingly slim tablet built for entertainment with features like four SRS surround sound speakers, Micro HDMI output, extra bright 9.7-inch IPS HD display and running the new Google Android 4.0 operating system (Ice Cream Sandwich).

 

The IdeaTab S2109 kicks multitasking up a notch with its brisk new Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 dual core CPU and 1GB of system memory, which offers users a powerful multimedia experience.  The beautiful extra-bright IPS display makes viewing images, videos, photos and websites a pleasure in 720p HD playback, or full 1080p HD via Micro HDMI output to an external HDTV or monitor.  For those who are serious about sound, the IdeaTab S2109’s outstanding quad speakers with powerful dual bass means gaming, music and videos have never sounded better on a tablet.

 

Injecting a healthy dose of swagger into Lenovo’s tablet line, the IdeaTab S2109’s thin, curved, unibody design measures just 1/3 of an inch thin. It’s also easy to tote around in a bag or jacket at a feather-light 1.27 lbs, making it one of the lightest 9.7-inch tablets in the market.  

 

“The IdeaTab S2109 tablet is an entertainment maven’s dream device, boasting powerful processing and graphics for multimedia use,” said Yao Li, director of Innovation Product Operations, Lenovo. “The tablet’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS and amped-up features give consumers something that will keep them conveniently entertained anywhere, anytime in an incredibly slim package – whether they’re consuming or sharing their favorite websites, books, videos or music. It’s as nimble and convenient as toting a magazine, but it offers much more than the contents of one.”

 

Running Lenovo’s user-friendly interface, the IdeaTab S2109 displays customized content and includes easy access to the Lenovo App Shop and the Android Market for thousands of popular and useful apps. For uninterrupted multimedia enjoyment, the device can deliver up to 10 hours of battery life for web browsing and video playback (or 700 hours on standby). The IdeaTab S2109 also includes all the connection ports users expect on a tablet like a micro-USB for charging and connecting to other digital devices, a micro HDMI connector and a micro-SD card for swapping videos and photos directly with a camera, or for storing movies.

 

Pricing and Availability

The IdeaTab S2109 starts at an affordable $349 and will be available for purchase in early June at select Office Depotretail locationsand Lenovo.com.

 

About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company – and the second largest PC company in the world, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, seewww.lenovo.com.

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New Lenovo Workstation Infuses Solid Computing Power for Professionals on Tech Budget

New Lenovo Workstation Infuses Solid Computing Power for Professionals on Tech Budget

Lenovo Expands Server Portfolio with New ThinkServers for Cloud and Virtualization Deployments

Lenovo Expands Server Portfolio with New ThinkServers for Cloud and Virtualization Deployments

Lenovo Elevates Desktop Computing with ThinkCentre M and Edge Series PCs

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Lenovo Elevates Desktop Computing with ThinkCentre M and Edge Series PCs

Dynamic Functionality and Design for Business

Smart Multimedia Gallery

Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z All-in-One (Photo: Business Wire)

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (BUSINESS WIRE), May 09, 2012 - Lenovo (HKSE: 0992) (PINK SHEETS: LNVGY) today announced a new series of ThinkCentre M and Edge Series desktops and all-in-ones (AIOs) designed to fit the needs of today’s demanding business environment via a range of models featuring a blend of essential features, powerful performance and affordable technology. The new desktops and AIOs not only include the upcoming 3^rdGeneration Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors for powerful performance, but also feature the latest in Lenovo design and performance innovations including intelligent cooling methods and productive multi-screen functionality.

Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z All-in-One (Photo: Business Wire)

“Business professionals working in highly productive and collaborative environments need PCs designed with their business needs in mind,” said Tom Shell, vice president and general manager, Commercial Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo. “These new desktops give users and IT managers a more productive computing experience, whether it’s better multi-tasking, powerful performance or space-saving design.”

Style, Simplicity and Power for Small-to-Medium Business – ThinkCentre Edge 92z All-in-One

With an Infinity Glass front panel covering the 21.5-inch high definition IPS LED display and a design that’s 2.5 inches (65mm) thin, the Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z is Lenovo’s slimmest commercial AIO with an eye-catching design. Under its modern, sleek look—one that looks like more like a monitor than an entire machine—the Edge 92z includes the essential features small-to-medium businesses (SMB) require, including choices of the 3^rd Generation Intel Core vPro processor family with up to the Intel® Core™ vPro™ i7 processor and the Lenovo Solution Center powered by Intel® Small Business Advantage, which provides a set of tools for remote management of energy settings and PC updates.

The Edge 92z’s innovative features include an optional 10-point multi-touch display and Lenovo’s View Management Utility to easily manage multiple active displays. In addition, professionals in fields such as advertising, design or higher education will appreciate the ability to wirelessly connect the Edge 92z to an HDTV or business display using the integrated Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) technology. For increased productivity, the Edge 92z includes all of the capabilities expected of Lenovo PCs, including Lenovo Enhanced Experience 3 (EE3) and integrated voice and video conferencing capabilities with an optimized high definition camera and array microphone.

Stylish and Powerful – ThinkCentre Edge 72

For SMBs seeking an affordable yet elegant PC that covers the essentials, the sleek design of the ThinkCentre Edge 72 integrates easily in almost any office décor and environment. Built for performance, productivity and convenience, this desktop includes choices of the 3^rd Generation Intel Core vPro processor family, with up to an Intel Core vPro i7 processor. It offers a full package of productivity tools and features, such as Lenovo EE3. The Edge 72 also includes support for two independent displays with standard VGA and DVI ports so users can work separately on two monitors.

Built for Business – ThinkCentre M72z

Designed for productivity in dynamic working environments such as education, healthcare and government organizations, the space-saving design of the ThinkCentre M72z All-in-One is ideal for organizations that need big performance in a small space. The clutter-free design with optional wireless keyboard and mouse results in a 65 percent smaller footprint compared to a traditional desktop system with 20-inch display¹, yet the M72z delivers superior performance with choices of 3^rd Generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ i3, i5 or i7 processors and Lenovo EE3.

A 20-inch LED backlit LCD panel with an optional touch screen display and Lenovo’s View Management Utility for multiple screen displays complements the M72z’s compact design and high performance. The M72z also includes integrated voice and video capabilities with an optimized high definition web camera and array microphone for excellent communications. To reduce the worry of protecting sensitive data, the M72z includes security features such as a TPM security chip, an optional self-encrypting hard disk drive and support for Lenovo PC Auto Lock technology, which uses the web camera to detect when the computer is unattended and then locks it securely.

Essential Value and Convenience – ThinkCentre M72e

Designed to meet the ever-increasing communication needs of large businesses and state government organizations, the ThinkCentre M72e comes in a micro tower, small form factor, or a new “tiny” form factor, a one-litre desktop. The M72e delivers powerful performance with its choices of 3^rd Generation Intel Core vPro processors² and up to 16GB of fast memory to provide plenty of computing power for daily work. The M72e also features Lenovo EE3 for super fast boot and shutdown times. Combined with optional WiFi and optional Bluetooth, the M72e delivers a potent mix of productivity and efficiency.

Enhanced Corporate Reliability – ThinkCentre M82

Armed with choices of the latest 3^rd Generation Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processors, the ThinkCentre M82 gives mainstream business users the power to complete everyday tasks with ease. The M82, available in micro tower or small form factor, boasts many of the same features as the M72e, including Lenovo EE3 and ICE 2.0. It also makes corporate computing highly secure with a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) security chip and enhanced design that makes the PC easily serviceable along with more efficient thermal levels that increase reliability.

Gold Standard for Green

The ThinkCentre M72e, M72z and M82 desktops have been awarded multiple certifications for energy efficiency and environmental considerations, including ENERGY STAR® 5.2 compliance, anEPEAT® Gold rating and compliance with the Cisco EnergyWise energy management architecture. The M82 has also received a UL Environment Gold rating and, as an option, can use a highly efficient 80 Plus Platinum power supply unit (PSU), while the M72e uses a 90 Plus Platinum PSU.Similarly, the M72z is a TCO Certified Edge product, identifying the desktop’s best-in-class position in the areas of usability and reduced impact on the environment.

Both the ThinkCentre Edge 72z and 92z include a reusable bag and make use of reduced packaging contents for less material waste and environmental impact.

Pricing and Availability³

The ThinkCentre M72e desktop will be available in June with models starting at approximately $499.

The ThinkCentre M82 desktop will be available in June with models starting at approximately $599.

The ThinkCentre M72z AIO desktop will be available in June with models starting at approximately $599.

The ThinkCentre Edge 92z AIO desktop will be available in July with models starting at approximately $699.

The ThinkCentre Edge 72 desktop will be available in September with models starting at approximately $439

The desktops will be offered through business partners and www.lenovo.com.

For more information on these products and more, please visit the Lenovo New Product Showcase.

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About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company serving customers in more than 160 countries, and the world’s second-largest PC vendor. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

¹ Compared to micro tower +20”WLED LCD

² Up to Intel Core vPro i7 processor for micro tower and small form factor; up to Intel Core vPro i5 processor for tiny form factor

³ Prices do not include tax or shipping and are subject to change without notice and is tied to specific terms and conditions. Reseller prices may vary. Price does not include all advertised features. All offers subject to availability. Lenovo reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice.

Lenovo Launches Innovative Smart TV Across China

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Lenovo Launches Innovative Smart TV Across China

World's First Smart TV with Android 4.0, New Qualcomm Processor
Demonstrates Lenovo's PC-Plus Strategy

May 8, 2012—Lenovo Group launched the K-series Lenovo Smart TV products for the China market at a press conference in Beijing today. With today's announcement, Lenovo is now offering products across all four screens -- personal computer, tablet, smart phone and smart TV -- that define the company's long-term "PC-Plus" strategy.
 

Lenovo believes that the PC industry has entered the PC-Plus era, characterized by the emergence of a variety of new devices. Smart TVs, tablets and smart phones all have the same computing, storage and network communication capabilities of a PC, offering a wide variety of features and apps based on the Internet. In the mean time, PC itself will also be continuously adapted and innovated.
 

"While we continue to strengthen our position in the PC industry, we are also further expanding into the field of Internet devices, with innovative smart phones and tablets, and today, smart TVs," said Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo Group Chairman and CEO. "As a global leader in the PC industry, our customers look to us to provide new technologies, and as we drive further into the PC^­­-Plus era, we will continue to introduce new products worldwide. The PC-Plus era is a great opportunity for our customers and Lenovo intends to remain out in front, leading as always with exciting new products."
 

Liu Jun, Lenovo Senior Vice President and Mobile Internet Digital Home President said, “China's smart TV market will experience explosive growth in 2012, and Lenovo is poised to give customers in China the technology that they want. Today we are introducing a smart TV product that went through three generations of R&D, and many more times as much customer feedback. With our excellent products and rich content and apps, we want to give users an outstanding experience and make smart TV a new place for families to happily gather together.”
 

As the first television product to adopt the Android 4.0 OS, Lenovo Smart TV employs the powerful Qualcomm dual core 1.5GHz CPU. Supported by Lenovo’s R&D capabilities combining a “trinity" of software, hardware and cloud services, Lenovo Smart TV delivers three major innovations to the user experience.
 

• The first is a user-friendly interactive system, like the simple and intuitive “Sandwich” User Interface that integrates touch, voice, air mouse, gravity sensor, smart keyboard and traditional television remote control in a “Six in One” Smart Remote Controller.
   
• The second is high-quality video on demand. Lenovo and SMG’s BesTV established joint venture ISmartv to exclusively provide users with customized online HD video resources that already amounted to more than 300,000 hours of viewing.
   
• The third is a wide variety of applications based on an open platform. With its Le Store app developer community, Lenovo has already developed over 1,000 custom apps for its smart TV covering games, education, SNS, life service and many others.
   

Lenovo is releasing four Lenovo Smart TV K-series devices — the 55-inch screen K91 and K81 and the 42-inch screen K81 and K71 — priced from RMB14,999 to RMB6,499. In the future, Lenovo will release new product lines to satisfy the demand of various user segments.

Starting from May, Lenovo Smart TV is going on sale in Suning stores in nine cities—Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Through its close relationship with IT and appliance channel stores and its own strong PC channels, Lenovo will establish a wide variety of sales channels for its smart TV. These include national and regional appliance and 3C stores, self-operated Lenovo stores and online sales.
 

Lenovo established an improved integrated service system exclusively for its smart TV products. The company will provide customer service through online service channels, a service hotline and physical service stations. Customers are allowed to receive free servicing twice on their Lenovo Smart TV, which includes on-site assembly, tuning and demos.
 

Lenovo Group chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo Group senior vice president and Mobile Internet Digital Home president Liu Jun, Lenovo Group senior vice president and Lenovo China president Chen Xudong and other senior-level Lenovo management, Qualcomm senior vice president Luis Pineda, RTS and BesTV New Media Co. Ltd. vice chairman Zhang Dazhong, and other high-level Lenovo partners from Philips, LGD, Monotype, Sina and Game Loft all attended the press conference.

 

Attached: Partner stance on Lenovo Smart TV:

 

Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul E. Jacobs

            Lenovo Smart TV is the first smart TV in the world to adopt the Snapdragon™ Xiaolong processor, as well as the first to run on Android 4.0 OS. This excellent smart TV product is an accomplishment resulting from an extraordinary partnership — it combines Lenovo's insights in personal computing and consumer electronics with Qualcomm's expertise in mobile, computing and other multimedia fields.

 

SINA Corporation president and CEO Chao Guowei

            Lenovo, a leader in China's IT industry, has leveraged the strengths of its product technology and major advantages over the course of many years in the PC field to develop and introduce its smart TV today. I believe that this will have a wide-reaching influence on the entire industry. Sina has developed the first TV-app - Sina Weibo TV - exclusively for Lenovo. This will allow users to discover and share their favorite content and interact with the TV programs they watch all without leaving their home. 

 

About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company – and the second largest PC company in the world, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the Company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

Lenovo Establishes Industrial Base in Wuhan

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Lenovo Establishes Industrial Base in Wuhan

Lenovo’s new facilities in Wuhan will improve the company’s capacity to innovate in mobile internet market and optimize its global supply chain

Beijing – May 7, 2012: Lenovo Group and the Wuhan government today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of the Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base. The site will include integrated facilities for mobile Internet product R&D, production and sales. The new facility will help drive Lenovo’s innovation capability in the field of mobile Internet and optimize its global supply chain, helping the Company to develop and deliver new mobile internet products and bring them to its customers even faster. Total investment over the next five years is expected to be approximately RMB5 billion, and the facility will begin operations in October 2013.
 

“As an industry leader, we are aggressively moving forward into the PC Plus era, and with our Mobile Internet Digital Home group actively engaged, we are accelerating development in smart phones, tablets, and other mobile Internet terminal markets," said Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo Group chairman and CEO. "We’re determined to firmly seize the tremendous opportunities for innovation in this market, so that Lenovo's customers have even more opportunities to own our award-winning products, from PCs to mobile Internet devices. “When it begins operations, the Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base will greatly improve our innovative capability and further optimize our supply chain, giving us a solid foundation to win in a broader market.”
 

The Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base will mainly focus on the R&D, production and sales of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices that will cover the Chinese and global markets. By 2014 total sales revenue from the industrial base is expected to reach RMB10 billion, increasing to RMB50 billion within the next five years. The facility also has the potential to create nearly 10,000 job opportunities in the coming years, in a variety of related businesses. Included in this number, Lenovo within the next few years expects to employee several thousand R&D and management staff located at Wuhan, focused solely on advancing R&D in mobile Internet devices and application. The Lenovo (Wuhan) Industrial Base will help improve Lenovo’s entire supply chain as well as its R&D and marketing systems, by building even more end-to-end product capability.
 

As the central city supported by China’s strategy of promoting the development of central regions, Wuhan hosts the nation’s second independent innovation demonstration area after Beijing’s Zhongguancun. Wuhan has benefitted from the government’s efforts to promote the development of China’s central and western regions and has great growth potential, having already attracted investment from many Fortune 500 companies.
 

At the end of 2011, Lenovo became the world’s second-largest PC maker after being the world’s fastest growing PC maker for nine consecutive quarters. At the same time, Lenovo’s mobile Internet business made significant progress. The company is now a top-three smart phone maker in China with double-digit market share, and the second-place tablet maker with a market share of 16.5%, far ahead of its competitors in the android market.

 

ABOUT LENOVO

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company – and the second largest PC company in the world, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the Company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

Lenovo Completes Expansion at Whitsett Distribution Center

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Lenovo Completes Expansion at Whitsett Distribution Center

Business growth drives need for more capacity; employment up 40 percent last year alone

WHITSETT, NC – May 2, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today marked completion of an expansion project at its U.S. Fulfillment Center (USFC) here, which was undertaken in response to rapid growth of the company’s business in North America, particularly in the consumer PC market. Volume handled through the Center has more than doubled since its opening in 2008, while employment has grown over 40 percent.

 

The expansion project, which began in late 2011, adds nearly 20 percent more space – almost 40,000 sq. ft. – to the distribution center. The facility, which employs approximately 160 full-time workers and shipped its 10 millionth unit last year, is Lenovo’s primary distribution hub serving North America. In addition to order fulfillment, It handles critical tasks such as product configuration, bundling of PC accessories and returns management.

 “The Whitsett facility is a key component in our effort to increase distribution efficiency and provide even better service to our customers, particularly consumers,” said David Schmoock, senior vice president and president, Lenovo North America. “Lenovo has been the fastest growing major PC company for nine consecutive quarters, and our sales in North America are a big reason why.

“With the expanded product distribution and configuration capabilities made possible through this project, we’re confident that Lenovo will continue to build on its strong momentum in North America supported by this world-class facility,” he added.

A key motivation for Lenovo’s decision to expand the USFC was the company’s dramatic growth in the U.S. consumer PC market, which is served primarily through key retail partners such as Best Buy and Office Depot, among others. Through these partner relationships, Lenovo more than doubled its PC volume sold through U.S. retailers and topped five percent consumer PC market share for the first time.

About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company serving customers in more than 160 countries, and the world’s second-largest PC vendor. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

Lenovo and VeriFone Announce Mobile Point of Sale Platform with PAYware Mobile Enterprise

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Lenovo and VeriFone Announce Mobile Point of Sale Platform with PAYware Mobile Enterprise

Transforms Retail Customer Service with Secure Payments Anytime, Anywhere 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – May 2, 2012: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) today announced the ThinkPad Mobile POS, a complete mobile point of sale (POS) platform for retail outlets built on the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet and a custom version of VeriFone’s PAYware Mobile Enterprise for Tablet payment solution. With the ThinkPad Mobile POS, retailers can easily configure, customize and manage an end-to-end point of sale platform that  delivers a more efficient and flexible alternative than stationary cash registers, helping to create new revenue opportunities for retailers, and improving the shopping experience for customers.

“The ThinkPad Mobile POS platform joins the rich ThinkPad heritage of productivity and durability with VeriFone’s global leadership in secure electronic payment solutions,” said Dilip Bhatia, vice president ThinkPad Business Unit, Lenovo. “The end result is a versatile and secure mobile platform that increases customer transaction speed and helps advance retail shopping to a new level of personal service.”

Retailers can remotely manage the ThinkPad Mobile POS with ease, including individual device tracking, managing applications, checking status on individual units and even remotely wiping and resetting devices to minimize on-site support intervention.  Information Technology managers also have full control over timing for operating system updates, which means avoiding unnecessary business disruptions and security risks created by unvetted updates from hardware vendors.

“Mobile solutions are enabling retailers to reimagine the point of sale and Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet solution with PAYware Mobile Enterprise makes it possible to engage customers in the aisle or wherever goods are being sold,” said Jennifer Miles, VeriFone executive vice president, North America.

Secure Shopping Experience
With the average cost of a cardholder data breach exceeding $6.6 million¹, security is paramount in payment devices. The ThinkPad Mobile POS meets or exceeds PCI 3, EMV 1 and 2, UKCC and Interac requirements, ensuring secure acceptance of all forms of payment, including EMV (EuroPay, MasterCard and Visa), NFC (near field communication), debit and gift cards, electronic coupons, loyalty programs and promotions. VeriShield Total Protect encrypts cardholder data the instant it enters the tablet and the ThinkPad Mobile POS keeps cardholder data encrypted until receipt at a secure data center, eliminating the risk of data compromise.

Smart and Reliable ThinkPad Design for Multi-Function Use
Built to rigorous ThinkPad MilSpec standards that characterize all ThinkPad hardware, the ThinkPad tablet offers industry-leading durability with a brilliant display, multi-touch or pen input and dual HD cameras. The ThinkPad Mobile POS is the retailer’s mobile workhorse, powering customer service, store management, analytics, inventory control, scheduling and more. Unlike consumer tablets, Lenovo uniquely gives ThinkPad tablet users full control over the operating system, letting retailers determine what can run on the tablet and when it is updated.  Coupled with an enterprise-class service and support, the ThinkPad Tablet is ideally suited to mission critical application.  

The POS case, designed by Targus, provides a clean contemporary look with a lightweight and ergonomic design. The multi-charge station charges up to five POS units, with case, in a single charge point.

1 “2008 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach”, the Ponemon Institute.

About LenovoLenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company serving customers in more than 160 countries, and the world’s second-largest PC vendor. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile Internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see www.lenovo.com.

About VeriFone Systems, Inc. (www.verifone.com) 
VeriFone Systems, Inc. (“VeriFone”) (NYSE: PAY) is the global leader in secure electronic payment solutions. VeriFone provides expertise, solutions and services that add value to the point of sale with merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare vertical markets.  VeriFone solutions are designed to meet the needs of merchants, processors and acquirers in developed and emerging economies worldwide. 

In Focus: Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience Program Puts PCs on the Fast Track

In Focus: Lenovo’s Enhanced Experience Program Puts PCs on the Fast Track

April 26, 2012

With some of the fastest boot times on the market, Lenovo’s design philosophy is all about quality.

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REDMOND, Wash. — April 26, 2012 — Three years ago, in the early days of Windows 7, Microsoft was working with PC makers to help enhance start-up times, sleep mode, battery life and the all-around performance of PCs, and this effort continues today.

Lenovo took this initiative one step further: Now in its third generation, the Lenovo Enhanced Experience (EE) has become less of a Microsoft initiative and more of the “secret sauce” behind the world’s second-largest maker of PCs.

“At Lenovo, we saw what Microsoft was trying to do, and embraced it,” says Michael Littler, director of Marketing for Lenovo’s Idea Product Group, which develops laptops, tablets and PCs for the consumer market. “We worked hard on the engineering side and achieved some excellent results in the first generation. With that success came some executive leadership for the program, and even more resources were put into the performance of our PCs.”

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Today the third generation of the program, known as EE3, has brought Lenovo to the top tier of PC performance across a number of key benchmarks. Going well beyond the scope of Microsoft’s initial efforts, Lenovo now runs proprietary software that’s enabled the company to optimize performance on the Windows 7 platform. The program stretches across Lenovo’s product portfolio, from consumer notebooks, to small business products, all the way to the enterprise-class ThinkPad line, one of the oldest brands in the PC universe.

“For each of those segments there are advantages,” Littler says. “But it’s not just the actual benefit of the PC booting faster or having a longer battery life. Those performance metrics are a symptom of the quality of the product overall.”

Littler says that focus on quality is the driving force in Lenovo’s engineering. When designing products such as the new IdeaCentre A720 all-in-one PC, which is being launched this year, Lenovo strives to put out the best-quality product possible. Then, once the product is in production, the company works to optimize the cost through sourcing the components more efficiently, to bring that product to a wider portion of the market.

“It always begins with building the best products we can,” Littler says. “For a generation, the ThinkPad line has been renowned as a quality, reliable and robust product, and we place that same priority on our consumer line.”

As an engineering manager on the Microsoft team that engages with Lenovo, Michelle Niethammer has seen that philosophy play out over the years. Niethammer’s team works with Lenovo to optimize the company’s PCs and ensure all the components work well in the Windows environment.

“They’re very focused on quality, high-performing machines, and they continually improve on performance,” Niethammer says. “They’ve really driven that into their core engineering process. They test every machine. They have certain goals that must be met or they won’t release a new design to production.”

For this year’s refresh of Lenovo’s EE3 PCs, Niethammer says Lenovo has optimized everything from BIOS to all of the drivers in an effort to get users to the desktop quickly. When it comes to battery life, Niethammer’s team has worked to evaluate which apps should load upon startup and which should be user-initiated.

“Just by moving some apps into the user action category we got about 30 more minutes of battery life,” she says. “Like removing extra weight from your car, it improves the PC’s mileage and performance.”

For EE3, Niethammer says Lenovo has also built some intelligence into the way PCs manage battery life, taking cues from user behavior. The new functionality is an example of how the PC maker has expanded on Microsoft’s foundational work and made the EE program pure Lenovo.

“If you always throw the machine in your bag after work and never turn it on until the next morning, it’ll actually learn that pattern and go into hibernate mode at the appropriate time,” she says. “About a half hour before you typically turn it on, it’ll move back into sleep, so it wakes up very quickly when you need it.”

With this year’s product refresh coming out, Littler says the Lenovo line features many of the traditional products that have made the company successful, with some new twists like the all-in-one A720. This year’s achievements in improved performance, he says, have positioned Lenovo well to deliver very fast PCs for the Windows 7 world that can make the transition to Windows 8 when it comes time.

“Windows 8 is a whole new ballgame, and we’re working closely with Microsoft’s engineers to see how we can improve and push the envelope for performance even further,” Littler says. “With the products we’re launching this year, there’s no need to wait for Windows 8 to come out. These products are some of the fastest out there for Windows 7 and will perform well on the Windows 8 platform as well.”