Lenovo’s New Cell Phone: The LePhone

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While it’s more famous for its laptops and business computing services, Lenovo has made substantial and increasing forays into the cell phone market. The Chinese company’s cell phones have been largely aimed at the rapidly expanding demand for phones in China, including a range of camera phones like the G650 and basic models like the E307. In early January this year, Lenovo released a new smartphone model called the LePhone, aiming to make inroads into the lucrative Chinese smartphone market. There is speculation over whether Lenovo will release the LePhone in the US, with executives remaining tight-lipped about a global release.

The LePhone runs a highly modified version of Google’s Android operating system known as OPhone by Lenovo representatives, and integrates a number of features similar to those of webOS and the iPhone. The LePhone’s design resembles that of the iPhone, made up of a 480×800-pixel touchscreen that dominates the phone’s rounded shape. Additional features include access to Twitter and Facebook, a 3-megapixel camera and camcorder, and a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor. While Lenovo has made other multimedia-compatible phones in the past, industry experts generally agree that the LePhone is its first real incursion into the consumer smartphone market. Other Lenovo phones like the P609C tend to have a plainer, more angular feel to them, a businesslike look that the company seems to be moving away from.

The new LePhone is slated to ship with a proprietary 9-pin data cable, although the extent of integration with current Lenovo laptops and PCs is currently unknown. A peripheral keyboard which connects magnetically to the LePhone has also been revealed by Lenovo.

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 4:54 pm by Mark Yeow and is filed under Cell Phones. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.