Lenovo ThinkPad is Consistently Strongest Notebook PC Brand, According to TBR
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Lenovo today announced it has garnered top rankings in notebook brand  awareness and customer satisfaction in the fourth quarter of last year,  according to Technology Business Research (TBR).
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Curse of the fire-breathing Sonys Lenovo and IBM today issued a recall on notebook batteries sold with various ThinkPad models between February 2005 and September 2006.â¦
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Lenovo Group Ltd. agreed to pay $1.25 billion for International Business Machines Corp.&#39;s personal computer business, lifting China&#39;s largest PC maker to third in world rankings and giving it a globally recognized brand.
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There are smart moves, and there are stupid moves. For some reason, IBM is selling ThinkPad, the best business notebook brand name, to some Far East discount outfit. That can't be a smart move. As a nonsmart counter-move, I figured I'd better break down and buy one of the darn things before none were left. So I did.
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(InfoWorld) - Just two weeks after expanding its relationship with Best Buy, Lenovo GroupÂ said Wednesday it will try to win even more U.S. small business customers by selling its notebook PCs at Circuit City's retail shops. In both deals, customers will be able to buy Lenovo's ThinkPad T60 widescreen and Lenovo N100 notebook PCs. Circuit City will also sell extra variations of those models in its stores, and the C200 notebook over its Web site and the phone. The move makes Lenovo notebooks available to shoppers at Circuit City's 700 U.S. stores and Best Buy's 300 "Best Buy for Business" stores. The deal could reach even more consumers in 2008, when Best Buy plans to build 95 new stores in the U.S. Lenovo made the move because it sees a trend of more small business users purchasing their PCs at retail outlets instead of channels or online, according to a statement from Steve Mungall, Lenovo's vice president for worldwide and Americas channels. If it succeeds, the plan could help Lenovo return to profit after several weak quarters. The company relies strongly on revenue from China and Europe, while sales in the Americas have declined with a slump in enterprise demand. The company was also shaken earlier this month byÂ the sale of 300 million Lenovo shares by IBM, its second-biggest shareholder and the original owner of Lenovo's ThinkPad PC line. However, while Lenovo is making a wise move in using retail stores to reach small business buyers, it will face new challenges, one analyst said. Because retail stores attract a full spectrum of buyers, Lenovo must improve its marketing and product features to succeed. "Retail is a blunt sword to capture those customers as opposed to the sharp edge they are normally used to. Being in stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, and Office Depot means they need to be priced competitively against the more consumer-focused offerings on the shelf," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for the NPD Group. To succeed with this strategy, Lenovo will have to sell PCs designed for both consumers and small businesses instead of the business-focused notebooks they have now. "Bottom line is they are entering a very tough segment with products that are trying to focus narrowly in a wide atmosphere. I suspect that they will be severely challenged to profitably expand their business to the customers they are interested in with this channel strategy," Baker said. In the meantime, Lenovo is sticking with its business focus. The company advertises the T60, with a weight of 5.1 pounds (2.3 kilograms),Â as the lightest 15.4-inch widescreen notebook available from the top five vendors. And Lenovo pitches the N100 to small business customers who want improved Wi-Fi for greater range and faster speeds in wireless connectivity. For Circuit City sales, both models come preloaded with Microsoft's Windows Vista Home Basic or Premium OS, while the online version of the T60 uses Vista Business. Â
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By Lillian Liu  HONG KONG: Lenovo Group Ltd, China's top personal computer (PC) maker, has posted its best quarterly results since purchasing IBM's PC arm in 2005.
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The company shows a flair for design with its new line of notebooks, as it branches out into the consumer retail PC market.
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Itâs competition time for PC makers, and good news for price-sensitive consumers. Thatâs how industry gurus are assessing the scenario, after last weekâs sensational announcement of the deal between Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group and US-based IBM.
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China's largest manufacturer of personal computers Lenovo Group said it has bought IBM's PC business for 1.25 billion dollars, making it the world's number three in the intensely competitive field.
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The MacBook Air is a stunner, no doubt, but it's going to be up against stiff challenges from PC notebook makers. Here are a few of the top ones.
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Lenovo Group Limited and IBM have announced a definitive agreement under which Lenovo will acquire IBMâs Personal Computing division to form the worldâs third largest PC business, bringing IBMâs leading enterprise-class PC technologies to the
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Lenovo Group Limited, a Personal Computer brand in China and across Asia has announced a definitive agreement under which Lenovo will acquire IBM&#39;s Personal Computing Division to form the world&#39;s third-largest PC business, bringing IBM&#39;s enterprise-class
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InfoWorld - Lenovo Group has signed a five-year deal with IBM&#160;to provide services and support to its customers. The deal, outlined in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange Tuesday, could be worth up to $245 million for IBM over the term of the contract.
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In the past 24 hours sources claiming to be working on the alleged IBM deal have named Lenovo -- China&#39;s largest maker of personal computers -- as the probable buyer.
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BEIJING, Dec. 31 -- The biggest Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group acquired the personal computer unit of the world&#39;s largest information technology giant IBM on December 8 at a cost of US$1.75 billion.
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InfoWorld - Lenovo Group said its net income almost tripled during its third fiscal quarter, thanks to strong demand for its computers and a weak U.S. dollar.
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Leather-bound for executive class It's been 15 years since IBM first unveiled the ThinkPad laptop and about two years since Lenovo acquired it as part of a $1.25bn spending spree. So, in an attempt to capitalise on its purchase, Lenovo has unveiled a leather-bound, 5000-unit limited edition ThinkPad.â¦