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76-606: The ThinkPad Yoga is a 2-in-1 convertible business-oriented tablet from Lenovo unveiled in September at the 2013 IFA in Berlin , Germany . It was released in the United States in November 2013. The ThinkPad Yoga series laptops have a "backlit" keyboard that flattens when flipped into tablet mode. This is accomplished with a platform surrounding the keys which rises until level with
152-441: A 12.5-inch IPS touchscreen with 1080p resolution . The screen was designed for use with an optional pen-style digitizer . It is powered by Haswell processors from Intel . Buyers are able to choose standard 2.5" hard drives or SSD, and additional M.2 SSD , but have a non-replaceable battery and soldered RAM. 1366×768 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch Anti-glare, anti-smudge: 1920×1080 IPS Touch The Windows version has
228-484: A 5% share. Lenovo and NEC also agreed to explore cooperating in other areas such as servers and tablet computers. Roderick Lappin, chairman of the Lenovo–NEC joint venture, told the press that the two companies will expand their co-operation to include the development of tablet computers. In June 2011, Lenovo announced that it planned to acquire control of Medion , a German electronics manufacturing company. Lenovo said
304-569: A change in typography or the look of the logo. We asked 'If we really are a net-driven, customer-centric company, what should the logo look like?' We came up with the idea of a digital logo first [...] designed to be used on the internet and adaptable to context." In early June 2015, Lenovo announced plans to sell up to US$ 650 million in five-year bonds denominated in Chinese yuan. The bonds were sold in Hong Kong with coupon ranging from 4.95% to 5.05%. This
380-477: A closer relationship with Intel, the maker of most server processors, through its acquisition of IBM's x86-based server business. On 1 October 2014, Lenovo closed its acquisition of IBM's server division, with the final price put at $ 2.1 billion. Lenovo said this acquisition came in at a price lower than the previously announced $ 2.3 billion partially because of a change in the value of IBM inventories. The deal has been already approved by Europe and China. Per Forbes,
456-534: A company doing quality checks on computers. It also tried and failed to market a digital watch. In May 1988, Lenovo placed its first recruitment advertisement on the front page of the China Youth News . Such ads were quite rare in China at the time. Out of the 500 respondents, 280 were selected to take a written employment exam. 120 of these candidates were interviewed in person. Although interviewers initially only had
532-490: A final sale in 2011 completing their divestment. Mary Ma , Lenovo's chief financial officer from 1990 to 2007, was in charge of investor relations. Under her leadership, Lenovo successfully integrated Western-style accountability into its corporate culture. Lenovo's emphasis on transparency earned it a reputation for the best corporate governance among mainland Chinese firms. While Hong Kong-listed firms were only required to issue financial reports twice per year, Lenovo followed
608-675: A governmental research institute. Then known as Legend, the company developed numerous electronics before focusing on personal computers. Co-founder Liu Chuanzhi incorporated Legend in Hong Kong in an attempt to raise capital and was successfully permitted to build computers in China. It listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1994 and became the largest PC manufacturer in China and eventually in Asia; they were also domestic distributors for HP printers, Toshiba laptops, and others. After
684-696: A joint venture with Fujitsu and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ). In the joint venture, Fujitsu would sell Lenovo a 51% stake in Fujitsu Client Computing Limited . DBJ would acquire a 5% stake. In September 2018, Lenovo and NetApp announced about strategic partnership and joint venture in China. As part of strategic partnership Lenovo started two new lines of storage systems: DM-Series and DE-Series. Both storage systems using Lenovo hardware and NetApp software: DM-Series using ONTAP OS and DE-Series SANtricity OS. In 2018, Lenovo became
760-542: A new logo at Lenovo Tech World in Beijing, with the slogan "Innovation Never Stands Still" ( Chinese : 创新无止境 ). Lenovo's new logo, created by Saatchi, can be changed by its advertising agencies and sales partners, within restrictions, to fit the context. It has a lounging "e" and is surrounded by a box that can be changed to use a relevant scene, solid color, or photograph. Lenovo's Chief Marketing Officer David Roman said, "When we first started looking at it, it wasn't about just
836-420: A quad-core Intel Celeron CPU, has 4 GB of RAM which can not be upgraded, an 11.6 inch screen, and 16GB of eMMC flash storage. Reviewers claim it is somewhat heavier than a typical Chromebook with a weight of 3.1 pounds. This is likely because of its ruggedized and reinforced chassis. It uses typical ThinkPad-style keyboard with customized ChromeOS keys. It does not have Trackpoint but only a touchpad. The screen
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#1733084910989912-552: A satisfying work machine. The notebook features a high-quality build and an excellent keyboard and trackpad — all must-have features for serious productivity. And extras like the TrackPoint pointing stick are great for legacy ThinkPad users who prefer those options." 1366×768 1920×1080 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch Anti-glare: 1920×1080 IPS Touch The Yoga 260 uses a lightweight carbon-fiber hybrid material on its lid and magnesium-plastic blend on its lower portion. Lenovo claims
988-435: A team of engineers led by Liu Chuanzhi and Danny Lui . Initially specializing in televisions , the company migrated towards manufacturing and marketing computers. Liu Chuanzhi and his group of ten experienced engineers , teaming up with Danny Lui , officially founded Lenovo in Beijing on November 1, 1984, with 200,000 yuan . The Chinese government approved Lenovo's incorporation on the same day. Jia Xufu (贾续福), one of
1064-747: A touchscreen display with resolution of 1920×1080 or 2560×1440, designed in cooperation with Wacom , using that company's Active ES technology which can sense 2,048 different pressure levels. The screen works with a stylus called the ThinkPad Pen Pro that has various pen tips designed to give varied forms of tactile feedback. The P40 uses Intel Core i7 CPUs, can accommodate up to 16 gigabytes of RAM, has SSDs up to 512 gigabytes in size, and uses an Nvidia Quadro M500M GPU. 1366×768 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch 2560×1440 IPS Touch Anti-glare: 1920×1080 IPS Touch 2560×1440 IPS Touch Anti-glare: 1920×1080 IPS Touch The ThinkPad X1 Yoga
1140-429: A type of faint radio signal. Magnetic waves are emitted from the tablet, which are then transmitted to the pen and stored. When the pen is released, the waves are sent back to the tablet, which uses it to determine the pen's position; this avoids the usage of separate batteries in the pen. The pen also contains a movable tip, which allows determining the pressure applied to the tablet. Wacom has been criticized for
1216-653: Is a Chinese-American multinational technology company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer electronics , personal computers , software, servers, converged and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, and related services. Its global headquarters are in Beijing , and Morrisville, North Carolina , United States; it has research centers at these locations, elsewhere in China, in Stuttgart, Germany , and in Yamato, Japan . Lenovo originated as an offshot of
1292-540: Is a manufacturer of personal computers, smartphones, televisions, and wearable devices. Some of the company's earliest products included the KT8920 mainframe computer and a circuit board that allowed IBM-compatible personal computers to process Chinese characters. One of its first computers was the Tianxi ( 天禧 ), released in 1998 in the Chinese market. It became the best selling computer in Chinese history in 2000. Lenovo markets
1368-451: Is a rather standard ThinkPad device with a black magnesium-reinforced chassis, island keyboard, a red TrackPoint, and a large buttonless touchpad (but touchpad have been upgraded to a mechanical 3-button version for a next generations of Yoga line). Battery configuration Processor Weight Screen resolution Graphics Laptop storage combinations (excluding WWAN slot) Laptop memory The first ThinkPad Yoga has
1444-602: Is a revamp of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon that includes the multi-mode flexibility of the Yoga line and a 14-inch display with optional OLED technology. The display has a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. It weighs about 1.3 kg (2.8 pounds). 1366×768 IPS Touch 1366×768 IPS Touch 2560×1440 OLED Touch Anti-glare: 1920×1080 IPS Touch 2560×1440 IPS Touch A 13.3 inch replacement for the Yoga 260, with 7th generation Intel Core processors. Changes from previous X1 Yoga includes
1520-504: Is included for logging into a user account. The design of Yoga 260 is in the same generation as the ThinkPad X260, which features 6th generation Intel Core i processors, same display resolution choices, same supported operating systems. Yoga 460 is a base model with only integrated graphics. The ThinkPad P40 Yoga, like other Yoga branded products, is a convertible device with "laptop, stand, tent, and tablet" modes. The P40 Yoga includes
1596-449: Is matte with and anti-glare coating and has a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. A 720p webcam is mounted above the screen. It has media card reader, a USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.0 port, and HDMI 1.4 port and a headphone jack. Connectivity is provided by 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. The 11e fully supports the openSUSE flavor of the Linux operating system. The Yoga 14 model reportedly "strikes
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#17330849109891672-502: Is not expected to significantly affect earnings. More specifically, Stoneware was acquired to further Lenovo's efforts to improve and expand its cloud-computing services. For the two years prior to its acquisition, Stoneware partnered with Lenovo to sell its software. During this period Stoneware's sales doubled. Stoneware was founded in 2000. As of September 2012, Stoneware is based in Carmel, Indiana, and has 67 employees. Lenovo re-entered
1748-494: Is only the second sale of bonds in Lenovo's history. Financial commentators noted that Lenovo was paying a premium to list the bonds in yuan given relatively low costs for borrowing in US dollars. Lenovo said that its x86 servers will be available to all its channel partners. Lenovo plans to cut prices on x86 products in order to gain market share. This goes in alliance with IBM 's vision of
1824-572: The IdeaPad , Yoga , LOQ, and Legion consumer lines of notebooks, and the IdeaCentre , LOQ, Legion, and ThinkCentre lines of desktops. Lenovo is also part of a joint venture with NEC , named Lenovo NEC Holdings, that produces personal computers for the Japanese market. The company also operates Motorola Mobility which produced smartphones. Lenovo was founded in Beijing on 1 November 1984 as Legend by
1900-763: The Moto X , Moto G , Droid Turbo , and the future Motorola Mobility product roadmap, while Google retained the Advanced Technologies & Projects unit and all but 2,000 of the company's patents. Lenovo received royalty free licenses to all the patents retained by Google. Lenovo received approval from the European Union for its acquisition of Motorola in June 2014. The acquisition was completed on 30 October 2014. Motorola Mobility remained headquartered in Chicago, and continued to use
1976-458: The ThinkPad , IdeaPad , Yoga , Legion and Xiaoxin ( 小新 ; Chinese market only) lines of laptops, as well as the IdeaCentre and ThinkCentre lines of desktops. It expanded significantly in 2005 through its acquisition of IBM 's personal computer business, including its ThinkPad and ThinkCentre lines. As of January 2013, shipments of THINK-branded computers have doubled since Lenovo's takeover of
2052-505: The Tokyo Stock Exchange . The company was founded in 1983. The name Wacom came from an abbreviated variation of World Computer ( Japanese : ワールドコンピュータ, wārudo konpyūtā ), with the syllable "wa" (和, Japanese for "harmony"). Wacom was the first company to make pens without a cord, which it introduced in 1991; it released its first pen display the following year. Its products were initially targeted at professional artists, but by
2128-633: The Hong Kong market in March 2000 and raised about US$ 212 million . It rebranded to the name Lenovo in 2003 and began making acquisitions to expand the company. Lenovo acquired IBM 's personal computer business in 2005, including the ThinkPad laptop and ThinkCentre desktop lines. Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's personal computer division accelerated access to foreign markets while improving Lenovo's branding and technology. Lenovo paid US$ 1.25 billion for IBM's computer business and assumed an additional US$ 500 million of IBM's debt. This acquisition made Lenovo
2204-532: The LePhone. At the same time, LeGarden counted 2,774 individual developers and 542 developer companies as members. On January 27, 2011, Lenovo formed a joint venture to produce personal computers with Japanese electronics firm NEC . The companies said in a statement that they would establish a new company called Lenovo NEC Holdings, to be registered in the Netherlands. NEC received US$ 175 million in Lenovo stock. Lenovo
2280-547: The LenovoEMC brand, and designed products for small and medium-sized businesses that could not afford enterprise-class data storage. Lenovo has since retired all of the LenovoEMC products on their product page advising that the products are no longer available for purchase on lenovo.com. IBM sold its x86-based server lines, including System x and Blade Center , to Lenovo in 2014. Lenovo says it will gain access to more enterprise customers, improve its profit margins, and develop
2356-624: The MobileStudio, a pen display with an inbuilt computer. They have also made other lines of graphics tablets, such as the Bamboo and Graphire, which were both screenless. In 2011, the company released a tablet-less pen, which allowed for drawing on any piece of paper, but was criticized for being inaccurate compared to a normal photo scan. In 2018, they partnered with Magic Leap to create collaborative mixed reality design tools at CES . The tablets use electromagnetic resonance (EMR) technology,
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2432-507: The Motorola brand, but Liu Jun, president of Lenovo's mobile device business, became the head of the company. In April 2014, Lenovo purchased a portfolio of patents from NEC related to mobile technology. These included over 3,800 patent families in countries around the world. The purchase included standards-essential patents for 3G and LTE cellular technologies and other patents related to smartphones and tablets. In May 2015, Lenovo revealed
2508-592: The No. 2 provider of smartphones in the domestic Chinese market in 2012. However, with approximately 100 smartphone brands sold in China, this only equated to a 10.4% market share. In May 2012, Lenovo announced an investment of US$ 793 million in the construction of a mobile phone manufacturing and R&D facility in Wuhan , Hubei . In 2013, Lenovo created a joint venture with EMC named Iomega . The venture took over Iomega's business and rebranded all of Iomega's products under
2584-587: The United States Department of Treasury Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) was reportedly the last major hurdle for Lenovo, since the United States has the strictest policies. According to Timothy Prickett-Morgan from Enterprise Tech, the deal still awaits "approval of regulators in China, the European Commission , and Canada". After closing, Lenovo said that its goal
2660-542: The X1 Yoga. The design is derived from 6th generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, with the ThinkShutter privacy camera included by default (except for models with a IR camera), 15W 8th generation Core i5/i7 quad core processors and a built-in stylus. OLED screens are no longer an option. 1366×768 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS 1920×1080 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch 2560×1440 IPS Touch More affordable version of
2736-552: The X390 Yoga with replaceable RAM, but lacking thunderbolt. A smaller 13.3" derivative of the X1 Yoga. The design is derived from 7th generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon. This is notably the first ThinkPad with aluminum chassis. 15W 8th/10th generation Core i5/i7 quad core processors and a built-in stylus. 1920×1080 IPS Touch Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited , trading as Lenovo ( / l ə ˈ n oʊ v oʊ / lə- NOH -voh , Chinese : 联想 ; pinyin : Liánxiǎng ),
2812-417: The Yoga 260 has been subject to extensive testing of its ability to survive extreme temperatures, vibrations, altitudes, and shocks. Its keyboard is spill resistant. It includes a 12.5-inch display of resolution 1366×768 or 1920×1080. An active stylus, the ThinkPad Pen Pro, is included for drawing and text entry; it can be used with Lenovo's WRITEit hand-writing recognition application. A large fingerprint reader
2888-455: The ability to build a new corporate culture. At the end of its first two years, Lenovo Group had met many of its original challenges, including integrating two disparate cultures in the newly formed company, maintaining the Think brand image for quality and innovation, and improving supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies. However, Lenovo had failed to meet a key objective of the merger: leveraging
2964-542: The acquisition would double its share of the German computer market, making it the third-largest vendor by sales (after Acer and Hewlett-Packard ). The deal, which closed in the third quarter of the same year, was claimed by The New York Times as "the first in which a Chinese company acquired a well-known German company." This acquisition will give Lenovo 14% of the German computer market. Gerd Brachmann, chairman of Medion, agreed to sell two-thirds of his 60 per cent stake in
3040-515: The acquisition, Lenovo announced that its subsequent acquisitions would be concentrated in software and services. In September 2012, Lenovo agreed to acquire the United States–based software company Stoneware, in its first software acquisition. The transaction was expected to close by the end of 2012; no financial details have been disclosed. Lenovo said that the company was acquired in order to gain access to new technology and that Stoneware
3116-827: The authority to hire 16 people, 58 were given offers. The new staff included 18 people with graduate degrees, 37 with undergraduate degrees, and three students with no university-level education. Yang Yuanqing , the current chairman and CEO of Lenovo, was among that group. Liu Chuanzhi received government permission to form a subsidiary in Hong Kong and to move there along with five other employees. Liu's father, already in Hong Kong along with Lui, furthered his son's ambitions through mentoring and facilitating loans. Liu moved to Hong Kong in 1988. To save money during this period, Liu and his co-workers walked instead of taking public transportation. To keep up appearances, they rented hotel rooms for meetings. In 1990, Lenovo started to manufacture and market computers using its own brand name. Some of
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3192-665: The brand, with profit margins thought to be above 5%. Lenovo aggressively expanded the THINK brand away from traditional laptop computers in favor of tablets and hybrid devices such as the ThinkPad Tablet 2 , ThinkPad Yoga , ThinkPad 8 , ThinkPad Helix , and ThinkPad Twist ; the shift came as a response to the growing popularity of mobile devices, and the release of Windows 8 in October 2012. Lenovo achieved significant success with this high-value strategy and in 2013 controlled more than 40% of
3268-679: The combined strength of the two companies to grow volume and market share. In order to achieve success, Lenovo embraced diversification at multiple levels- business model, culture, and talent. By 2015, Lenovo grew into the world's number 1 PC maker, number 3 smartphone manufacturer and number 3 in the production of tablet computers. In March 2017, Lenovo announced it was partnering with Fort Lauderdale, Florida–based software storage virtualization company DataCore to add DataCore's parallel I/O -processing software to Lenovo's storage devices. The servers were reportedly designed to outperform Storage Area Network (SAN) SAN arrays. In 2017, Lenovo formed
3344-526: The company agreed upon at this meeting was the Chinese Academy of Sciences Computer Technology Research Institute New Technology Development Company. The organizational structure of the company was established in 1985 after the Chinese New Year . It included technology, engineering, administrative, and office departments. The group first attempted to import televisions but failed. It rebuilt itself as
3420-480: The company hit $ 60 billion in annual revenues. On 8 October 2021, Lenovo withdrew its application to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange just days after it had been accepted by the exchange, citing the possibility of the validity of financial information in its prospectus lapsing as the reason. The price of the company's shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange dropped by over 17% following the news, which
3496-438: The company publicly announced its new English name, "Lenovo", with an advertising campaign including huge billboards and primetime television ads. Lenovo spent 18 million RMB on an eight-week television advertising campaign. The billboards showed the Lenovo logo against blue sky with a slogan that read, "Transcendence depends on how you think." By the end of 2003, Lenovo had spent a total of 200 million RMB on rebranding. Lenovo
3572-600: The company rebranded itself to Lenovo, it acquired IBM 's PC business including its ThinkPad line in 2005, after which it rapidly expanded abroad. In 2013, Lenovo became the world's largest personal computer vendor by unit sales for the first time, a position it still holds as of 2024. Products manufactured by the company include desktop computers , laptops , tablet computers , smartphones , workstations , servers , supercomputers , data storage devices, IT management software, and smart televisions . Its best-known brands include its ThinkPad business line of notebooks,
3648-476: The company's early successes included the KT8920 mainframe computer. It also developed a circuit board that allowed IBM-compatible personal computers to process Chinese characters. Lenovo (known at the time as Legend) became publicly traded after a 1994 Hong Kong IPO that raised nearly US$ 30 million at HK$ 1.33 per share. Prior to the IPO, many analysts were optimistic about Lenovo. On its first day of trading,
3724-415: The company's international resources, such as its global sales channels and operation teams. These three elements have shored up our sales revenue in the past several years." The employees of the division, including those who developed ThinkPad laptops and Think Centre desktops, became employees of Lenovo. Despite Lenovo acquiring the "Think" brand from IBM, IBM still plays a key indirect, background role in
3800-488: The company's stock price hit a high of HK$ 2.07 and closed at HK$ 2.00 suggesting an initial under-valuing of the company. Proceeds from the offering were used to finance sales offices in Europe, North America and Australia, to expand and improve production and research and development, and to increase working capital. By 1996, Lenovo was the market leader in China and began selling its own laptop. By 1998 it held 43 per cent of
3876-481: The company. He will be paid in cash for 80 per cent of the shares and will receive 20 per cent in Lenovo stock. That would give him about one per cent of Lenovo. In September 2012, Lenovo agreed to acquire the Brazil -based electronics company Digibras, which sells products under the brand-name CCE, for a base price of R$ 300 million (US$ 148 million) in a combination of stock and cash. An additional payment of R$ 400 million
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#17330849109893952-565: The conference and both gave speeches on corporate governance. Lenovo sold its smartphone and tablet division in 2008 for US$ 100 million in order to focus on personal computers and then paid US$ 200 million to buy it back in November 2009. As of 2009 , the mobile division ranked third in terms of unit share in China's mobile handset market. Lenovo invested CN¥ 100 million in a fund dedicated to providing seed funding for mobile application development for its LeGarden online app store . As of 2010, LeGarden had more than 1,000 programs available for
4028-429: The design and production of the Think line of products. Today, IBM is responsible for overseeing servicing and repair centers, and is considered an authorized distributor and refurbisher of the Think line of products produced by Lenovo. IBM also acquired an 18.9% share of Lenovo in 2005 as part of Lenovo's purchase of IBM's personal computing division. In the years following the deal, IBM sold their stake in Lenovo, with
4104-463: The domestic computer market share in China, selling approximately one million computers. Lenovo released its Tianxi ( 天禧 ) computer in 1998. Designed to make it easy for inexperienced Chinese consumers to use computers and access the internet, one of its most important features was a button that instantly connected users to the internet and opened the Web browser. It was co-branded with China Telecom and it
4180-515: The founders of Lenovo, indicated that the first meeting in preparation for starting the company was held on October 17 the same year. Eleven people, the entirety of the initial staff, attended. Each of the founders was a member of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The 200,000 yuan used as start-up capital was approved by Zeng Maochao (曾茂朝). The name for
4256-515: The future around cloud technologies and their own POWER processor architecture. Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's businesses is arguably one of the greatest case studies on merging massive international enterprises. Though this acquisition in 2005 ultimately resulted in success, the integration of the businesses had a difficult and challenging beginning. Lenovo had employees from different cultures, different backgrounds, and different languages. These differences caused misunderstandings, hampering trust and
4332-450: The high cost of their professional displays. The company has also received criticism for collection of user data, which Wacom says is "for quality assurance and development purposes," where the data is anonymized. In early 2024, the company was criticised by artists for using AI-generated images in its advertising material. The company replied in a post on their blogs on January 9, stating that "using AI-Generated images in these assets
4408-422: The international norm of issuing quarterly reports. Lenovo created an audit committee and a compensation committee with non-management directors. The company started roadshows twice per year to meet institutional investors. Ma organized the first-ever investor relations conference held in mainland China. The conference was held in Beijing in 2002 and televised on China Central Television (CCTV). Liu and Ma co-hosted
4484-422: The keyboard buttons, a locking mechanism that prevents key presses, and feet that pop out to prevent the keyboard from directly resting on flat surfaces. Lenovo implemented this design in response to complaints about its earlier IdeaPad Yoga 13 and 11 models being awkward to use in tablet mode. A reinforced hinge was required to implement this design. Other than its convertible form factor, the first ThinkPad Yoga
4560-409: The late 1990s it aimed to expand to home users as well. In 2001, the company partnered with Sony to introduce a Vaio laptop with built-in touch functionality. Wacom produces two categories of graphics tablets: those with a screen ('pen display') and those without ('tablet'). In addition, the company provides software for computers and software to interpret pen data. Some pens have an eraser on
4636-492: The market for Windows computers priced above $ 900 in the United States. Wacom Wacom Co., Ltd. ( 株式会社ワコム , Kabushiki gaisha Wakomu , / ˈ w ɑː k əm / ) is a Japanese company headquartered in Kazo, Saitama , Japan, that specializes in manufacturing graphics tablets and related products. As of 2012 Wacom generated sales of approximately 40.7 billion yen with 785 employees. The company's shares are listed on
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#17330849109894712-445: The middle ground between bulky workstations and flexible hybrids." The laptop's metal hinge makes it sturdy, flexible and durable but has a below-average battery life. Like other models, the display can bend a full 360 degrees and the keyboard can be folded in half to use as a stand. According to a review for Business News Daily , "The ThinkPad Yoga 14 is a balancing act of diverse features. Thankfully, Lenovo pulled them all together into
4788-421: The more advanced Intuos Pro. In 2018, The Verge called the entry-level models a "great introduction to digital art." The One series of products is targeted at beginners, and features versions both with and without screens. The One tablet, released at CES 2020 , has a 13-inch, 1920x1080 display. The Verge labeled it as Wacom's "most affordable tablet to date," being priced at $ 400. Wacom also makes
4864-489: The rear end. Wacom's professional pen displays are under the Cintiq line. They allow for drawing directly on the screen, like drawing on paper, and are more expensive than other Wacom products. The Cintiq Companion is a portable variant of the Cintiq displays. Intuos graphics tablets do not have displays. The first version was introduced in 1999, replacing the earlier ArtZ line. It is available in an entry-level version and
4940-526: The same specs as the Chromebook, but comes with a 320GB hard drive for storage and also accepts SSDs. The memory can be upgraded up to 8GB. Unlike the Chromebook variant, the components of this version can be upgraded. The ThinkPad 11e is a Chromebook that has a matte black chassis with reinforced hinges and corners, a sturdy lid, and a rubber bumper protecting its display in order to help it survive accidental dropping, spills, and general rough handling. It uses
5016-411: The smartphone market in 2012 and quickly became the largest vendor of smartphones in mainland China. Entry into the smartphone market was paired with a change of strategy from "the one-size-fits-all" to a diverse portfolio of devices. These changes were driven by the popularity of Apple's iPhone and Lenovo's desire to increase its market share in mainland China. Lenovo surpassed Apple Inc. to become
5092-595: The third-largest computer maker worldwide by volume. Lenovo's purchase of the Think line from IBM also led to the creation of the IBM/Lenovo partnership, which works together in the creation of Think-line of products sold by Lenovo. On the purchase of IBM's personal computer division, Chuanzhi said in 2012: "We benefited in three ways from the IBM acquisition. We got the ThinkPad brand, IBM's more advanced PC manufacturing technology and
5168-526: The use of 7th generation Intel Core i ('Kaby Lake') processors, addition of Thunderbolt 3 ports, USB-C connector for power adapter, 'wave' style keyboard featuring matte finish on the keyboard. 1366×768 IPS Touch 1366×768 Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch 1920×1080 IPS Touch 2560×1440 IPS Touch Glare, anti-smudge: 2560×1440 OLED OCTA Touch More affordable version of the X380 Yoga, with replaceable RAM, but lacking Thunderbolt. A smaller 13.3" derivative of
5244-613: The world's largest provider for the TOP500 supercomputers . In 2020, Lenovo became a preferred data center innovation provider for DreamWorks Animation starting with Trolls World Tour . On 12 January 2021, Lenovo filed an application to issue Chinese depositary receipts, representing newly issued ordinary shares, and to list them on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange . In April 2021, Lenovo
5320-439: Was bundled with one year of Internet service. The Tianxi was released in 1998. It was the result of two years of research and development. It had a pastel-colored, shell-shaped case and a seven-port USB hub under its screen. As of 2000, the Tianxi was the best-selling computer in Chinese history. It sold more than 1,000,000 units in 2000 alone. To fund its continued growth, Lenovo issued a secondary offering of 50 million shares on
5396-563: Was first used to refer to a layout of Chinese typewriters in the 1950s organized into groups of common words and phrases rather than the standard dictionary layout. For the first 20 years of its existence, the company's English name was "Legend". In 2002, Yang Yuanqing decided to abandon the Legend English name to expand beyond the Chinese home market. "Legend" was already in use worldwide by many businesses, making it impossible to register in many jurisdictions outside China. In April 2003,
5472-408: Was its biggest intraday decline in over a decade. "Lenovo" is a portmanteau of "Le-" (from Legend) and "novo", Latin ablative for "new". The Chinese name ( simplified Chinese : 联想 ; traditional Chinese : 聯想 ; pinyin : Liánxiǎng ) means "association" (as in "association of ideas"), "associative thinking", or "connected thinking". It also implies creativity. "Lianxiang"
5548-480: Was made dependent upon performance benchmarks. Prior to its acquisition of CCE, Lenovo already established a $ 30 million factory in Brazil, but Lenovo's management had felt that they needed a local partner to maximize regional growth. Lenovo cited their desire to take advantage of increased sales due to the 2014 World Cup that would be hosted by Brazil and the 2016 Summer Olympics and CCE's reputation for quality. Following
5624-526: Was reorganized into three divisions: The Intelligent Devices Group for PCs, Smartphones, Smart Collaboration products, Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions and Internet of Things devices, the Infrastructure Solutions Group (formally known as Data Center Group) for smart infrastructure solutions, and the Solutions and Services Group focused on services and industry-specific products. That year,
5700-638: Was to become the world's largest maker of servers. Lenovo also announced plans to start integrating IBM's workforce. The acquisition added about 6,500 new employees to Lenovo. Lenovo said that it has no immediate intent to cut jobs. Lenovo said that positions in research and development and customer-facing roles such as marketing would be "100% protected", but expected "rationalization" of its supply chain and procurement. On 29 January 2014, Google announced it would sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for US$ 2.91 billion. As of February 2014, Google owned about 5.94% of Lenovo's stock. The deal included smartphone lines like
5776-495: Was to own a 51% stake in the joint venture, while NEC would have 49%. Lenovo has a five-year option to expand its stake in the joint venture. This joint venture was intended to boost Lenovo's worldwide sales by expanding its presence in Japan, a key market for personal computers. NEC spun off its personal computer business into the joint venture. As of 2010, NEC controlled about 20% of Japan's market for personal computers while Lenovo had
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