Lenovo selling off cellphone business you never heard of
By Ryan Block 
posted Jan 31st 2008 12:12AM
posted Jan 31st 2008 12:12AM
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Say it with me:
Lenovo had a cellphone business?
Yep. They sold the phones in the palm stores.
That clarification should have read "that's Hony not Horny," because honestly, that's what I saw first, not Sony lol.
Seconded. Either that or Honey.
To me it wouldn't matter since I can't read.
To me it wouldn't matter because Steve Jobs said I can't read.
The one on the left looks a lot like a Dell Axim X50v.
Sure does. Aaah I miss my old x50v (and x51v). Nice VGA screen, no small HTC phone has one yet! Probably because they wouldn't be usable without video drivers!
is that a google button on the pocket pc phone?
Hmmmm so it is, interesting
I don't know why, but they have about a 5% share of the Chinese cell phone market. And compared to the Nokias and the SEs in China, they are pretty cheap. The one on the right probably costs about U$100
yeah, i wouldnt do that with a 100 million
Take notes, Garmin.
Absolutely. For budget crap those phones don't look half bad, a hell of a lot better than what Garmin came up with for their iPhone competitor...
Now if they joined forces...
I live in china and I have DEFINITELY heard of their cell phones. They are everywhere, and have a decent cheapness/quality if you are looking below nokia/motoral and above BiRD and TCL (heard of those?), and those are only the non-fake brands :)
Same here, I lived in Thailand and knew someone with a Lenovo phone, thought it was a fake at the time...
Me so Hony
so sad that lenovo is leaving the business before i could actually find a cellphone made by them .
and yes , i did know that they had cellphone business , but , well , i only KNOW , i could never found them . even on a store.
those displays have horrible clouding ;P
how do u know that they are "crappy ones" if you never used one..?
Are they the guys that make the NOKLA N95 ? :-)
Our Lenovo rep explained that they never sold any outside China as they are all rip-offs of other phones, as is the Chinese way..
Yes, engadget, the world is bigger than you knew. And words from other cultures are funny, too. Now get back to your grade 5 homework.
Crappy...China, it is time to reconsider the pre-conceived image already. Where do you think in today's global environment most of your gadgets are mnf'd? It is a pity that a lot off handsets don't work in the US market, GSM standardization and everything would be much easier to transfer.
Anyway, with the rumors on Motorola handset business, with their factories in China, it would be a nice move to be combined with ex-Lenovo's, add BenQ for that matter and shake well.
I thought they don't sell in overseas market because of after sale service fuss. ??