Could we possibly call it "The Romney"? - New smart TV from Lenovo
Lenovo introducing TV in China
Submitted by davidranii on 01/09/2012 - 10:07
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Lenovo, the world's No. 2 PC maker, plans to enter the intensely competitive television market with a new "smart TV" that users can control with their voice.
The new K91 TV, announced Sunday, is debuting in China immediately and will be available elsewhere at an unspecified later date. It's the first TV that will utilize the Android 4.0 operating system.
Lenovo, which zoomed from No. 4 to No. 2 among the world's PC makers last year, is based in China and has 1,800 workers at what it calls its "executive headquarters" in Morrisville.
The K91 with "voice control" is being released with 42-inch and 55-inch widescreen displays and is part of the company's four-screen strategy -- PCs, tablet devices, smartphones and TVs -- that aims to take advantage of cloud computing to provide a seamless experience for users. The company has dubbed its approach the "Personal Cloud."
Its smartphones and TVs, however, aren't yet available in the U.S. market.
PC makers that have expanded into TVs in the past -- HP, Dell and Gateway -- haven't fared well, said technology analyst Rob Enderle of The Enderle Group.
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