From ThinkPad to ThinkPhone
ThinkPhone. © Lenovo.
On the 30th anniversary of the red trackpoint laptop, Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Lenovo, presented a new Android phone inspired by the famous ThinkPad laptops, a brand that Lenovo has owned since 2005. The ThinkPhone is a rugged phone with a ThinkPad-ish esthetic, which comes with a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC, a 6.6-inch OLED display, a 5,000mAh battery and two cameras on the back: a stabilized 50 megapixel main camera and a wide-angle 13 megapixel. It’s MIL-STD 810H certified and IP68 rated for dust and water resistance. In addition, it’s equipped with a “Think 2 Think” suite of utilities that make it very easy to communicate with your ThinkPad. The Unified Clipboard, for example, can automatically share clipboard content between the phone and the laptop. You can even use the ThinkPhone as a webcam for your conference calls on the ThinkPad. The device should be available worldwide “in the coming months”, but no price has been announced.
⇨ The Verge, Monica Chin, “The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is a ThinkPad owner’s dream.”
2023-01-09
