Alright, we have no idea why Lenovo’s phone division is suddenly pumping out copycat handsets, but these supposed shots of the Android-based oPhone’s UI look awfully familiar, don’t you think? Combine that with the equally-fishy rip of Samsung’s TouchWiz UI found in the recently-announced X1, and it more or less seems like Lenovo’s running a high-end KIRF outfit over there — no wonder this stuff never leaves China.
[Via The Raw Feed]
Okay, there’s some amount of originality here, but enough to justify a Red Dot design award? What you’re looking at here is the award-winning Lenovo X1 — as opposed to, say, the Sony Ericsson X1 — which is a triband EDGE handset Lenovo sells in China. To us, it looks like an Instinct with a slide-out keypad and TouchWiz, but what do we know? Coincidentally, Lenovo calls this totally original UI “Touch Dream,” which sounds just a little bit (okay, a whole lot) like an HTC device. So, to summarize: Sony Ericsson and HTC branding, Samsung design, made by Lenovo. Right then.
[Thanks, Bin Xu]
Lenovo launch its MIDÂ Ideapad U8 licenced by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee at the summer Olympics.
Supercharged by Intel Atom low-power CPU, the Ideapad U8 is accoutered with a 4.8-inch modify protect demonstration and an optical creep for one-handed calculation. Separate features included EDGE or 3G connectivity, Live GPS role, concord for MS Office and many.