Blackberry emails beamed to Lenovo ThinkPad
Lenovo Constant Connect, the first solution developed by Lenovo and R.I.M, to allow enterprise email received on a user’s BlackBerry smartphone to be automatically synchronized via Bluetooth® onto the user’s ThinkPad laptop – even if the ThinkPad laptop is off – without the user having to take any additional steps.
The solution consists of an ExpressCard with 500MB of built-in storage for the ThinkPad. The solution supports Exchange, Outlook, POP and Gmail, Lotus Notes support will be there when the solution becomes available from Lenovo and its business partners in the second quarter of 2009
"With more and more mobile professionals relying on both their BlackBerry smartphone and ThinkPad laptop PC, we view better integration between the two devices as a necessity. Today’s announcement is the first step in combining these best-in-class solutions to deliver a more useful and powerful mobile work experience," said Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing.
"Lenovo is adding significant value for our mutual customers by developing tighter and more seamless integration between Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and BlackBerry smartphones," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO, Research In Motion. "By leveraging the industry-leading, push-based connectivity of the BlackBerry solution, Lenovo Constant Connect will simplify email synchronization on the laptop and provide mobile professionals with greater flexibility to manage their email on the move."
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