Lenovo investor statement fuels NEC smartphone partnership rumors

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" itemprop="text" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Lenovo in rumored talks with NEC over smartphone venture" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/lenovo-nec-06-04-13-01.jpg" /></div>NEC and Lenovo are already joined at the hip in the PC business, and rumors that the two will soon be smartphone partners as well continue to gather steam. Lenovo confirmed that it's started "preliminary negotiations with a party in connection with a potential joint venture transaction," and while it didn't name names, Japanese media sources and <em>Reuters</em> are claiming that it's NEC. Lenovo's the number <s>two</s> three smartphone vendor in China but doesn't have much of a presence elsewhere, and NEC, while a leader in Japanese handset sales, is still in a "difficult state," according to the company. Lenovo has the cash it needs and hasn't been shy about plans to expand its mobile business, so a relationship with NEC would make sense, if true -- and could help Lenovo realize those ambitions more quickly.<br /> </div></div>

Lenovo investor statement fuels NEC smartphone partnership rumors

NEC and Lenovo are already joined at the hip in the PC business, and rumors that the two will soon be smartphone partners as well continue...

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NEC Terrain for AT&T spied in leaked press photos, packs a QWERTY keyboard

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" itemprop="text" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="NEC Terrain for AT&T spied in leaked press photos, packs a QWERTY keyboard" data-src-height="390" data-src-width="501" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/nec-terrain.jpg" /></div>Memory of a time where an NEC phone graced US shores escapes us,<span> but the prolific -- and often accurate -- </span>@evleaks<span> has tweeted a press shot that signals a handset from the Japanese firm might soon arrive stateside. E</span><span>mblazoned with AT&T's logo and</span><span> r</span><span>eportedly dubbed the NEC Terrain, the Android-toting smartphone shares its front real estate with a screen, a camera <em>and</em> a QWERTY keyboard. No other details were spilled with the image, but with a name like Terrain and what looks like a rubberized border, we wouldn't be surprised if it could withstand a fair amount of rough and tumble.</span><br /> </div></div>

NEC Terrain for AT&T spied in leaked press photos, packs a QWERTY keyboard

Memory of a time where an NEC phone graced US shores escapes us, but the prolific -- and often accurate -- @evleaks has tweeted a press ...

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