Lenovo CEO Praises Partnerships With Google, Intel, Juniper, Nutanix

Lenovo CEO and Chairman Yang Yuanqing used his Lenovo Tech World keynote Thursday to introduce two differentiated smartphones, praise key partnerships and emphasize how his company is working to move beyond its PC heritage.

"Personal computing is becoming obsolete," Yang said, and the new paradigm is "all about connected computing."

At the San Francisco conference, Lenovo introduced a new smartphone that will come with augmented-reality capabilities, , which was developed in partnership with Google and its Tango AR technology.

Lenovo also unveiled the Moto Z, a smartphone that will let users snap on external "moto mods" for added functionality -- such as a projector, a JBL speaker or an Incipio battery pack.

Partnerships with other tech companies were a major focus of the nearly two-hour presentation from Yang and other Lenovo executives. For instance, Lenovo Vice President Jeff Meredith said the company has constructed a group within Lenovo focused on collaborations with Google.

The Phab2 Pro is the first device out of the collaboration, but "we certainly hope to see and expect to see many more," Meredith said. Those could include tablets, Chromebooks and additional augmented reality/virtual reality devices, he said.

Other executives who took to the stage included Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, who said that "the partnership between Intel and Lenovo has been fantastic," and Juniper Networks founder Pradeep Sindhu, who called Juniper and Lenovo "completely complementary" firms that will be working together a lot more in the future.

Yang also gave a shout-out to hyper-converged technology provider Nutanix, which has been working with Lenovo

Overall, Lenovo is "laser-focused on finding the best partners, and working with them to bring the best innovation to market," Yang said.

Earlier in the keynote, he described Lenovo's journey this way: "In the past, we have been a device company. … This will always be our core business. But now as we are heading toward the Internet of Things, everything around us can have computing, storage and networking built inside. … Devices will no longer be enough."

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