Photo

Reuters Photojournalism

Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography.  See more | Photo caption 

Photo

Rage in Brazil

Mass protests erupt in the biggest cities of Brazil.  Slideshow 

Photo

The Afghan Army

The many faces of the Afghan National Army, which has taken over security of the country from NATO.  Slideshow 

Sponsored Links

Lenovo and NEC may work on smartphone development

Related Topics

Yang Yuanqing, executive director of Lenovo Group Limited, attends the company's annual general meeting in Hong Kong July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Yang Yuanqing, executive director of Lenovo Group Limited, attends the company's annual general meeting in Hong Kong July 30, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

TOKYO | Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:10am EST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Lenovo, the world's No.4 PC brand, may team up with Japan's NEC Corp to jointly develop smartphones in the future, the chief executive of the Chinese company said on Thursday.

Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing did not give further details during a news conference to announce the company's joint venture with NEC to sell PCs in Japan.

PC companies are increasingly looking to mobile devices such as smartphones to drive up razor-thin margins. Lenovo's operating margin clocked in at 1.8 percent in the third quarter of last year.

(Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter)

Comments (0)
This discussion is now closed. We welcome comments on our articles for a limited period after their publication.