Lenovo uses BlackBerry to sync laptop e-mail

16.02.2009

The bundle costs US$150 and will be available in the second quarter in the U.S., with worldwide availability scheduled for the second half of this year. It works with BlackBerry devices supporting the operating system 4.2 or later.

On laptops, it works with Windows XP and Windows Vista and supports Outlook or other POP (Post Office Protocol) e-mail clients like Gmail, Cheston said. The company plans to add Lotus Notes support in the second half.

The technology works only with ThinkPad laptops based on Intel's Montevina technology, which the company started shipping in the middle of last year. The package syncs only e-mail for now and plans to add calendar- and contact-synchronizing capabilities later this year, Cheston said.