Lenovo has recently come out with a new technology that allows their ThinkPad laptops to sync emails with BlackBerry phones. Sounds exciting and innovative, right? Maybe not, but there"s something rather unique about this new service; it"s still able to operate even if the ThinkPad is off.
The technology works over BlueTooth, as Gizmodo reports, and will be instantaneous. No waiting for the email to push over to the BlackBerry or vice versa, it"ll happen the instant an email arrives. The email that this is based on has to be enterprise based, however. As CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yaunqing, has said, "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."
This will be especially handy when Wi-Fi access is not available to ThinkPads, but cellular networks are in range of the BlackBerry. As Lenovo"s press release has noted, this will save the need to connect to a fee based Wireless network on the ThinkPad, saving money for customers. It is currently unknown which email applications will support this, as well as whether or not Constant Connect will require an entirely new ThinkPad altogether.
This service will be available in the second quarter of 2009, but only in the United States. It will roll out to other countries later this year.