Lenovo Olympics 2008 App

Do you want to keep up with Michael Phelps and his quest for Olympic gold? Are you Interested in seeing photographs of women beach volleyball players competing on the sand (nudge nudge, wink wink)?

Lenovo, the Chinese manufacturer of ThinkPad and IdeaPad notebook PCs and other electronic devices, is providing the free Lenovo Olympics 2008 App [iTunes link] in the App Store now. You can download it from your iPhone or iPod touch by going to the App Store and searching for Lenovo; the same app is available for Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices via lenovo.zumobi.com.

While the app is filled with advertising for Lenovo and Intel, it also provides you with photos taken at the Games, news (a bit behind the sports websites), profiles of random Olympic athletes, and blog entries by anonymous athletes. The latter is particularly frustrating, as the blog entries feature the sport and country of the athletes, but not their names!

The app will be available for the duration of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and was developed by Zumobi.

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ecobore

Does it come with a button that allows you to torture with impunity people that don't share the same political views as yourself?

August 13 2008 at 7:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

rwdebes

this app is terrible.. i just tried it out.. its incomplete , looks like they didnt had enough time to finish , and releases this crap. dont even have medals rank. now im gonna delete this from my iphone.

August 12 2008 at 8:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dan Warne

Can't help thinking it's hilariously ironic that this app by Lenovo can't actually run on any hardware manufactured by Lenovo...

August 12 2008 at 7:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

glad

Its rubbish I downloaded it yesterday and after 10 mins I deleted it, it had so much promise but delivered nothing.

August 12 2008 at 5:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bfishadow

I have to say this is an ad ware. The best part is the blog section. Guess what? Server down :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfishadow/2756512013/

August 12 2008 at 12:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mark

Hideous.

August 12 2008 at 12:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DAJ

I predict it will get pulled!

The Olympics, images, and clips are highly regulated by the Olympic foundation so unless the publisher has an agreement with them, it might be a short lived app!

August 12 2008 at 11:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Cameron Talley

Uh, Lenovo is an official sponsor of the 2008 Olympics. This is an "official" app. No way it will get pulled.

August 12 2008 at 11:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

meeee

Err, ditto that.

But hold on...

Lenovo, Apple --> computer manufacturers.

But I guess Apple allowed this because it's more "Olympic" than "Computer".

Imagine Microsoft brought up an app, say Microsoft Word iPhone edition... lol

August 12 2008 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jonathan ober

must...not...give...in...to...lenova

its an ok app, lets you see some highlight shots on the go, nothing you cant get on nbc during the day or on the web when you are at home...doesnt seem to be 'current'

August 12 2008 at 11:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply