Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) and Lenovo (HKSE: 992) today announced the launch of three new mobile devices with Dolby Atmos sound, at Mobile World Congress 2015: the Lenovo A7000 smartphone and two tablets, the Lenovo TAB 2 A8 and the Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70.
Dolby Atmos creates a whole new mobile headphone experience with breathtaking moving audio that flows above and around the user. This makes the Lenovo A7000 the world's first smartphone with Dolby Atmos. The Lenovo TAB 2 A8 will be the first Android Lollipop tablet to feature Dolby Atmos, and the TAB 2 A10-70 will be the first 10-inch Android tablet to feature Dolby Atmos.
"Dolby and Lenovo have collaborated on a number of projects over the past years, always with the shared goal of delivering the best possible mobile entertainment experience to consumers worldwide," said Jeff Meredith, Vice-President and General Manager, Tablets, Mobile Business Group, Lenovo. "We are delighted to bring the experience to a whole new level with Dolby Atmos, the most significant audio advancement in the entertainment industry in recent years."
With the new Lenovo smartphone and tablets with Dolby Atmos, users can expect to hear rich and powerful sounds coming from all directions, including overhead. When the listener puts on headphones, the action comes alive as an arrow shoots overhead, a heavy rainstorm pours down from above, and a race car screeches around the corner, all with incredible realism, making listeners feel like they're inside the action.
"The best entertainment experiences put you in the centre of the action," said John Couling, Senior Vice-President, E-Media Business Group, Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby Atmos provides audiences with a powerful mobile headphone experience with moving audio that flows all around you, and we're thrilled to be working with Lenovo to elevate entertainment on the go."
The Lenovo A7000 smartphone and the Lenovo TAB 2 A8 and A10-70 tablets are expected to be available in June and April 2015, respectively. Please visit www.lenovo.com and http://news.lenovo.com/MWC2015 for more information about the three new exciting devices.
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Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos delivers moving audio - sound that can be precisely placed and moved anywhere in three-dimensional space, including overhead. It brings entertainment alive all around the audience in a powerfully immersive and emotive experience. Since its introduction in the cinema in 2012, Dolby Atmos has been embraced by all the major Hollywood studios, 11 Academy Award-winning directors, and 23 Academy Award-winning sound mixers, among others. Now people can enjoy Dolby Atmos in the cinema, in their home theatres, and on mobile devices. To learn more about Dolby Atmos, visit dolby.com/Atmos.
Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $39 billion global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology. Lenovo's portfolio of high-quality, secure products and services covers PCs (including the legendary ThinkPad and multimode YOGA brands), workstations, servers, storage, smart TVs, and a family of mobile products, including smartphones, tablets and apps. For more information, please visit www.lenovo.com.
Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) creates audio, video, and voice technologies that transform entertainment and communications in mobile devices, at the cinema, at home, and at work. For nearly 50 years, sight and sound experiences have become more vibrant, clear, and powerful in Dolby. For more information, please visit www.dolby.com.
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Dolby Laboratories
Grace Qaqundah
415-558-0315
Grace-Ellen.Qaqundah@dolby.com
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Lenovo
Kristy Fair
919-257-6329
Krisfair@lenovo.com
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