Lenovo? The strategy is no stranger to female manufacturers Companies computers. The pre-installed applications or bloatware (even these are called Office and Skype), they work and you won't get rid of them so easily.
After the superfish madness found on Lenovo's devices, this time the company decided to install sophisticated bloatware and partner with Microsoft.
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As part of an agreement signed with Redmond, Lenovo will release some of its future Android devices with pre-installed Microsoft Office, Skype, and Onedrive.
Companies did not reveal which devices will have applications.
"At Microsoft we are excited that our productivity apps will be pre-installed on Lenovo devices," said Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Microsoft's OEM Division.
"The marriage of Microsoft applications and Lenovo Android devices will allow customers around the world to be more productive, more connected to achieve even more."
As of February this year, Microsoft had signed contracts with 74 Android manufacturers under similar terms, including: Samsung, ASUS, Acer and Dell.
Recall that after the Superfish scandal (pre-installed adware in Windows that allowed man-in-the-middle attacks) Lenovo announced that it would try to clear its image.
Maybe this one cooperation with Microsoft aiming for it, except of course the profits from the promotion of its software Redmond.
Anyway, bloatware will be waiting for us in the corner, with a different brand name. The funny thing is that there are people who buy Android because they do not want to use it productthose of Microsoft.