IdeaPads and videocams supplied to athletes to blog during Olympics

Reuben Lee | Jul 30, 2008

Worldwide Olympics partner Lenovo is certainly making its presence felt at the upcoming Beijing games. Besides designing the Olympic torch and providing most of the computing equipment used for running the operations at the Olympics, the company has also put up special-edition Lenovo 3000 V200 notebooks for charity auctions. Most recently, the PC maker officially opened six Internet lounges (called i.lounges) with up to 260 PC terminals at the Olympic Villages for athletes and officials.

And for the first time, athletes from over 25 countries across 29 sports disciplines have been invited to blog about their experiences before and during the games. They will be supplied with Lenovo IdeaPads for blogging. According to the PC maker, the objective is "to bring a real insider's perspective on what is happening during the Games to fans at home around the world". The blogs are compiled and presented at www.lenovo.com/voicesofthegames. Video cameras are also provided to the athletes as part of the program to capture their experiences.

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