Earlier this year, Motorola and Lenovo unveiled the ThinkPhone, a smartphone primarily designed for business users, particularly ThinkPad users. When we tested it at XDA, we praised it highly for its close and smooth interaction with ThinkPads, a gorgeous 6.6-inch display with a 144Hz refresh rate, outstanding privacy and security features, and respectable performance. The camera, which is clearly mid-range, was the biggest flaw we pointed out, but no gadget is flawless, of course. The Lenovo ThinkPhone will now offer new productivity tools thanks to a collaboration between Motorola and Microsoft.
The first feature is increased mobile access for Windows 365 on your ThinkPhone, which enables you to access an entirely functional Windows Cloud PC right from your phone. Additionally, using a USB-C connector and a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, you can utilize the Moto Connect service to stream the Cloud PC experience directly to a larger display. By only providing ThinkPhone phones and displays to employees of an organization—along with a Windows 365 license, of course—Motorola hopes that this integration will make it easier for IT managers to cut costs.
Push-to-talk (PTT) integration via the Walkie Talkie app in Microsoft Teams is the additional Microsoft-specific feature in tow. Previously, the ThinkPhone’s Red Key button could be used to instantly link the phone and a ThinkPad using the Think 2 Think service, but now, it can be set up to activate PTT features in the Walkie Talkie software for Teams. Frontline employees searching for immediate remote communication with their coworkers may find this to be especially helpful.
Although these two features have not yet been released, it is vital to keep in mind that they will do so over the next weeks. Both of these features are more suited for commercial customers, and access to them calls for the appropriate licensing.
