August 12, 2013 – NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant went here in Manila, Philippines for a quick visit, not to play basketball, but he is here for Lenovo’s Mobile “Walang Iwanan” event, his lifestyle, power and elegance are the image for Lenovo Mobile cutting-edge and flagship smartphone model – the K900.
The Lenovo A390, A690, A706, and K900 all run on the latest processors and Android mobile operating systems, taking smartphones to the next level of technology and sophistication.
I didn’t get a chance to meet Kobe Bryant and have a photo op with him, but this standee is quite okay for me, just to immortalize this moment to see him and cover his presence for my blog.
The media event and press con was held in Passion restaurant in Resorts World Manila. It was rainy and stormy that day and I arrived two hours before the event. Bec. there’s no wifi in my home, I received an email and tweet from our PR contacts that the press con was moved 2 hours later, too bad that I didn’t read it earlier due to no wifi access at home.
Kobe Bryant arrived and everyone started to do their coverage jobs.
Congrats to blogger Noy Floresca for winning that Lenovo Mobile K900 smartphone in the raffle
Before Kobe’s arrival, the winners of the meet and greet contest were presented to us.
They are lucky fans of Kobe Bryant. Kim de Guzman, the girl from Cebu is here to meet Kobe.
More fans of Kobe..
the guy from the right photo is named by his parents Kobe Bryant
left: Photo of Kobe Bryant with his namesake still a baby that time
right: RWManila started the press con and presented to us their Thrillathon events
John Royo, distributor of Lenovo Mobile in the Philippines, answered - why it is called “Walang Iwanan” for Lenovo Mobile’s slogan, meaning “never left behind”… he said that the phone is a brand that you can rely on, it’s a smartphone that you can count on and be your reliable device in everyday business, social media, transactions and communications. Bec. Lenovo Mobile’s reputation is its durability, quality built, long battery life that can last for 2-3 days in one charge,
J.D. Howard, VP of Lenovo Mobile
shared to us that Lenovo is a 34$ B global personal tech company with 27k people and customers in 160+ countries. It is the #3 maker of smart connected devices in the world.
He also informed us that Lenovo Mobile is a PC+ devices. I think it’s a fusion of a laptop and a mobile phone running on fast processor.
“With the entry of our smartphones in the country, we want to make our presence strongly felt through none other than our brand ambassador Kobe Bryant. Kobe exemplifies the qualities of Lenovo Mobile’s lineup of smartphones. His dedication, his passion and his outstanding performance on the court epitomizes the power and elegance of our products,” said Lenovo’s Vice-President for Mobile Internet and Digital Home (MIDH) Business Operations and Worldwide Business Development, JD Howard.
PC+ is the future.
And now here’s the start of the day… NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant
There’s this event forum with Kobe after the press con. Its an exclusive event for all Lenovo mobile phone users, they entered for free here by just showing their Lenovo Mobile at the entrance gate. After wards, they raffled off a meet and greet opps to lucky fans. The event was held in RWManila Newport Theater.
