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at our meeting with Lenovo here at CES 2016 we got a look at well we could pretty much describe as a bridge between your phone and your computer it's Josh regard from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is the Lenovo link now before we even get into exactly what the link is what we just get it connected to the computer what we have here is a small little dongle that on one end goes into the computer and on the other end you use your a smartphone onto there an Android phone running Android 5.0 or above now what the link will do then is connect using the software that is installed on the phone and then also installed on the computer to virtualize your phone to the computer yes that means that all inputs on the computer whether it be the mouse or the keyboard can be used on the phone but it doesn't just end there you are able to use the virtualized space in order to do things on your phone like for example even play candy crush in this case but pretty much anything that you can think of that you would do on your phone when it's in your hand can now be done in a window or in a full-screen mode on your actual computer inside the link there is support for up to 1080p resolution when using the screen virtualization and also 32 gigabytes of storage is available within the actual link device itself and the link is also able to extend the input of the mouse and the keyboard as you can see here we are typing on the actual laptop a phrase that is then copied and pasted into the Android device in this case a moto X and if you wanted to save some of the space on your actual desktop you can make the phone a left or right extended display and then the mouse will actually travel across and to be able to be used on the phone outside of the desktop that you are using outside of the screen that you have in front of you on your laptop or your desktop being able to virtualize or even just control a smart phone using a computer is already providing a number of possibilities but we personally just think that the lenovo link is just incredibly cool it is a small little piece of kit that provides a lot of functionality and really it kind of doesn't get old using the computer and then moving over to the Android device seamlessly and that is exactly the kind of speed and the kind of experience that you get with the link but perhaps the best part about the link is that provided all of its possibilities it is a small piece of kit that really extends the functionalities between a phone and a computer and comes in at only $40 and will be available in March 2016 this is Joshua freghar from Android authorial bringing you a look at the Lenovo link here with lenovo at CES 2016 stay tuned for more