BlueStacks' latest deal follows a similar partnership with Asus last year with a six month trial to access around 50 apps. The Lenovo deal is clearly more significant for BlueStacks, simply because Lenovo is the world's largest PC maker. BlueStacks CEO Rosen Sharma recognizes this too, while promising future plans to roll out apps on Lenovo mobile devices later this year. "While this is the largest distribution deal we've struck to date, it is just the beginning of our work with Lenovo," he says. The agreement doesn't cover Lenovo's Think-branded PCs that the company recently split off the internal operations of to better compete with high-end manufacturers like Apple.

Windows 8 version expected later this month