Intel’s about to get its peanut butter all over Motorola’s chocolate. And, in addition to the Reese’s Pieces, we’ll see the first Intel-powered, Android smartphone in the second half of this year.
The two companies announced today that they’ve signed on for a multi-year strategic relationship which will span multiple platforms — including tablets and phones. Specifically, Motorola hopes to employ Intel’s low power system-on-chip architecture. “With Android as the leading smartphone OS globally and advancements in computing technology we see tremendous opportunity.” Sanjay Jha, Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility told Business wire.
Intel’s new Medfield chip is expected to be on board. And, while the phones may not end up as sleek as the Intel design reference above, with the Medfield’s ability to support up to a 24MP camera and 1080p playback, Apple may have some real competition on its hands. What’s more, given that Google owns Motorola, these phones could very well have an inside track to the latest and greatest Android OS builds. [Marketwatch]
light487
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 3:56 PMDo they play F1 2011 or just videos? :)
Frank
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 4:51 PMAngry birds comes as a video only.
Nads
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 4:24 PMthat looks like a Samsung… oh wait…
Drovers
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 5:28 PMGimme Gimme!
Marek
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:19 PMI’ll be honest, if Apple wanted to sue because this looks too much like an iPhone 4, I’d be with them.
S0ULphIRE
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 6:15 AMIgnoring the fact that those are two VERY generic options, there’s also different button and port placement, different button style, different screen icons, different speaker design.
But oh yeah glass on front and silver band around it. Obviously totally copied straight from Apple.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12:21 PMi’m a passionate andriod boy and even though i HATE apple’s trolling patant cases – this phone is a rip off.
The iPhone does not have good design (IMO) so why not try to inovate away from it. HTC did it, Nokia is (and always was) doing it, SE is, I even think Samsung is (though it’s treading close to the line) … but this… this is rediculous and ugly.