Filed under: Handsets, Others
You may be doing your best to plug your ears and pretend that Moblin’s no big deal, but blissful ignorance is only effective for so long. At a Moblin press event over at Computex, the Inventec handset you see pictured above was demonstrated. Reportedly, the MediaPhone was a working unit based around Intel’s forthcoming Moorestown platform, and the talking head made it clear that we wouldn’t see a “netbook experience” simply shoved in here. We also get the idea that this particular device is just the beginning of a short to medium list of similar products, but there’s obviously no word yet on what other handset / MID / UMPC makers are swallowing the Moblin pill. Live demonstration video is just past the break.
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Video: Inventec’s Moblin-based MediaPhone shown at Computex originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Handsets, Misc
We’ve been hearing about Intel’s
Medfield processor for some time now, but much of the talk so far has been about it being an Atom-replacement for netbooks and MIDs. A seemingly recent Intel presentation obtained by the folks at
UMPC Portal is now shedding a bit more light on the matter, however, and it’s looking like smartphones could actually be at the heart of Intel’s long-term plans. As you can see above, and in the complete presentation at the link below, Intel sees its base of devices getting larger and larger as its processors get smaller and more power-efficient, and it looks like “mainstream smartphones” could become a reality as soon as 2011. That’s due largely to the 32nm manufacturing process used for the smaller Medfield processor, which also makes uses a smaller board size that leaves more room for keypads, batteries and whatnot. Of course, we are still talking about Intel predicting the state of devices two years out, so who knows how things will shake out in the interim.
Intel presentation promises Medfield-based smartphones by 2011 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 17 May 2009 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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