Intel’s Otellini says 35 Atom-based tablets coming in 2011, but smartphones get pushed back (again)
It's been a long, hard road for Intel in the mobile space, but it looks like things are about to get brighter: speaking at the Barclay's Capital Global Technology Conference today, CEO Paul Otellini said that some 35 Moorestown tablets running a mix of Windows, Android, and MeeGo would arrive in 2011.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: delay, engadget, entry, global, handy, intel, moorestown, news, technology
MeeGo-based Intel Atom phone and tablet spotted from Russia with love
First the 2018 World Cup and now this. An Intel press event in Moscow was reportedly the site of some new MeeGo device reveals. Mail.ru's Anton Spiridonov was on hand and managed to spot Intel Atom-based phone the Hi/Lo Vibrant (we haven't heard of the company, either) and a tablet of some sort, both equipped with the Linux-based OS.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: camera, first-the-2018, go-based-intel, intel, linux, linux-based, press event, result, world
LG X170 netbook controls your phone, adds SmartPOP to the lexicon
We're guessing that this newfangled SmartPOP feature works a lot like Lenovo's Constant Connect (or perhaps LG's own Air Sync ?), but either way, the feature set is still fairly innovative. On the surface, LG is today introducing its X170 netbook -- a 10.1-incher with an Atom N455 (or N550), 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics. But it's the accompanying SmartPOP feature that's really worth a second glance; purportedly, the system utilizes Bluetooth 3.0 in order to connect to your LG phone (supported models haven't been made public thus far) and do all sorts of things.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, drive, intel, lenovo, models, south, street, Sync
Intel says no MeeGo phones until first half of 2011, Nokia just shrugs
While Nokia remains mum about the status of its first MeeGo handset, Doug Fisher, Vice President of Intel's Software and Solutions Group and General Manager of Systems Software Division, is being decidedly more talkative. According to an interview published by Forbes , MeeGo phones and tablets are in the works but we'll have to wait until 2011 to handle them
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: annoucement, chance, delay, fisher, general-manager, intel, internet, mobile, retail, user, windows, world
Study: select Android apps sharing data without user notification
Come one, come all -- let's gather and act shocked, shall we? It's no secret that Google's Android Market is far easier to penetrate than Apple's App Store , which is most definitely a double-edged sword.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, apps, Double, edged, intel, LIFETIME, location data, phone, state, study, survey, taintdroid, waiting
Intel testing context-aware API for smartphones, tablets, and TVs, teams with Fodor on dynamic travel app
Intel CTO Justin Rattner just described a future where your devices know more about you -- not just "where you are," but "where you're going," to use his words. Intel's working on a context-aware API that uses not only physical smartphone and tablet sensors (like accelerometers and GPS) but also "soft sensors" including social networks and personal preferences to infer what you're doing and what you like, and deliver these inferences to a "context engine" that can cater to your tastes. It's presently being tested in an app by travel guide company Fodors on a Compal MID that dynamically delivers restaurant and tourism suggestions based on these factors, and also in a social cloud service (demoed on a prototype tablet) that can show you what your friends are up to (using game-like avatars!) on the go.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: breaking-news, breakingnews, context engine, contextengine, dynamic, intel, presently-being, presently-plans, smartphone, smartphones, standards, technology-pan
Intel gobbles up Infineon’s mobile unit in $1.4 billion deal, looks to ‘accelerate 4G LTE’
Infineon , the company behind the baseband chips inside your super-duper new phone , is about to cash out from the wireless industry courtesy of Intel's insatiable appetite . The Wireless Solutions Business (WLS), which accounted for nearly a third of Infineon's €3 billion ($3.83b) revenue last year, is being sold to the American chipmaker for a cool $1.4 billion. For its part, Intel is quick to reassure the world (and its antitrust authorities) that WLS will continue to operate as a standalone business and continue to support ARM-based devices.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: acquisition, baseband chip, basebandchip, connectivity, insatiable, intel, laptop-products, mobile connectivity, mobileconnectivity, news, not-neglecting, result, the-processing, wireless, wirelesssolutions
Nokia’s treatment of MeeGo smartphone UI revealed?
We've already gotten a glimpse at MeeGo's prerelease stock UI for handsets, but just like Symbian , there's no guarantee that the experience is going to be consistent across manufacturers -- and a new video apparently captured from an online survey makes it seem like Nokia might be looking to go in a slightly different direction. The one minute, twenty-nine seconds of footage walks us through five parts -- starting up, the "powerful multitasking UI," getting connected, the Ovi Store experience, and the music player -- and as you might imagine, it's the Ovi Store portion that has us feeling like this is a thoroughly Nokia-customized experience (not to mention the copyright in the lower left). It generally looks richer and more functional than what we've seen before, and parts -- like the webOS -esque multitasking -- remind us of Maemo 5's thumbnails, which makes perfect sense considering MeeGo's roots.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: copyright, entry, experience, intel, meego, music, stock, store
Intel snaps up former Palm and Apple VP Mike Bell for its smartphone push
Seriously, what the hell did HP acquire when it bought Palm ? A bunch of pretty patents and a rapidly dwindling talent pool, it would seem. Mike Bell, a celebrated capture for Palm back in 2007 after 16 years at Apple, was most recently occupying the role of Senior VP for Product Development on Jon Rubinstein's team, but he has now switched allegiances to the blue team .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: address, apple, entry, group, intel, palm exodus, pool, ultra mobility group
Meego handset UI guidelines offer details aplenty, suggestion of WebOS, Android influences
Sure, you can already download MeeGo 1.0 and try it out on your netbook or N900 , but Nokia also has some grander designs for the mobile operating system, and a new Handset Interaction Guidelines document published on (and then pulled from) the official MeeGo wiki has now offered some more details on exactly what's in store. Among the highlights are confirmation of support for both portrait and landscape keyboards, and some pretty strong evidence of WebOS and Android influences, including a task manager that's similar to WebOS's card system but becomes a grid view with a multitouch pinch, and a notification system and taskbar that are apparently similar to Android's -- not to mention some centralized account management. There's pages and pages of details beyond that, however, so hit up the link below to dive in (courtesy of Google Cache, of course).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: account, both-portrait, details-aplenty, grid, highlights, intel, interaction, keyboards, meego, mobile, nokia, taskbar, the-highlights, webos