Intel shows first x86 smartphone

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/12/2012 01:38 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Intel showed world's its first x86 smartphone at CES 2012. Lenovo's K800 uses the Intel Atom Z2460 "Medfield" SoC, it will start shipping in Q2 2012 in China.

Liu Jun, Lenovo senior vice president and president of mobile Internet and digital home, joined Paul Otellini, chief exec of Intel onstage to debut the Lenovo K800 smartphone based on Intel Z2460 and running the Google Android operating system with Lenovo LeOS user interface for a localized experience in China. Liu Jun said the K800 smartphone will be available in China in the second quarter and will run on China Unicom

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