Remember MeeGo? Announced back at Mobile World Congress 2010, the platform made by Nokia and Intel is tempting enough to have the mobile operator Orange announce a partnership based on it. We remind you that MeeGo merges Nokia and Intel’s Linux initiatives, Maemo and Moblin, respectively. Thanks to the new partnership, Orange will deliver multimedia...
Intel has just announced the updated Atom CPU, known as Intel Atom Pine N470 and providing a speed of 1.83 GHz. Its power consumption is 5.5W, enough to provide a long battery life for any device. This chipset supports DDR2 and will probably reach loads of netbooks. The new CPU will be incorporated in devices in the coming months, providing a long...
Intel showcased a neat MID over at MWC 2010, made by Aava Mobile, a company that hopes to change the mobile device industry by adding an open source hardware flavour to it. The company makes reference designs that will be customized afterwards by operators and phone makers. The device pictured above packs a big touchscreen display, WiFi, 3G connectivity,...
Many consider this the surprise of the day, so here it is, folks: Nokia and Intel have announced their partnership in creating the MeeGo open source software platform, based on Linux. This initiative merges Maemo OS and Intel’s Moblin OS. The cooperation of the two brands was announced back in 2009 and MeeGo is its first result. Following the...
CES 2010 might have ended, but we’re still dissecting pictured and videos from the show and checking out some very cool technologies, like Intel’s Moorestown CPU. Pankaj Kedia, Intel Global Ecosystem Programs Director has shown the journalists the first next gen Atom-powered phones, including LG GW990. GW990 uses a next gen LG UI, packed...
Intel and Smart Design have created a pretty cool concept portable device called Magic, that you can check out in the images below. You’ll be able to use this UMPC as a cellphone, a multimedia player and you have to know that it also comes with a web browser, an LCD display and a keyboard, as you can see for yourself. The keyboard’s buttons...
Intel has just announced a new version of the Moblin user interface, 2.1, showcased at IDF 2009. The UI runs on an Atom-based device and it has been redesigned for handhelds, so you’ll see a lot of widget action and social networking features. As you can see, panels-based navigation is included, though a system that allows the user to flip through...
Intel has just announced that it’ll supply chips for Nokia’s phones, as the two companies have signed a deal and partnership on this market. We remind you that Intel already has a deal with LG Electronics and it supplies processors for its mobile Internet devices. This comes as a challenge towards Texas Instruments for the number one mobile...
While we found many rumours indicating that Nokia could turn Ovi into an OS, the company’s not all by itself in this duel with other handset manufacturers, as it’s just teamed with Intel for a new project. Bearing the name of oFono, this project is all about open source telephony and could bring voice calling and SMS to Maemo and Moblin...
Looking for a bulky MID/handset to remind you of the days of the good old Dynatac? Have a look a BYD’s Mars MID, that packs an Intel Atom processor, Windows XP and a QWERTY keyboard. You’ll be surprised (or not) to find out that the device also incorporates a phone, since its back side features a phone keypad and a secondary screen. Imagine...
