Lenovo K800: First Intel Inside Smartphone


Bangalore: Lenovo launched its new Smartphone - K800, the first of its kind to run on Intel's 1.6GHz Medfield processor at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. With this new venture Intel is all set to make its entry into the Smartphone chip market.

Lenovo K800 smartphone come with a 4.5-inch a TFT display with 720p, Intel's 32-nanometer mobile chip dubbed Medfield, which is part of Intel's Atom line and runs on Android 4.0 OS.  The phone also has an 8 megapixel shooter with dual-LED flash and a front-facing camera for video calling, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS connectivity and Wi-Di (Wireless Display), near-field communication (NFC) for mobile payments and a HDMI port. K800 is also able to stream video to TV sets equipped with Intel's Wireless Display technology.  This phone will be available in the market by the second quarter of this year; its price is not disclosed yet.

Motorola has also made deals with Intel to come up with smartphones and other devices having Intel processors. Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc CEO Sanjay Jha at the CES said that the company will have Intel-powered phones in testing this summer and ready for consumer hands a few months later.

Intel has also announced its plans with Google to make a worldwide architecture for Smartphone chips for Google’s Android based systems. Presently this market is ruled by ARM Holdings, producing chips with amazing performance. Intel’s entry into this field and its success will become quite visible in this year.