Lava Xolo X900: Intel Medfield-based phone to hit stores next week

Lava International is all set to release the first smartphone with Intel’s newly announced Medfield mobile chips in India. Dubbed the Xolo X900, the phone will run on as-yet-unspecified version of Google Android. The device was originally announced at the Mobile World Congress 2012 by the Lava executives and Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini. Intel has also signed deals with Lenovo, Motorola and Orange besides Lava to produce hardware solutions for its new Atom chips for mobile devices.

The Lava Xolo X900 will tout rich specs under the hood. The device will sport a 4.03-inch touchscreen with decent screen resolution and clarity. Intel’s new Z2460 single core processor with a clock-speed of 1.6GHz will power the gadget. The processor can ensure long battery life (up to 8 hours) with the 3G voice calling. You can enjoy six hours of HD video and five hours of 3G web browsing and 14 hours of standby on single charge.

It seems that Lava would become the first firm in the world to release an Intel Medfield-based device. Lenovo’s WMC 2012-featured K900 smartphone is only to come in May, 2012. Motorola and Orange haven’t yet announced their Intel devices. Thus, Lava Xolo X900 may be the first device with Intel's mobile processor.

The chip maker, which has been dominating the chip market for PCs and servers, wishes to enter into the mobile market with its new range of mobile processors. Mr. Otellini thinks that there is enough space for Intel to get into the mobile industry, which is currently dominated by the Cambridge, U.K-based ARM Holdings. Intel is in efforts to put holes in the supremacy of ARM. The company has already started talks with the leading tech makers like Apple and Samsung to encourage them to use its Medfield chips in their products.

Intel's iPhone clone, we're not joking

In an effort to preserve Moore’s law that states the number of transistors on a die will double every 24 months those transistors had to become smaller. With that shrinking you’ve always witnessed the shape of personal computers change. What a 12 inch laptop can do now is more than what most computers 5 years ago that sat on your desk could have possibly done.

What is after the laptop? People have this UMPC obsession, others want internet devices like the N800, but what about your pocket? In a space that is dominated by embedded processors from ARM, again think of a cellphone from 5 years compared to the N95 or TyTN II, Intel is now saying it can provide computing horsepower that will adhere to ultra low power requirements.

Here is their concept:

May not be pocketable, but what about this sucker:

Looks like a cell phone, even has a number pad on the front. If you think your cell phone can do a lot now, wait another 5 years.

Update: Recommended article on Anandtech, plus some pictures:

[Via: The Inquirer]