LG is the first smartphone with Intel’s Medfield-soc release, the two companies indicated. The device must be in march come on the market and running probably Android 4.0. During consumer electronics show CES, the phone is shown.
According to the Korea Times have senior employees of both companies confirmed this. Further, there were no specifications of the device disclosed, except that it is on the Medfield chip will run. It is likely that the software is based on Android 4.0, because Intel recently launched this version of Googles mobile OS suitable for its socs. During the CES, the smartphone will be presented, after which this is the earliest in march in the shops may appear.
The cooperation of Intel and LG is striking. Intel has just a little success with its chips in the smartphone market, and LG has with its Android smartphones little on the market. It is possible that other Android manufacturers were not interested in the chips from Intel, but there are no further details known.
Intel had previously indicated to be ready with porting Android 4.0 to the Intel architecture. This gave the company the expectation that in the first half of 2012, the first Android-devices with Intel’s Medfield chip on the market should appear. This seems to be the chipmaker on schedule.