After years of talk, Intel is finally making some headway into the smartphone business.
The Razr i with an Intel Atom processor.
(Credit: Motorola Mobility)
Motorola Mobility is the latest company to unveil a smartphone, the Razr i, to be powered by an Intel processor. The Razr i is essentially the recently announced Droid Razr M for Verizon Wireless, only with the different processor. It will be available in Europe and Latin America.
The Razr i is one of a handful of smartphones now running on an Intel Atom processor, further evidence that Intel is establishing a beachhead -- albeit a small one -- in the mobile arena. Intel has shirked off criticism that its chips were too power-hungry and inefficient to run in smartphones and has partnered up with major players such as Motorola, Orange, Lenovo, and ZTE.
Intel is racing to expand its presence in the mobile world as its core PC business faces a looming slowdown, with consumers shifting their disposable income toward smartphones and tablets and away from laptops and desktops. Motorola, meanwhile, is looking for other supplier options beyond stalwarts such as Qualcomm.
The Razr i, like the Razr M, features Motorola's near edge-to-edge display, cramming a 4.3-inch screen into a fairly compact desig... [Read more]
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