LAVA Ltd., a fairly new smartphone manufacturer headquartered in India was chosen by Intel to sport the first Intel Atom-powered smartphone available in the market. The result of the Intel-LAVA partnership, the XOLO X900, was launched yesterday in New Delhi. Under the hood of this affordable smartphone is the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor Z2460 with Intel Hyper Threading Technology and a 400MHz GPU that should equate to a very nice smartphone experience. This handset will also come preinstall with the Android Gingerbread but is said to have an OTA update to ICS in the future. Got the official statement from Intel Corporation today and it turns out bigger than we originally expected and involves around 5,000 to 6,000 employees worldwide, including 1,800 in the Philippines. Copy of the full disclosure below: Chuck Mulloy Intel Corporation Santa Clara, California, Jan. 21, 2009 – Intel Corporation today disclosed plans to restructure some of its manufacturing operations and align its manufacturing capacity to current market conditions. However, not all employees will leave Intel; some may be offered positions at other facilities. Read more in our articles including "Xolo X900: First Intel smartphone launched in India" and "Intel closes Malaysia, Philippines, Oregon & California Operations".
LAVA Ltd., a fairly new smartphone manufacturer headquartered in India was chosen by Intel to sport the first Intel Atom-powered smartphone available in the market. The result of the Intel-LAVA partnership, the XOLO X900, was launched yesterday in New Delhi.
Under the hood of this affordable smartphone is the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor Z2460 with Intel Hyper Threading Technology and a 400MHz GPU that should equate to a very nice smartphone experience. This handset will also come preinstall with the Android Gingerbread but is said to have an OTA update to ICS in the future. Got the official statement from Intel Corporation today and it turns out bigger than we originally expected and involves around 5,000 to 6,000 employees worldwide, including 1,800 in the Philippines.
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