Intel has announced its new platform includes an Intel Atom Processor (Z6xx Series), the Controller Hub MP20 and a committed Mixed Signal IC (MSIC). Intel has been able to reduce idle mode potential consumption by up to 50X, which is critical considering handsets and tablets tend to be always on, often in idle mode. According to Intel, the new platform can additionally play audio for 2 days straight, but play video only for 4-5 hours (on a 1500mAh battery, and compared to the “Menlow” generation of Atom). Here’s an example of what a real Intel-powered phone looks like.

We can’t wait to see what devices will come out in the next few quarters. As for the Operating system, Intel will promote Meego, which was freshly announced at Mobile World Congress in February. Of course, Windows is always an option.

Despite all the good news, Intel still has some ways to go before displacing ARM-based chips from NVIDIA, Broadcom or Marvell, but Intel has been driving its products in ARM’s turf, much faster than ARM can go into Intel’s territory.

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The LG Mini GD880 which we looked at at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February earlier that year will apparently ship with an HTML5 compliant, Webkit-based browser that will be able to handle Adobe Flash and get that – making room for up to 10 simultaneous windows to be viewed, although you might question the wisdom of doing so on a 3.2″ touchscreen display. that is definitely something not even the iPhone can handle, although it does construct you wonder who would invent full use of that feature. Expected to hit Europe sometime later that month, those of us living Stateside can look forward to a release later that year.

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Do you still remember the Android-powered Acer beTouch E400 that we covered during Mobile World Congress that year? Well, whether you’ve been drooling by the phone, it’s now one step closer to reaching you, as Expansys has currently listed the phone for pre-order and will set you back £264.99 ($400). According to Expansys, the phone should be due on Monday, 19th of April. Specifications of the beTouch E400 include:

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Nokia has made it clear that it will revamp the user interface (UI) of its Symbian phones, and you might have seen the video above during Mobile World Congress. However, what’s more interesting is that Nokia has removed a ton of legacy cipher and APIs, to form the clean break that was faraway overdue. We’re getting closer to what was available on the N900 and some of the qualities are the same (the app switching UI is excellent), but the new UI is seemingly much faster and more fluid. With the new software architecture, comes new cipher that is not built to deal with last decade’s problems such as lack of graphics hardware or horrible memory constraints.

The net conclusion should be much more responsive Nokia phones and interfaces. I’m glad that Nokia (and others) are seeing the light, considering Apple and Microsoft certain did too. Now, we’re waiting for the actual hardware that we suspect might come out that summer at Nokia World.

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The Motonav N765t (N700 Series) has a very wide 5.1″ display. that is so wide that Motorola calls it “cinematic”. Having such a screen allows Motorola to display additional knowledge, while leaving the map visible at all times (you’re trying to get somewhere after all). The display surface has a non-glossy treatment that helps in direct sunlight.

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Folks living on the continent of North America will be able to get hold of the Motorola QUENCH – particularly folks living in Canada as distant as they’re happy with Rogers’ terms and conditions. First announced at the Mobile World Congress last month, the Motorola QUENCH will be released in the US as the Motorola CLIQ XT. Released Stateside that month on T-Mobile, it will additionally reach in Europe later that year going by the Canadian moniker.

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After having face to face talks with Microsoft, we have learned that Windows Phone 7 won’t run any Windows Mobile 6.x (and earlier) applications. The lack of compatibility talks during the Mobile World Congress made us think that that was the case, but now that is official.

Microsoft says that it had to do a clean break for the greater good – and they are probably right. certain it’s annoying to the 6.x app developer considering they will have to do some work (possibly a lot) to invent their app work on Windows Phone 7, but that basically prevents the “easy way” of just leaving things the way they were.

Microsoft is counting on XNA, the popular platform for Indie and casual game on Xbox, Silverlight and .NET to be the foundation of most of the development. Microsoft did not want to comment on whether or not a C++ and DirectX approach was possible. More details will be revealed next week at the Game Developers Conference and on March at MIX, a Microsoft event.

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A company called Innocomm was showing off an Android-powered phone back in Mobile World Congress, but now it seems that the company is busy working on some newer Android-powered devices, dubbed the Innocomm Shark, Shadow, Scorpion and Gemini. The names of the phones certainly seem rather fierce, and hopefully that will translate to some killer specs. According to the company’s sales manager, the Shark is slated for release in May or June, and will sport features such as:

• 3.2-inch touchscreen
• 800 x 400 pixel resolution
• 8MP camera with flash
• 3.5mm headset jack
• microSD slot up to 32GB
• GPS, 3G, HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 115 x 58 x 12.5 mm
• Analog TV Receiver
• Digital TV Receiver in a future model

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New handsets: “mini” is fashionable again!

Although there were surprisingly few new handset announced by major handset manufacturers, a good chunk of those that were announced were a “mini” version of an established Smartphone. From our vantage point, we did not see that there was a surging demand for smaller smart phones, but someone must associate “mini” with “cheaper” with “higher volumes” and “mainstream”. moment will tell, but the fact is that a “mini” version with a much smaller screen often makes the experience less compelling. Soon, we will see whether that was just a marketing gimmick, or whether users are really OK with putting with a lesser experience to save some bucks. That said, whether the notes plans don’t get cheaper, there’s little point to save $100 on a lesser smart phone only to pay close to $2000 by two years on the plan. See XPERIA X10 mini, HTC HD Mini, LG GD880 Mini…

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Rumors of a PSP phone have come and gone, and things don’t look like changing anytime soon with buzz of such a device becoming reality revealed ath the Mobile World Congress Show Daily by a Sony Ericsson executive, claiming that “In the past there was no tie-up within us (Sony and Sony Ericsson), the PSP platform and Sony, but you can expect to form out much more about that.” Well, with that in mind, do you think a PSP phone will be able to do much better than the iPhone in terms of mobile gaming?

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