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A new Intel powered Xolo phone has been spotted online on e-commerce portal Flipkart complete with images and specifications. The listing does not have any information related to pricing and availability except that the phone is expected to be available soon. According to the listing, the dual-SIM smartphone will be powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and have a 400MHz graphics processor, along with 1GB of RAM. The phone will feature a 4.3-inch qHD IPS display sporting a resolution of 540x960 pixels.  However, the X910 will run Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. At a time when other Indian handset makers are shipping their phones with Android 4.1/ 4.2 Jelly Bean, it's disappointing to see the phone to come with an older iteration of the OS.  The Xolo X910 will sport a 5-megapixel rear camera with auto-focus and LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It will come with internal storage capacity of 4GB expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. The sma...

I ntel launched a data-center chip using low-power technology found in smartphones, stepping up competition in the nascent microserver market and winning a nod from Facebook. The Atom chip rolled out on Tuesday uses much less electricity than Intel’s previous processors for servers and comes as Intel’s rivals also eye the low-power server niche. Energy-sipping chips similar to those used in smartphones and tablets lack the horsepower of traditional server processors made by Intel. But data centers that combine many low-power chips instead of just a few heavy-duty processors may provide more computing power for less money, and use less electricity. Microservers have yet to gain serious traction with traditional corporate customers like banks and manufacturers, and the potential size of the market remains unclear. But Internet giants like Facebook, Amazon.Com and Google have been experimenting with ways to use low-power chips to make their data centers more eff...

According to a news this week, Intel has partnered with smartphone manufacturers to introduce Android smartphones in India at costs as low as Rs 7000. The story which appeared in AndroidOS referred to a report by the Press Trust of India (PTI) saying this new smartphone will be coming into the market in mid of the next year 2013. “The first handset with Lava that we launched was a premium one. We learnt that it was important to have a portfolio and offer choice to the user. We will not have entry-level handsets but our smartphone range will be priced upwards of Rs 7, 000,” said Debjani Ghosh, Intel South Asia Managing Director, Sales and Marketing to the PTI. The Lava Xolo X900 has been powered with an Intel processor, but most of the smartphones come with ARM processors and the desktop and laptop processor manufacturer is finding ways to foray into new markets for mobile devices. The Intel processors which are known for their battery performance are also known for their...