Intel says Android 4.0 for smartphones, tablets ready
20.05.12
Intel claims it has readied Android 4.0 for smartphones and tablets based on its upcoming Atom processor code-named Medfield, raising the possibility of Intel-inside handheld devices being released next year with the new OS.
The company had a version of Android 4.0 for Medfield up and running within a day of Google open sourcing the OS, and now packages for smartphones and tablets with Medfield drivers are available to device makers, said Alec Gefrides, head of the Google Program Office at Intel.
Intel is working with device makers to optimize and fine-tune the OS for specific platforms and products based on Medfield chips. While the OS is expected to be ready in time for the product releases, it will be up to the device makers to decide whether they want to implement the OS in smartphones or tablets.
"We'll see products next year on Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb," Gefrides said, referring to Android versions 2.3, 4.0 and 3.x. "Every OEM has to put a stake in the ground to get a product delivered."
Source: CIO Magazine