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Intel To Run Google's Android On Tablets

  • BBC, Wednesday, April 20, 2011 12:21 PM
During a first-quarter earnings announcement on Tuesday, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini confirmed that the company would use Google's latest version of its mobile platform designed for tablets. "We've received the Android code -- the Honeycomb version of Android source code -- from Google, and we're actively doing the port on that," Otellini said on a call with reporters and analysts.

Additionally, Otellini expect[s] to be able to ramp [Honeycomb-based] machines over the course of this year for a number of customers." Meanwhile, "Otellini also said that Intel chips would be in smartphones, where it has lagged behind rivals, in the next 12 months," reports BBC News. According to Otellini, Intel presently working with Google, Microsoft's Windows system and Nokia's MeeGo platform on tablets -- "a market dominated currently by Apple's iPad," BBC News notes.

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