The Lenovo phone is 10 millimeters thick and will run on China Unicom's network. It has a 4.5-inch screen, an 8-megapixel camera and offers 8 hours of 3G talk time, with 14 hours of standby. Otellini said the phone is the first example of Intel's smartphone reference design, which he said outperforms many popular phones now on the market.
Intel, the world's leading chipmaker, has long driven innovation in the PC market. And now the company is looking to move into mobile devices, such as smartphones, "ultrabooks" and tablets.
Otellini and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha announced a "multiyear, multidevice partnership" to build Android devices powered by Intel chips. There will be Intel technology in Motorola phones this summer, with a commercial launch to follow. The executives offered no further details.
Intel said Monday that as many as 60 ultrabooks will be available this year based on its latest mobile processors. But this keynote made it clear that ultrabooks are just one part of Intel's strategy to take its microprocessors mobile.
