Intel finishes Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port for x86 phones

The latest version of Android is now compatible with Intel-based handsets -- if you can find one, that is. The Santa Clara chip giant is just getting started in the smartphone market, with devices available from select carriers in India,...

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Hmm this seems to be a popular topic. Intel now have to prove x86 is a worthy competitor judging by the apparent lack of interest!

If it is x86 based, then can't it be cracked to run Windows, at least theoretically?

Maybe it can run any of the windows xp/vista/7 "performance editions", courtesy of the friendly neighborhood pirates.

How well did the Orange San Diego (Android 2.3) stack up against a Qualcomm chipped phone? We never got to see on stateside.

I'll be willing to bet that Intel is using heavily sources from the android-x86 project.

http://www.android-x86.org/

They contributed to the project for the first time in July of this year.

I wonder what the benchmarks will look like? The hardware in the first Intel based phones seemed to do fantastic and that was running on crappy Gingerbread.

Great work and best site ......Also have seen nice article on http://techinlead.com/top-5-features-of-android-4-1-jelly-bean/