Intel has designed an iPhone-like Android prototype (picture)

Intel has designed an iPhone-like Android prototype (picture) Intel has also designed an iPhone-like A...

Intel also designed a prototype iPhone-like Android device using its chips.

Intel plans to use the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which opens next month, to announce its official entry into the smartphone chip market, and will elaborate on its smartphone chip plans at the show.

Intel has also designed a prototype of an iPhone-like Android device using its chip. The phone is not just a concept phone. Intel also plans to license all or part of the phone's design to mobile phone manufacturers for free.

"In the first half of next year, you will see many Intel customer products using this mobile phone core released to the market," Intel CEO Paul? #27431; Otellini said at the Credit Suisse investor conference last month, "We have more plans to announce at CES."

Otellini will give a keynote speech at the CES show that opens in Las Vegas on January 10, so he may use the opportunity to announce new content. The day before CES opens, Intel will also hold a press conference on the notebook field.

Technology website Technology Review previously reported that Intel is working hard for the smartphone chip market, and quoted Intel as saying that smartphones using its chips will be available in the first half of next year.

However, Otellini hinted that their products will be launched earlier. He said: "We will start shipping in the first quarter of next year."

> Intel has previously talked about its mobile phone chip plans on many occasions, especially for Android phones. At the Intel Developer Conference in September, Otellini invited Google Android director Andy Rubin to give a speech on how to use Google's efforts to build Intel's chips into first-class products in future Android phones.

However, Intel still needs to face competition from many rivals when entering the mobile phone chip market, including the current industry leaders – Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Nvidia. Broadcom has also stated that they are planning to enter the mobile phone market, especially the low-end segment, which is currently dominated by MediaTek.

Although aware of competition, Intel said their tests showed that its mobile phone reference design is not only reliably competitive in performance, but also competitive in the all-important battery life. Many people are worried that Intel chips cannot compete with ARM architecture processors in terms of battery life indicators.

Intel's mobile chip plan is not only aimed at the smartphone market. The chip giant has already felt strong competition from ARM and Apple in the tablet computer field. Even with the Windows 8 operating system, Intel will face challenges in the PC field.

Responsible for Intel's mobile chip project are former Infineon executive Hermann Eul and former Apple and Palm executive Mike Bell. Intel recently restructured its mobile chip projects, with Yule and Bell responsible for all project implementation.