Intel Debuts First Moorestown Smartphone

During Intel’s keynote speech last night, Intel CEO Paul Otellini took the stage and showed off the first smartphone to be based on Intel’s Moorestown platform. Moorestown is Intel’s mobile chipset that includes an energy-efficient Atom processor.

The first Moorestown phone is from LG and is called the GW990. The phone features a gangly, elongated 5-inch touchscreen with 1020 x 480 resolution. It’ll will run on Linux Moblin OS and will include multitouch capabilities. Other features include 720p video, 16 GB of flash memory, 512 MB of RAM, and a front and rear camera.

According to the speech, Moorestown delivers the power capabilities needed to bring PC-style functions onto smartphones. Other manufacturers including Nokia will be using the platform in upcoming phone releases.

Other notable news from Intel’s keynote speech include a netbook app store called AppUp Center and Light Peak technology, which will supposedly supplant other connections like USB and HDMI due to its sheer speed (10 Gbps).  Intel also spent time discussing CES 2010’s favorite topic: 3D video.

[via  Engadget, Computerworld and Electronista]