News - MIPS claims first non-ARM phone to pass Android certification

[HEXUS]

Beats Intel to the punch with an Android-compatible Ingenic chip.

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[Joe of Loath]

Intel is on its way out, at least as a monopoly. No way can x86 be viable for mobile devices, and the advent of Windows 8 on ARM heralds the end of Wintel.

[directhex]

Shame this won't run any non-Java apps (i.e. anything with native ARM Linux code in it, like satnav apps or games)

[MonkeyL]

Shame this won't run any non-Java apps (i.e. anything with native ARM Linux code in it, like satnav apps or games)

Indeed, I think this is going to be a real issue, at least initially as the new phones come along and none of the decent games work.

Can't help but think Android is turning into to WinCE.