Intel will ship a fully native x86 version of Android 2.2 �Froyo� to developers in the next two months to spur growth of Atom-powered Android netbooks and slates.
The highly-anticipated Android 2.2 �Froyo� release looks set to mark another stage in the evolution of Google�s mobile OS with the move onto PC-standard x86 architecture.
Android was originally written for the ARM processors which power most smartphones, along with the new class of slates and 3G �smartbooks�.
But Intel has been adapting Android�s open source code to run as a native x86 operating system so that its army of hardware partners can use Atom processors for Android tablets, netbooks and, at some stage in the future, smartphones.
�Our expectation is that (native x86 Android) will be based on the Froyo release and will be available this summer to developers� Renee James, Intel�s senior veep for software and services, told APC.
James says the process of �Atomising� Android �wasn�t tremendously difficult, as we have a lot experience in Linux�.
In addition �all of the (x86) code will be fed back into the open branch that will be created for x86� and will fully accessible to the Android developer community.
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