Intel Corporation and Motorola Mobility have entered into a multi-year, multi-device strategic relationship that will see the duo develop smartphones using Intel Atom processors and the Android platform.

The collaboration, which also covers tablets, will combine Intel's leadership in silicon processor technology and computing innovation with Motorola's mobile device design expertise to deliver products that have the high performance, long battery life and convenience necessary for increasingly mobile lifestyles.

Intel said the strategic mobile partnership will see Motorola start shipping smartphones using Intel Atom processors and the Android platform later this year.

'When great silicon and software technology meets great mobile and design innovation, amazing things can happen,' said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini.

'Our long-term relationship with Motorola Mobility will help accelerate Intel architecture into new mobile market segments.'

'We expect the combination of our companies to break new ground and bring the very best of computing capabilities to smartphones and tablets, which in turn will help to create powerful new experiences that connect and enrich people's lives wherever they may be,' he added.

'We are delighted to be partnering with Intel to deliver smartphones and tablets based on Intel's Atom processor to consumers and businesses,' said Sanjay Jha, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Mobility.

'Though there are 5 billion mobile subscribers in the world, less than 800 million are using a smartphone today. With Android as the leading smartphone OS globally and advancements in computing technology we see tremendous opportunity for the converged devices market,' he stated.

Smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming an indispensible part of people's daily lives -- making them constant companions.

The strategic relationship between Intel and Motorola Mobility will expand opportunity for continued innovation in these areas as they work closely to leverage Intel's low power system-on-chip (SoC) roadmap for Motorola Mobility's converged mobile device portfolio.

The companies will collaborate across hardware, software and services to deliver complete solutions and disruptive new user experiences that offer long battery life, increased computing performance, advanced imaging and video capabilities, and seamless wireless connections.-TradeArabia News Service