Intel and Google announce an alliance optimising Android for Intel chips, with Google's Andy Rubin joining Intel CEO Paul Otellini at the Intel Developer Forum 2011 keynote.

The joint effort will leverage Intel technology across both smartphones and tablets, improving Android performance on x86 architecture.

During the keynote Otellini shows a Medfield-powered smartphone running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), while the show attendees can also find a Medfield-powered Honeycomb tablet prototype.

Other Google products (such as Chrome OS and Google Read more...

The Eee Slate B121 is the tablet aiming for SMBs-- at least according to Asus. 

It carries an Intel Core i5-470M processor and Windows 7 Professional, providing a familiar PC environment in slim tablet format. 

Security is also covered-- being Computrace LJack ready (subscription required) and a trusted platform module (TPM) storing cryptographic information (like encryption keys) on a separate chip. 

The LED-backlit multitouch display is 12.1" with 1280x800 resolution, while Asus also provides an included Bluetooth keyboard and an integrated Wacom Read more...

Mobile software vendor Openwave Systems files complaints against Apple and RIM, accusing the two companies of infringing five Openwave patents. 

According to Openwave, a number of devices-- including iPhone and iPad models, the Blackberry PlayBook and Blackberry Curve 9330-- violate patents involving mobile email, app updates, cloud computing, information navigation and secure mobile connection to a server. 

The company says it tried to reach agreements with Apple and RIM before taking legal action, but to no response from either of the two companies. Read more...

RIM wants small businesses to manage their BlackBerries on the cloud-- through its newly announced BlackBerry Management Center.

The free online service will allow businesses with up to 100 company- or employee-owned Blackberry devices to manage and protect business-related content the smartphones might carry. 

Commercial users wanting the service need to access email via either ISP or web-based services and have devices running on BlackBerry OS 4.6 or later. 

Its offerings include automatic wireless data backup (on a daily, weekly or monthly basis), Read more...