iPhone Clone from Intel

We already know that Intel had announced its intentions to enter the mobile phone market with its Menlow mobile internet device (MID) platform and is set to bond with Apple for its next-gen iPhone. At CES, Intel realized this statement by putting up some nonworking, full-scale models of an iPhone-esque device and also working prototypes of its UMPCs based on the Menlow platform with 45nm Silverthorne chips.

According to Intel, its MIDs using Silverthorne chips on the Menlow platform can surpass any other device in the same category available currently, while not taxing battery life, thanks to something called Hafnium that prevents energy leaks. They come either with WiMax or 3G to lower costs and increase battery life.

Coming to the iPhone's twin, this MID looks desirable even though it does not actually do anything now, being just a mockup and all that. The design is similar to that of an iPhone but slightly elongated with emphasis more on screen than buttons. The interface also looks similar although not to a point of infringing Apple's patents.