Lenovo K900: Intel Clover Trail+ smartphone

The Intel powered competition for the Samsung Galaxy Note II is on the way, with the Lenovo K900 leading the charge. Like last year when Lenovo announced the K800 smartphone series at CES, this time around, it is the K900 phablet.

The K900 boost the power of Intel Atom processor for smartphones, which Intel talked about recently and is codenamed “Clover Trail”. We don’t have the exact specs, but this is expected to be clocking at 2 Ghz and a whooping 2 GB RAM.

The K900 comes with a 5.5-inch IPS display with a 1080p resolution and Gorilla Glass 2, a 13MP camera and 16GB internal storage.

A lot of effort has been made for the build quality. The thickness of the K900 is 6.9mm and the chassis is a combination of stainless steel and polycarbonate, and will weigh 162 grams.

No pricing details yet, but India is in the list of the countries where the phone will be released. First up, the K900 will hit the Chinese market, with India, Russia, Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia confirmed.

Dual Sim Phones: Lenovo on-a-high

While some manufactures saving their smartphones and mobile for MWC 2013 which will take place in 2013. Lenovo has already announced four dual-sim phones in CES 2013.

The new Lenovo lineup includes, firstly, Lenovo IdeaPhone S890. It boasts of a 5-inch qHD display with a 540x960 pixel resolution with a pixel density of 220ppi. The smartphone runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The S890 is relatively slim at 9.3mm and is relatively light at 176 grams and also packs in a generous 8MP camera.

Next up, we have the IdeaPhone S720. It has a smaller 4.5-inch IPS LCD qHD display with a 245ppi. It runs on the  Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is powered by a dual-core MTK processor. It come with a 8 MP rear camera and 1 MP front camera for video calling. The S720 boasts of a 2000mAh battery.

At last, we have the two budget devices - the A800 and the A690. The Lenovo IdeaPhone A800 shows off a 4.5-inch FWVGA display with a 480x854 resolution giving it a 218ppi, with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 2000mAh battery. It runs Android 4.0 ICS.

The IdeaPhone A690 on the other hand has a 4-inch display with a 1GHz single core processor. But it’s a little disappointing that it runs an older version of Android 2.3 Ginger Bread. This makes it good for the consumers looking for entry-level devices.

Also checkout, the first Intel Clover Trail+ smartphone, the Lenovo K900.

AMD: New Processors and GPUs.

AMD introduced new sets of silicon at a press conference here at Vegas. These new processors run the gamut from APUs built for low power use in tablet PCs to multi-GHz performance CPUs and GPUs.

AMD started by trying to coin a new term: Surround Computing, which means having computing power all around you, from smart devices embedded in glasses to room-filling visuals and sounds. In the keynote, AMD representatives touted the company's discrete graphics solutions, as well as APU solutions for laptops, desktops, and tablets.

The Radeon HD brand led off the press conference, emphasizing AMD's commitment to servicing gaming, from the traditional gaming PC to the gaming console, to the infrastructure that supports gaming. After reiterating that games like Far Cry 3, Bioshock Infinite, and the new Tomb Raider are AMD Gaming Evolved titles, AMD announced its dominance of the home gaming console market with AMD technology in three out of the four top consoles (including the new Nintendo Wii U). AMD capped the gaming section with the introduction of the AMD Radeon HD 8000M series for notebook PCs.

Next, AMD introduced its updated A4, A6, A8, and A10 APU lines and OEM partners. A representative from Asus showed the Asus U38 Ultrathin, powered by AMD A-series APUs with AMD Radeon discrete graphics as an option. The U38 Ultrathin has a 1080p screen with capacitive multi-touch. Next up was the HP Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook, which can be equipped with an A8 APU, 15.6-inch 10-finger touch screen.

New processors, ranging from AMD A8 and A10 performance processors (codenamed Richland) to more mainstream A4 and A6 processors (Kabini) were also discussed. Like their competitors, the new CPUs deliver users more performance as well as better battery life. Thanks to built-in Radeon technology, AMD was able to demonstrate a new Kabini processor outperforming a current Intel Core i3 processor.

The company is also going after the tablet space, with Windows-8-capable processors that slot in between ARM-style tablet processors and the low-end x86 processors originally meant for notebooks. Using gaming and HD video to tout the systems as "Performance Tablets", AMD's A4 and A6 (Temash) APUs are expected to slot into Windows 8 tablets in the near future.

Speaking of slotting in, AMD capped the presentation with the announcement that Vizio is going to use AMD APU processors in their all-in-one desktop, thin and light laptop, and new AMD Z-60 APU-based tablet PCs. All Vizio PCs announced will run Windows 8 and have touch screens.