Intel planning affordable Bay Trail processors for next year

ntel is reported to be planning affordable Intel Atom Bay Trail chips for the entry-level tablets in the first half 2014.

Intel is planning to bring affordable mobile processors for the entry-level Google Android tablet segment. DigiTimes reported that sources from among tablet makers point at Intel's plan to bring cheaper Atom Bay Trail mobile chips for the tablet segment. The Mobile Indian reported about the recent launch of the Intel Atom Bay Trail Z3000 series processors for tablet and convertibles.

Intel Atom family's new Z3000 processors codenamed Bay Trail were shown earlier this year. These are quad-core mobile processors for powerful tablets. Now Intel has planned to address the entry-level tablet segment as well with the same Bay Trail core chipsets. Intel is reportedly planning cheaper Atom, Bay Trail processors for affordable tablets thereby compete with tablets running MediaTek and Qualcomm chips.

These processors will be made available in the second half of the next year. The Intel Atom Bay Trail processors are manufactured using 22 nm CMOS process technology. However, releasing those processors before the second half next year would be kind of late. That means one can expect affordable tablets with Intel Atom Bay Trail processors inside only by the second half of 2014. These tablets will run Google Android updates.

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BlackBerry Q5, Z10, Q10 prices slashed

BlackBerry has officially slashed the prices of the said devices for enterprise customers but these are available for much cheaper price in retail markets

With festive season started and competition growing, BlackBerry has reportedly slashed prices of its Q5, Z10, and Q10 smartphones. The offer is only available to the company's existing BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10 customers in India, reported Business Today.

"As part of our on-going festive season promotions, we are introducing an exclusive offer for our valued BES10 enterprise customers," BlackBerry's managing director for India Sunil Lalvani was quoted as saying by the financial daily.

As per BlackBerry, BES10 customers can now purchase BlackBerry Q10 at Rs 39,990, BlackBerry Z10 at Rs 29,000 and BlackBerry Q5 smartphone at Rs 22,699.

Curiously, for retail customers, the best buy price of BlackBerry Q10 is Rs 39,000, while Z10 can be purchased for as low as Rs 26,500. Even BlackBerry Q5 is available for Rs 22,095 from tradus for which you have to apply a coupon code; otherwise you can purchase the smartphone from Amazon India for Rs 23,500.

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