VIA and WindRiver team up to take on sub-$100 Android smartphone market

The USA will have sold the most smartphones ... mainly Apple and RIM phones ... in the world in 2010, but that will be the last year for which that can be said. Cheap smartphone sales in emerging markets like China and India are where the most growth is at. Most sub-$100 handsets in China are still based on an older Mediatek platform and they're not smartphones, but Android, combined with new hardware platforms, is driving the price of smartphones down.

VIA Telecom and WindRiver have joined forces to offer a platform called Kunlun, which, they say, will allow manufacturers to sell fully featured smartphones for under $100, and still make a decent profit. The features of phones using this platform include the Android OS, 3G EVDO, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio, camera, touchpad, keyboard and microSD slots.

Can't wait to see a smartphone with a VIA inside logo on it! Source: EETimes