Intel-Powered San Diego Smartphone Hits Orange June 6

The Intel-powered San Diego smartphone will be available in the U.K. via Orange starting June 6, the chipmaker announced today.

The Android-based San Diego, previously codenamed the Orange Santa Clara, is the first smartphone with Intel under the hood in Europe. Specifically, it will run the Intel Atom processor Z2460 and will operate on HSPA+ networks via the Intel XMM 6260 platform. This, according to Intel, will provide for a "fast and responsive browsing experience."

The San Diego will retail for £199.99 through the Orange Pay As You Go plan, which allows users to "top up" their plans in £10 increments for 250MB of data per month for 12 months.

Those who sign up for a two-year service contract with Orange at £15.50 per month will get the San Diego for free until July 25. That deal includes 50 calling minutes, 50 texts, and 100MB of data.

Intel said San Diego owners will also be able to tap into the T-Mobile network for wider access across the U.K., as well as mobile payments via Quick Tap Treats.

The San Diego boasts a 4.03-inch touch screen, HD video with 1080p video capture, image stabilization and HDMI out. There's also an 8-megapixel camera with a burst mode, which allows users to take 10 pictures in less than a second and select the best one. There's also , A-GPS, and Bluetooth 2.1.

Intel for a smartphone with Orange - made by Taiwanese company Gigabyte - at Mobile World Congress in February. PCMag's Jamie Lendino said it was "" from the show.

The first Intel smartphone . The 3G-enabled Xolo X900 running Android went on sale in the country on April 23 and cost 22,000 Indian rupees, or about $425, without a cell phone plan, according to carrier Lava.

Intel has struggled to penetrate an exploding mobile device market that largely relies on processors using the ARM instruction set instead of the chip giant's x86-based products, which have long dominated larger computing platforms like desktops and laptops. But the company has been adamant in pronouncing that 2012 is the year that Intel-based smartphones will finally take off.

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