Smartphone hardware is poised to receive a boost in performance and extended battery life thanks to the Tegra 4i, a new 4G LTE mobile processor co-designed by NVIDIA and ARM.

FORBES: NVIDIA Unveils Tegra 4i Mobile LTE Chip, Promises 'Exceptionally Long Battery Life'

Don't necessarily expect them to work on every Android phone, however, as there are some prerequisites for AIR, namely an ARMv7 processor or better with a vector co-processor, OpenGL ES 2.0 and Froyo, but Adobe says if your device handles Flash 10.1, it'll probably run AIR.

ENGADGET: Adobe AIR 2.5 coming to Android in Q4 2010, but only to capable phones

On the receiving end, listeners need a multimedia co-processor and a 28k modem or better.

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