The first Medfield phone made it to the market (in India). Check this out: it's called Lava Xolo X900 sporting an Atom at 1.6 GHz and running Android it's on par with the *current* competition in terms of performance as well as battery life.

The kicker for me though is its ability to run x86 binaries which would allow for the possibility of running a chrooted x86 Linux distro on the side and even the ability the run Windows apps (via Virtualbox or Wine) at adequate speed.

Obviously, running Meego (the non-Aegis version) would be the far more elegant solution, as one wouldn't need to take the long route via localhost VNC as you would with Android, opening up the possibility of full hardware 3D acceleration as well! Anyone know about the status of Medfield drivers for Meego and if it's at all possible to get it on the Xolo?

I hope the phone gets available in more markets so more tinkerers can get their hands on it.