Two world giants of technology in two completely different arenas have teamed up to make newer and better smartphones. The companies are Intel and Nokia, and last Tuesday they announced their formation of a long-term partnership to put Intel microprocessors into Nokia smartphones.
Intel is acquiring an HSPA/3G IP license from Nokia and planning on putting a Linux-based OS into the devices, which will include not only smartphones but netbooks and nettops, and in-vehicle information and entertainment systems. This would be the big start in the mobile market that Intel has needed in order to remain relevant.
Though most smartphones these days use ARM microprocessors because Intel's apparently require so much more power, Intel's earlier forays into the mobile market included certain Blackberry and Palm devices. Nokia's real reason for the partnership, no doubt, is because of the bigger presence Intel will give it in the United States.
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