Fresh off of being dumped by Apple after such a short relationship, Intel has wasted no time in dusting itself off and getting back to work producing its next best thing.
Known for years as the world’s best chip makers (a title that’s now in question), Intel has trained its efforts on a whole new arena. That’s right – smartphones!
Observing the massive success of the iPhone (and maybe even to get back at Steve Jobs and Co., maybe?) Intel revealed its own new platform (read: operating system or OS) for mobile internet devices (MIDs) and smartphones.
Of course, Intel’s interest in the arena probably has little to do with Apple’s success or its jilting of Intel’s flaghsip product. What it really has to do with is an awareness that handheld internet use is not only the wave of the future, but it still has so much room for growth.
Recognizing that no company has yet perfected the art of delivering versatile internet functionality in an optimal format, Intel has now demonstrated “Moorestown” to the technorati and announced plans to release the OS around the of ’09 or beginning of ’10.
