“They know portability, mobility is the wave of the future.” Those were some of the words that Will Strauss, principal analyst with Forward Concepts used to describe the new partnership between the world’s leading chip manufacturers Intel and the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers Nokia.
The mega companies have linked up to make what they say will be a “new exciting industry”. While being tight lipped about the exact products of the technology collaboration, the companies said they would deliver new mobile computing products that are beyond the existing smartphones, netbooks and notebooks.
Intel makes chips for Wi-Fi and WiMax networks and has previously lacked the technology to provide a complete package for portable device makers. Anand Chandrasekher is Intel’s senior vice president of its ultra-mobility group. He said of the deal…
With the convergence of the internet and mobility as the team’s only barrier, I can only imagine the innovation that will come out of our unique relationship with Nokia. The possibilities are endless.
Gerry Purdy, the chief mobile analyst at Frost & Sullivan agrees…
I believe this will impact the industry for many years to come and accelerate the adoption of smartphones in the world. At the moment they are at 10% of market share. I predict that will grow to 50-60% in the next five years as a result of this partnership.
The direction we are heading is more computing power. We are seeing some exciting iPhone-like capability out there like graphics interactivity, multi-touch, video, lots of multi-media and the like.
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Nokia and Intel in Exciting New Partnership
“They know portability, mobility is the wave of the future.” Those were some of the words that Will Strauss, principal analyst with Forward Concepts used to describe the new partnership between the world’s leading chip manufacturers Intel and the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers Nokia.
The mega companies have linked up to make what they say will be a “new exciting industry”. While being tight lipped about the exact products of the technology collaboration, the companies said they would deliver new mobile computing products that are beyond the existing smartphones, netbooks and notebooks.
Intel makes chips for Wi-Fi and WiMax networks and has previously lacked the technology to provide a complete package for portable device makers. Anand Chandrasekher is Intel’s senior vice president of its ultra-mobility group. He said of the deal…
Gerry Purdy, the chief mobile analyst at Frost & Sullivan agrees…