Intel and Nokia officially partner on mobile devices: "the possibilities are endless"

Just as we heard, Intel and Nokia have today announced a long-term partnership that just might / might not revolutionize the way you live. The all-too-mysterious release doesn't go into great detail about what exactly the partnership will lead to, but it's clear that the two are joining hands in order to "shape the next era of mobile computing." Indeed, the duo has stated that they expect "many innovations to result from this collaboration over time" and they are hoping to "define a new mobile platform beyond today's smartphones, notebooks and netbooks, enabling the development of a variety of innovative hardware, software and mobile internet services." It's hard to say if we'll be seeing a Nokia UMPC, MID or smartbook in the near future, but we have to wonder if the world is even interested. An Intel-powered smartphone? Color us interested. An Intel-powered Nokiabook? Meh.

[papari Posted Jun 23rd 2009 2:22PM]

...what? Care to elaborate?

Sure the S60 has an old fashioned UI not suitable for touch screen devices but comparing it to MS-DOS 5 doesn't make any sense at all and when it comes to Nokia's Linux based lineup that comparison makes even less sense.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 3:37PM]

"Sure the S60 has an old fashioned UI not suitable for touch screen devices..."

All I can say is, I hope this post was meant to be sarcastic.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 2:55PM]

I guess Nokia really wants to make sure they end up on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 5:43PM]

New in 2010, Nokia N100, Intel inside and.... WinMo7
Why Microsoft cannot join them??? I don't see nokia as a software company.
I will not buy it, maybe the N101.

Sorry for the bad english

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 7:36PM]

i see them working together on software. maemo5 and moblin unite!

[joey2001 Posted Jun 23rd 2009 10:12PM]

2 good 2 b 4 gotten

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 11:06PM]

Cool. Intel has a proven track record of moving well into new spaces. Hope they can bring a fresh perspective to Nokia

[mitmit Posted Jun 24th 2009 3:20AM]

With some severe faillure, such as the StromArm venture, $5 billion. This one is a retry on the same space.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 24th 2009 7:14AM]

It doesn't mean anything to "partner" with Intel to build devices. They make a handful of CPU models and you can get all the data you need to build devices around them from their web site, or certainly from a sales rep. It seems unlikely that Intel would build a special chip for Nokia.

Sounds like Intel is paying Nokia a few million to do a prototype of some sort and shop it for PR at trade shows. Since the battery life will be abysmal it won't go further than that. In less than two years this "deal" will be completely forgotten as though it never happened.

A real Intel partnership looks like this: you start selling tons of x86 computers. Intel cuts you a big discount so long as you cover the motherboard exclusively with their chips. They also make sure you have a few months lead time over your competitors for the latest chips. You eke out slightly higher margins than your competitors and go on to capture a lot of market share.