Intel and Nokia held a conference call on Tuesday morning to add further details, the companies said. However, when it came time for the call, that detail was carefully excluded.
The collaboration, which has already begun, will include the development of a new mobile platform, which may or may not be based around the Atom processor, executives said. There will also be two other parts: cooperative development on several mobile open-source projects, as well as Intel's decision to license HSPA technology from Nokia.
It wasn't clear how the new mobile platform would differ from the pantheon of netbooks, smartphones, PDAs, notebooks, ultrathin notebooks, ultralight notebooks, "smartbooks," and other portable devices that combine computing and communications. Neither executives from Intel or Nokia seemed willing to discuss the issue, claiming that product-specific details would be released in the future.
"As all of you are aware, computing and communications has been on a steady path of convergence for the past couple of years," said Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of the ultramobility group at Intel. The combination will provide new revenue opportunities for both companies, he said.
A greater potential impact may lie in the licensing of Nokia's 3G HSPA technology, which could conceivably be combined with Intel's existing PC chipsets, and allow Intel to further penetrate the mobile market. Intel's chipsets already combine Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology, and a 3G component would serve as an additional bridge to connect client devices roaming between the two technologies.
The Intel and Nokia effort includes collaboration in several open source mobile Linux software projects, including te open-source Moblin OS, and the similar Maemo OS which powers the Nokia N810 tablet, the companies said. Other shared investments include oFono, ConnMan, Mozilla, X.Org, BlueZ, D-BUS, Tracker, GStreamer, and PulseAudio.
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