The rumoured Nokia netbook could be back on the cards, with reports that the Finnish phone company has paired up with Intel to use its higher power processors. Just what sort of mobile device could they be for, eh?
Bloomberg reports that Intel vice president Anand Chandrasekher is to announce today that the chip maker will team up with Nokia and supply it with processors for “mobile devices”. That’s unusual because unlike mobile chip maker ARM, which Nokia has used until now, Intel’s current processors are notoriously power hungry, and so far haven’t been suitable for phones.
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Intel is known to be working on two platforms for portable devices, Moorestown and Medway, but only the latter, expected by 2011, is believed to be suitable for smartphones. Which begs the question, what does Intel have that Nokia can use at the moment? It could just be a statement of intent on Intel’s part, but it could mean an Intel-powered Nokia netbook is on the way, and even if it’s not announced today, it certainly paves the way for similarly sized devices.
