Chipmaking giant Intel and Finland’s Nokia—still the world’s largest mobile handset maker—have announced a broad new strategic partnership aimed at developing Intel-based mobile computing devices and platforms, all built around always-available mobile broadband connectivity and Internet access. The effort will see the companies collaborate on the open source Moblin and Maemo platforms, as well as open source efforts like Mozilla, X.Org, BlueZ, PulseAudio, and oFono. Intel will also license Nokia’s HSPA/3G modem technologies so their capabilities can be integrated right into future mobile device chipsets.
