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Renesas Technology Corp will collaborate with the world’s largest cellular phone manufacturer, Nokia Corp, on the development of platform software for handsets, the Nikkei reported, without identifying sources.The Finnish firm will make its S60 platform software compatible with the Japanese semiconductor manufacturer’s SH-Mobile system chips, which are currently used by domestic manufacturers and South Korean-based LG Electronics Inc, according to the business daily.
Nokia, which buys chips mainly from US-based Texas Instruments Inc, has never used a Japanese chipmaker as a supplier of chips for platform software.
By clinching a supply contract with Nokia, Renesas aims to increase its SH-Mobile output to 50 mln units in fiscal 2008 from 20 mln in fiscal 2006, the Nikkei said.
Source: Hemscott
Would this mean S60 based LG devices?! That would rock so hard!
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
