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Intel’s next UMPC platform to be Maemo based?

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By: , IntoMobile
Sunday, April 15th, 2007 at 9:54 PM

While these preliminary screen shots might not be of high quality, you can definitely spot a similarity to Maemo.

Did Nokia create a product category and now others are taking notice or has Intel had this idea sitting in the back burner and only now just starting to talk about it?

At least Intel is using the Mozilla rendering engine, something I strongly prefer to Opera.

I welcome the competition and I certainly think this is a good thing for our industry.

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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.

  • Deckard

    Nokia need to get their act together on the software front where Maemo and Internet Tablets are concerned – the software is in continual beta state, it’s never finished before Nokia kill the device and replace it with the next big thing.

    Intel will kick Nokias arse with their device. The platform will be more stable and the software will be better as I’m sure Intel will have more control over the hardware than Nokia currently do – Nokia don’t have rights to the 3D hardware or the video accelaration and of course Opera is closed source and Adobe haven’t updated Flash beyond 7 on ARM. Intel will have the luxury of Mozilla (which Nokia could also have if they got their hear out of their combined arses) and Flash 9 on x86. Not to mention they’ll probably have fairly good 2D/3D acceleration with open source drivers, and significantly more power due to core duo processors.

    Weight, battery life (and possibly price) will be the only factors preventing the Intel device from wiping the floor with Nokia. This could get ugly, but at least Nokia have another 12-18 months to get it right.

  • Naveen John

    ‘continual beta state’ is right

    I own an N800 and I feel like Nokia’s lab rat.