Intel Collaborate With Nokia Over Open Source Projects

Intel and Nokia have announced a ‘long-term partnership’ to develop a new wave of mobile computing devices based on joint technologies including Nokia’s HSPA capable 3G modem intellectual property. This is big news for open source, since both Intel and Nokia rely on Linux (and open source) for their respective mobile platforms.
Intel has Moblin, Nokia has Maemo and both are Linux based mobile operating systems. Now the two efforts will benefit from a co-ordinated joint effort on some key open source mobile applications. Maemo powers Nokia’s Internet Tablet product line, which includes the Nokia N810. Moblin on the other hand is developed to run on Intel’s low power Atom line of processors for mobile devices such as netbooks.
Linux also gets a leg-up with the double barrel push of Moblin and Maemo as operating systems which the joint venture will optimize for these forthcoming devices. The Intel-Nokia alliance makes it clear that the open-source OS is the front-runner for smartphones and mobile Internet devices.
However, the companies did not say anything concerning plans to include other Nokia products among those using Intel processors.