Comments on: Fascinating Prediction ~ ARM has MID design wins until 2014? http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/05/08/fascinating-prediction-arm-has-mid-design-wins-until-2014/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff Moriarty (Intel) http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/05/08/fascinating-prediction-arm-has-mid-design-wins-until-2014/#comment-12699 Jeff Moriarty (Intel) Wed, 21 May 2008 18:10:20 +0000 http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/05/08/fascinating-prediction-arm-has-mid-design-wins-until-2014/#comment-12699 I completely agree with you that the line is blurring. What is a smartphone? A UMPC? A MID? It's like trying to name spoonfuls of soup... they each have different bits and parts in it. The connectivity picture will definitely play a role. If WiMax takes off, or a device really nails the seamless switching between connection stacks to keep you "always connected", things evolve very differently. It's exactly that chaos made me laugh at the 2014 ARM prediction. I completely agree with you that the line is blurring. What is a smartphone? A UMPC? A MID? It's like trying to name spoonfuls of soup... they each have different bits and parts in it.

The connectivity picture will definitely play a role. If WiMax takes off, or a device really nails the seamless switching between connection stacks to keep you "always connected", things evolve very differently. It's exactly that chaos made me laugh at the 2014 ARM prediction.

]]> By: √ -1 http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/05/08/fascinating-prediction-arm-has-mid-design-wins-until-2014/#comment-12455 √ -1 Sat, 10 May 2008 00:55:38 +0000 http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/05/08/fascinating-prediction-arm-has-mid-design-wins-until-2014/#comment-12455 It seems to me that much depends on what happens with widespread support for WiMAX and other wireless connectivity network schemes. Intel isn't really developing for phones anymore, right? Not that it's always easy to tell anymore which devices are primarily phones and which are computers, but for example, I have an ARM-based Nokia N800 Internet tablet, which is a fabulous little unit as long as I'm able to locate wifi. That's a big if, particularly outside of large urban areas. It winds up sitting in the drawer more often than not because my notebook is still superior for writing, organization and planning, multimedia delivery and gaming, and for very mobile access, my cell phone wins over the N800 despite a clunkier UI and excessive costs from the provider for services, simply because the network has further reach. It seems to me that much depends on what happens with widespread support for WiMAX and other wireless connectivity network schemes. Intel isn't really developing for phones anymore, right? Not that it's always easy to tell anymore which devices are primarily phones and which are computers, but for example, I have an ARM-based Nokia N800 Internet tablet, which is a fabulous little unit as long as I'm able to locate wifi. That's a big if, particularly outside of large urban areas. It winds up sitting in the drawer more often than not because my notebook is still superior for writing, organization and planning, multimedia delivery and gaming, and for very mobile access, my cell phone wins over the N800 despite a clunkier UI and excessive costs from the provider for services, simply because the network has further reach.

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