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2010-01-08 , 01:37
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I'm currently following the Intel keynote liveblog on Engadget and I was surprised to learn that Nokia would be using Moorestown in their devices... What does that entail for the future of Maemo devices? I believe since that is an Atom CPU it will be x86,.. How exactly does that coexist with the ARM architecture currently used?
 
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2010-01-08 , 01:40
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...Nokia would be using Moorestown in their devices...
Nokia does make a netbook too. Did the announcement specify which devices?
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2010-01-08 , 01:45
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Originally Posted by Ayle View Post
I'm currently following the Intel keynote liveblog on Engadget and I was surprised to learn that Nokia would be using Moorestown in their devices... What does that entail for the future of Maemo devices? I believe since that is an Atom CPU it will be x86,.. How exactly does that coexist with the ARM architecture currently used?
Since Maemo is Debian, there should be no problem at all. Debian currently supports a lot of architectures from exactly the same code-base. It would be as possible to have Maemo/armel and Maemo/x86. In fact (I'm guessing here), that's what happens already

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2010-01-08 , 01:48
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By far the simplest explanation = new Nokia Booklet 3G with Moorestown.
 
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2010-01-08 , 02:17
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Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
By far the simplest explanation = new Nokia Booklet 3G with Moorestown.
Moorestown is an even more cut down version of the Atom. If anything the next booklet 3g should run Pinetrail.
 
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Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
By far the simplest explanation = new Nokia Booklet 3G with Moorestown.
Or LTE Booklet.
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2010-01-08 , 08:51
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The Nokia/Intel partnership was already announced a while ago (and IIRC we had discussions here then about a possible Maemo device based on Intel hardware).

What I found much more interesting in the whole Intel keynote was the announcement of an LG-Smartphone built around Moorestown and Moblin.

Moblin, IMHO, is equal to Maemo if your primary interest is an OS that's built around the free software components you find on a GNU/Linux desktop. It remains to be seen how much LG cripples the platform for their phone, but still: For the first time since the sad OpenMoko episode I feel I have a choice when it comes to open pocketable devices. Until now, Nokia had a monopoly here. Things can only get better.
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