http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/apple.may.see.future.atom.as.too.hungry/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/intelmoorestown-idf.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has flatly rejected Intel's Moorestown Atom platform for being too power-hungry, a rumor claims today. Unnamed industry contacts say Intel reportedly approached Apple on its own to suggest the ultra-mobile platform but that the Mac creator rejected it outright due to power concerns. According to the Fudzilla source, Apple needed idle power consumption about ten times lower than what Moores... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/28/apple.may.see.future.atom.as.too.hungry/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/12/intels.mid.platform.dwarfed.by.2012/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/benqmid-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel's mobile Internet device (MID) platform is unlikely to get any significant traction versus smartphones even years into its life, a study from the Information Network says on Monday. Although Intel has very frequently pushed the category, which usually has a screen between five and eight inches and focuses on basic Internet access, it's only expected to sell a fraction of what smartphones wi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/12/intels.mid.platform.dwarfed.by.2012/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/intel.plans.more.frequent.atom.updates/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/intelatomz500-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel will more aggressively update the Atom processor than it has in the past, executive VP Sean Maloney said in an interview published today. The company waited roughly a year between the original Atom launch and its Z500 upgrade but now plans to put it more closely on the faster "tick tock" pattern it uses for regular processors, where it first shrinks the manufacturing process for an existing... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/intel.plans.more.frequent.atom.updates/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/17/intel.calpella.at.idf.sept/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/intelnehalem.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel's Developer Forum in late September should mark the formal debut for its Calpella notebook platform and should serve as an opportunity to showcase its upcoming ultra-mobile technology as well, a leak indicated today. As part of an updated product roadmap, the semiconductor firm should provide detailed specs of Calpella and, presumably, the mobile Core i5 and i7 processors it will use. The ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/17/intel.calpella.at.idf.sept/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/10/intel.talks.google.on.mids/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/htcmagic-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel today is now claimed to be in formal discussions with Google over backing Android for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). Although Intel has its own Moblin Linux platform, those firm making the handhelds in Taiwan say Intel wants to be the choice of hardware for any operating system, including Android. It believes creating a healthy hardware and software environment will help the wider industr... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/10/intel.talks.google.on.mids/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/intel.nokia.partnership/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/nokian97-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel and Nokia today struck a multi-year deal to develop a new form of mobile device processor architecture. The two have few details but hope to produce pocketable hardware which is nonetheless in a "new class" rather than a smartphone or even a larger system like a netbook or notebook. They intend to work together on multiple mobile Linux projects related to the architecture, including the oF... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/intel.nokia.partnership/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/nokia.may.use.intel.chips/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/nokian97-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A last-minute leak this past evening would have Nokia use Intel processors for the first time in some of its devices. One unnamed source for Bloomberg claims that an announcement could come as early as this morning from Intel senior mobility VP Anand Chandrasekher that it has landed a deal to supply chips to Nokia. What this would entail isn't evident, though it would almost certainly involve a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/nokia.may.use.intel.chips/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/elektrobit.moorestown.mid/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/elektrobitmid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Finland-based Elektrobit has recently demonstrated a cellular-voice-enabled mobile Internet device (MID) known as the Reference Device and based on Intel's next-generation Atom processor, codenamed Moorestown. The device will also sport a special build of the Linux-based Moblin v2 operating system optimized for use in MIDs and with cellular phone support. The EB design was co-developed along with... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/elektrobit.moorestown.mid/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/05/market.for.mids.crashing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/compalmidintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sales of mobile Internet devices (MIDs) have fallen well short of Intel's expectations for the category it invented, those at companies making the devices claimed on Friday. The American company reportedly estimated that between 150,000 and 200,000 of the handheld devices would sell since the Atom Z500 was launched in March but, according to DigiTimes' sources, has only managed 30,000 actual sale... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/05/market.for.mids.crashing/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/04/intel.to.buy.wind.river/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/intelatom-penny.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel on Thursday said it would buy embedded software developer Wind River for $884 million in cash. The deal is mutual and is aimed directly at improving Intel's stance in the mobile space. As the purchaser, Intel expects to improve both its hardware and software in the field; it sees this as especially helpful for smartphones and mobile Internet devices but also anticipates Wind River helping ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/04/intel.to.buy.wind.river/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:10:00 GMT