Intel head of mobility-”few people seem to want to use a mobile phone, even a smartphone, to get at all their online stuff”

Posted by Pat Phelan
On January 11, 2009
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Tags: Anand Chandrasekhe, Android, intel, intel mobility, Intel Ultra mobility group, iPhone, Palm, PalmPre
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Intel head of mobility-”few people seem to want to use a mobile phone, even a smartphone, to get at all their online stuff”

This is probably one of THE most out of touch quotes I have ever heard from anyone in the mobile business.
“few people seem to want to use a mobile phone, even a smartphone, to get at all their online stuff”
Seriously Mr Chandrasekher, please have a look around at some numbers
10 million Iphones in 2008
Android expected to shift 5-8 million units in 2009 (I think it will be higher)
Palm Pre launches, will probably do 2-2.5 million units in next 12 months
So 30 million users disagree Mr Chandrasekher.

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Posted by Thomas Geraghty 11th January, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I can’t understand HOW someone in that position could come to that conclusion. Christ.
Posted by Joe Scanlon 11th January, 2009 at 8:42 pm
What an idiot.
Posted by Kevin Restivo 11th January, 2009 at 11:31 pm
On the surface, I don’t agree either.

However, I’ll give the gentleman from Intel the benefit of the doubt.

I have a feeling he’s trying to say the smartphone Web surfing experience is a poor one and therefore it is difficult for people trying to access info on a smartphone, which gives netbooks a market opening of sorts.
Posted by Ger Hartnett 12th January, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Intel sold its ARM/Xscale mobile processors to Marvell a couple of years ago and x86 power consumption isn’t low enough for mobiles yet.

In fairness to Chandrasekher I think he’s trying to be positive about netbooks in the article,

That frustration, said Mr Chandrasekher, helped to explain the growing interest in so-called netbooks – small machines that do a good job of connecting to the web but, before now, have lacked the processing horsepower of their laptop and desktop brethren.
Posted by ultan 27th January, 2009 at 7:42 pm
He must be raving. Try reading the 2007 Ovum report alone…

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Intel head of mobility-”few people seem to want to use a mobile phone, even a smartphone, to get at all their online stuff”

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