Intel is getting into the mobile space, focusing on Android

For years WinTell partnership racked up hundreds of billions for both Microsoft and Intel with PC sales. The world has changed. First laptops outsold desktops. Smartphones outsell PCs. Mobile devices are not run on Intel chips any longer. ARM is the leader in that category. Microsoft announced that next version of Windows 8, which will run on tablet devices, can be run on ARM based system as well on Intel.

Intel chips can perform well better than competition, but people do not buy just chips. Intel has been trying to enter mobile space looking for a partner with ability to scale. Nokia has ability to scale but its Meego operating system is dead. Instead Intel now is working with Samsung to make Bada run on its chips. Samsung can scale world-wide but unfortunately its Bada OS is lackluster having only 2% global market share.

Now I am reading articles that Intel is working with Google and Motorola (which is the same company now) to have Ice CreamSandwich run on Intel chips.