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India
Telecom
August 13, 2004
Hutch, Intel to develop smartphone applications
BANGALORE -- Intel, the world's largest chip
maker, and Hutch, India's leading cellular service provider,
will jointly work on the development of smartphone applications
in India.
Hutch
and Intel will work to develop applications for the
low-power, space-sensitive cellular phone and PDA segments.
Based on Intel XScale technology, the PXA26x processor
family delivers high performance and low power, while
providing processing capabilities that allow wireless
handsets to respond quickly to performance-intensive
applications like MPEG-4 video decode, speech and handwriting
recognition, Java interpretation, application performance
levels, physical space-savings and new usage models.
Harit
Nagpal, chief marketing officer, Hutch, said: 'Today's
consumers are looking at smartphones to provide a unique
experience that can't be achieved by traditional mobile
phones. We are excited to collaborate with key international
technology partners like Intel to develop applications
for smartphones that will benefit everyone from today's
busy executives to youth who enjoy playing games. For
example, our partnership with Microsoft resulted in
the ActiveSync facility that allows users to view, edit
and send documents in the MS Word, PS PowerPoint or
MS Excel formats, on their smartphones. We are happy
to be working with Intel for application development."
Jayant
Murty, director, marketing, South Asia Intel Technology
(I) Pvt. Ltd., added: "With the convergence of
computing and communications, devices like these smartphones,
based on Intel's Xscale technology, provide numerous
opportunities for new and exciting applications. The
PXA26x processor family delivers high performance and
low power, while providing processing capabilities that
allow smart phones to respond quickly to performance-intensive
applications like Windows media player, speech and handwriting
recognition, and e-mail. The Intel PXA26x processor
family continues the promise of delivering leadership
building blocks based on the Intel Personal Internet
Client Architecture for the wireless handheld market
segment."
Contact:
Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
Tel: +91-80-2507-5000
varghese.thomas@intel.com
www.intel.com
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