Now that is a milestone that is going to change . . . what exactly ? Can you picture a starving African child with a brand-new Nokia in hand ?
Neither can I.
The only thing it means is that the 1st-world countries are being even more greedy than usual, and are using up even more resources for more pointless things.

In the late 80's & early 90's, Intel took the same approach to the forced evolution of technology as did AT&T. They focused upon practical solutions to immediate needs, and upon re-use of past/existing solutions. (W/r to AT&T, does anyone remember the "hobbit" microprocessor? How about the "safari" laptop? Drop-in replacements for Xilinx FPGAs? High frequency LEDs with a yield of 2-3 units per wafer boat?) Non-Intel companies that lacked Intel's legacy IP had to start from scratch, and subsequently found solutions with longer potential life-cycles. At this point, several of Intel's solution technologies are now mature. I'm looking, over the next 2-3 years, for Intel to purchase a number of small companies with proven expertise in several niches related to micro-environments which exist at the device package level within a platform. (Intel is still a "chip" company, after all.) Mr. Otellini could well be the leader that transforms Intel-the-vertical into Intel-the-conglomerate. It'll be interesting to watch. 


The Garret