Paul Otellini impressed by Apple iPhone

Paul Otellini impressed by Apple iPhone

iPod maker Apple Inc. showcased their iPhone mobile phone earlier this year. The product is due to be launched in the retail market by June this year.

The product has impressed a lot of people and the list now includes Intel CEO Paul Otellini. He said that products like these would become the showcase of technologies alternating operating systems like UNIX have to offer. Apple’s Mac OS X is based on the UNIX platform.

He said: “Where I see Linux as an opportunity is in ultramobile handsets. These things are much more inclined to be a Linux or a Unix derivative kind of product like OS X.”

Otellini further said that the existing companies in the mobile market are now struggling to figure out how to compete with Apple. Apple has such a strong brand value in markets like America and Europe that they are going to sell huge numbers of their iPhones.

Intel chief added that they are currently developing an ultra low power micro-architecture with integrated graphics which would be able to help rival companies develop competing products to Apple iPhone. He said: “If we get power and price down to the right point, I think it is a killer silicon compilation to these kinds of devices.”

He further claimed that the software giant Microsoft has failed to meet their requests to create a Windows version that performs well in the mobile space.