Why? For two reasons: First, because the established smartphone players have had years to forge established relationships with their components suppliers, which they have been loath to relinquish.More info at ExtremeTech.
And the second reason may be a bit surprising: For all of the appeal an x86 microprocessor has to a tablet or notebook vendor, a smartphone can browse the Web and run apps just fine on an ARM processor, the default chip for smartphones. In phones, an x86 architecture is now a liability, analysts said.
Analysts don't expect to see Atom in smartphones
Posted on Friday, May 07 2010 @ 2:01 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck