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Intel
Launches Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology
New
Capabilities Unwire Mobile PCs to Change Where and How People Compute
and Communicate
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 12, 2003
- Intel Corporation today introduced Intel® Centrino™ mobile
technology, integrating wireless capability into a new generation of
mobile PCs that will bring business users and consumers greater
freedom to connect in new places and in new ways.
Representing Intel's best
technology for mobile PCs, Intel Centrino mobile technology includes
a new mobile processor, related chipsets and 802.11 wireless network
functions that have been optimized, tested and validated to work
together. In addition to wireless communications, Intel Centrino
mobile technology includes features designed to enable extended
battery life, thinner and lighter notebook designs, and outstanding
mobile performance.
"Unwiring the PC will change
the way people use computers, allowing them to communicate, be
productive or be entertained wherever and whenever they want,"
said Craig
Barrett, Intel's chief executive officer. "Our focus on
integrating all the elements of mobility allows Intel Centrino mobile
technology to deliver an outstanding wireless computing experience
and marks the first time we've put a combination of technologies
under a single brand. This breakthrough innovation, together with
industry-wide investment and Wi-Fi hotspot deployments, brings new
computing and communications capabilities to businesses and
consumers, adding value to mobile PCs."
Intel Centrino mobile
technology-based notebook PCs are available immediately from leading
computer makers worldwide. System pricing will start as low as
$1,399, comparable to today's mainstream notebooks. Computer shoppers
can identify these notebooks by a Centrino brand logo featuring a
striking magenta color and the Intel Inside® mark.
Accelerating
"Hotspot" Deployment Worldwide
Hotspots -- locations where users
can connect using 802.11 wireless technology -- are on the rise,
enabling users to be more mobile than ever. According to industry
analyst firm IDC, there will be more than 118,000 hotspots worldwide
by 2005.**
Using truly mobile notebook
computers can change the way people live. With notebooks based on
Intel Centrino mobile technology, a business traveler can check
office email or read the hometown newspaper online while waiting for
a flight at the airport, and still have battery life left to watch a
DVD movie on the plane ride home. A real estate agent can check the
latest listings wirelessly while dining with prospective home-buyers.
A financial planner can check the market and activate client orders
while at a seminar without compromising on the performance necessary
to run the most demanding office applications. Students can register
for next semester's classes or seek a part-time job from the college
library, all on a sleek, light-weight system that won't drag them down.
As part of the introduction of
Intel Centrino mobile technology, Intel has been working with leading
wireless network service providers, hotels, airports, retail and
restaurant chains worldwide to accelerate deployment and increase
awareness of wireless public hotspots. In addition to marketing and
promotional activities, Intel developed the Wireless Verification
Program which includes engineering and testing of Intel Centrino
mobile technology with various access point devices, software
combinations, hotspot locations and wireless service providers to
verify they are compatible, further enhancing the end user's wireless
experience. Intel's efforts worldwide have already resulted in
thousands of verified hotspots. The company expects to verify more
than 10,000 by the end of the year.
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