Intel deperately needs to get into the mobile phone market, which is expected to grow far more rapidly than the PC market over the next decade. Nokia, while still technically the leader in global smartphone market share, badly needs to generate some smartphone buzz to help fight off growing challenges from Apple, BlackBerry, Palm, and Google Android.

On Tuesday, the two companies announced a partnership in which Nokia will use Intel chips in its mobile devices. The collaboration will include both mobile chipsets and mobile broadband connectivity. However, the lack of detail provided by the two companies leaves a lot of unanswered questions about how much of an impact this partnership will have on the nascent smartphone market.
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