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ishida336 | # 271 | 2009-06-28, 05:24 | Report

I suppose I picked a great time to get an N810--right when support for the device is pretty much nill.
Well, it's not like I would be able to afford the next generation, since it's supposed to be a PHONE and likely cost $600+.

Nokia, I don't want a smart phone. I want a mobile linux device. Making another smartphone will just be a "HEY LOOK! We have one too!" in the market of the Iphone and HTC Hero. Instead of sticking to the market they actually have a fairly large stake in, the ultramobile internet tablet, of which there are few pickings now.
It makes me wonder if I should have gotten an Eee.

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gerbick | # 272 | 2009-06-28, 05:29 | Report

Originally Posted by ishida336 View Post

I suppose I picked a great time to get an N810--right when support for the device is pretty much nill.
Well, it's not like I would be able to afford the next generation, since it's supposed to be a PHONE and likely cost $600+.

Actually, now is a pretty decent time. The OS is the most stable at the moment and the community is maturing - just having to convince some to continue at Diablo matters if they keep machines at that level. With Mer, and this driver forthcoming and other advances - Tear for instance - it'll all get much better via the community.

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ishida336 | # 273 | 2009-06-28, 05:34 | Report

Hopefully it will. I chose the N810 because I didn't want to touch the evil Ipod Touch (and I don't even know why I particularly hate Apple. I just do.) I'll need continued support SOMEWHERE on the device, even if I have to install another -hopefully similar or intercompatible- OS.

amirtycoon | # 274 | 2009-06-28, 06:26 | Report

Nokia need to change their strategy.
i paid 460$ for NOKIA N82 and they say it has 3D accelerator but then there is no software to use it.
same happen for N810 , they said it was powerful multimedia device but what.....
i'm not going to pay 600$+ for N900 , i guess.
just waste of money and u get nothing only OMPA 3430 which now adays many device have it with less price.

Benson | # 275 | 2009-06-28, 08:43 | Report

Originally Posted by amirtycoon View Post

i'm not going to pay 600$+ for N900 , i guess.
just waste of money and u get nothing only OMPA 3430 which now adays many device have it with less price.

Many, eh? In that case it should be no trouble to list a few.

You see, I'm aware of exactly 2 OMAP3430 devices available now:

Samsung Omnia HD -- sub-VGA candybar, seems to go for $600+
Palm Pre -- HVGA QWERTY slider, $549
(presumed) Nokia N900 -- WVGA QWERTY slider, est. $600+

Not "many" in my book, nor for substantially less price (especially since the N900 price is still a wild guess). And you'll notice both those devices have substantially less screen (specifically 60% and 40% the pixels); a look at the other specs makes it obvious the N900 is better hardware than the Pre, though the OmniaHD is more mixed.

I'm not saying I haven't missed a few -- I'm not a complete gadgethound -- but there's a huge difference from "2 devices, 1 at the same price, one ~$100 cheaper" to "many devices with less price", and until someone can list some more, I can't consider the latter anything but BS.

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gerbick | # 276 | 2009-06-28, 09:26 | Report

Add:

Sony Satio - plays Playstation games
Pandora

Sony Aino and Yari are also rumored to go the OMAP3 route too. Not confirmed.

I think HTC has something forthcoming too, but I never know what's in those things until they're released.

Benson | # 277 | 2009-06-28, 09:56 | Report

The Satio does look cool, but seems to be scheduled for an October release.

The Pandora isn't OMAP3430; it's a 3530, which is (IIRC) similar in feature set, but is not as power-efficient. (And besides, it's not available yet, either.

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JustNick | # 278 | 2009-07-24, 21:54 | Report

Originally Posted by qgil View Post

Hi, I will use this thread to send updates on one my committed tasks in the maemo.org June sprint:

9.06-14 Plan for the OMAP2 acceleration drivers

There have been some discussions between the Maemo team and TI in the past months, and we seem to be moving to actions now.

This hasn't moved faster for many reasons, one of them being that this is not the most important item in the priority list shared by both companies. Still, I must say I'm impressed about the willingness to come up with a solution for the community shown by both sides. Really remarkable for a project based on 'legacy hardware' (from the platform development point of view of these companies) with zero revenue and actually some additional costs.

The current idea is that TI or an associated partner will provide either an OSS implementation of the driver known to contain some bugs or a closed implementation with probably better performance (although still not 100% commercial quality) or both. It would a one time delivery with no commitment for additional support.

My take in these discussions has been that an OSS driver is always preferrable since it would give to the community the chances to improve it, as opposed to a closed binary. Ther current idea is to try to implement in the OSS driver the fixes that were implemented in the closed one, tidy up the code a bit and make sure all the licensing is correct.

The scenario of community developers signing NDAs has been discarded. Note that both drivers were developed by two different companies that now they need to share their code. It is much easier to deal with this situation by a developer in one of these companies sharing already an NDA.

Everybody is quite busy but they are trying to arrange the time needed to complete the task. No deadlines and not even a commitment, but the optimist in me thinks that we could have some drivers available during the Summer... or perhaps before the Maemo Summit if unknown problems appear.

Any good news?

After a month we (meaning me&my tablet at least) are here, waiting for updates, our hearts full of hope (ok, I can't sleep... sorry to bother

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qole | # 279 | 2009-07-25, 06:06 | Report

Wait until August, until the the entire country of Finland returns from their collective vacation...

lardman | # 280 | 2009-07-25, 10:52 | Report

Originally Posted by

The Pandora isn't OMAP3430; it's a 3530, which is (IIRC) similar in feature set, but is not as power-efficient.

I thought, and I may just have imagined it, that the two were equivalent but with the 3530 being the off the shelf component to be used for everything, except for smartphone handsets for which the 3430 was designed. I seem to remember thinking that that meant the two had slightly different features, but I thought the power efficiency, etc., was the same.

Does anyone have a definitive answer to this out of interest?