Well it'll probably be another 6 months at the minimum. Until then bring your 770s and N800s everywhere and generate some word-of-mouth sales for Nokia )

There's also omap 3410. Given TI's attitude towards open-source, I doubt us 3rd party folk would get much access to the multimedia features, so core and memory speed is what counts for us.

A usable OpenGl would also be huge, as it accelerates 2D compositing in addition to 3D, and the API is usable out-of-the box for many desktop apps.

The availability of the PowerVR GPU is also a boost to the linux/maemo side of things, since the framework exists there (compiz/beryl for the WM, OpenGL for apps), but not for Symbian or Afaik Windows Mobile.

Putting say, a webpage window onto a compiz opengl window means you can get smooth scaling and scrolling with little effort. Same goes for images in an image viewer. Want to take a phone call or answer an IM while watching a youtube video? No problem, just minimize it and you can still see it playing while you do whatever else.

The cool factor does sell devices, and the great 800x480 display coupled with a smooth, slick accelerated graphical interface would be the kicker.

fingers crossed...

Nokia need to think seriously about continuing with OMAP devices if TI continue to withold vital development information from the open source community - maybe Nokia should look to Samsung for alternative ARM-based SoC. There is precious little freely available information covering the TI DSP, IVA (video) or MBX (PowerVR) hardware all of which could be useful if the proper documentation were available to allow people make use of them.

"Cool" features won't appear or won't be viable due to decisions Nokia made before the release of the 770, the mistake being to partner with the open-source unfriendly TI. Intel based MIDs with well understood accelerated 2D/3D, video and DSP hardware will get all the "cool" features while the Nokia tablets slog away getting the CPU to do everything (sluggishly) while dedicated hardware is ignored.

6 words: It is going to be cool. Eventually.

one thing i'm hoping is whatever the cpu is, that it doesn't run hot and make the unit have to have a fan to blow out the heat. that would suck for so many reasons.

I want a device that runs this http://www.sun.com/software/javafx/mobile/index.jsp

with slide under keyboard (throw in a touchscreen if you like), built in WiMax, WiFi, GPS, SDHC...

If we're gonna dream ;-)

something like this:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/10/i...he-nokia-n800/
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Hi

I really miss not having a qwerty keyboard - Had one on my mobile phones for the last 3 years...

Any successor needs to have HSDPA also for a browse anywhere internet experience.

It should also have a 400MHz samsung proc - much faster for the MHz than the StrongArm equiv.

I'd also like to see a mobile video chip and a 1024x600 screen

Nigel

Thanks for linking to the post on Engadget, although QWERTY is not what I want most.

The next gen will have WiMax (but not HSDPA) which means no more searching for WiFi hotspots. Does not need Samsung proc, but it could benefit from improved HW video processing. Of course, higher resolution is always nice, but the current display is still better than most.