[maemo-users] N810 for $180

[From: Mark]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Gary <gary at eyetraxx.net> wrote:

>
> That reminds me -- the N900 is supposed to include GPRS and HSPA but I
> don't see how that's any indication of it being more than a data device.
> Sure, it may be subsidized by carriers but so are a few net books now
> and they're not phones. Also, I don't see anything in the specs the
> Mobilecrunh released that are that different from the current gen IT
> (e.g. screen size, etc) that would make Freemantle unable to run on the
> N8X0 tablets. So where did the rumor start that it won't run on current
> hardware or is this just speculation based on the transition from the
> N770 to the N8X0? q.v. http://tr.im/oFOd
>
> -Gary
> _______________________________________________
>

It's *not* a "rumor".

Even if the form factor is the same, the processor etc. is supposed to be
completely different. That's why Freemantle won't run on the current tablets
without being ported. Aren't the current tablets OMAP2? The new versions
will be OMAP3 and have 3D graphics acceleration.

See:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle
http://maemo.org/community/maemo-developers/re-n810_rip/?org_openpsa_qbpager_net_nemein_discussion_posts_page=1#09a93c54f11e11dda28bcbaa4b36da13da13
http://maemo.org/community/maemo-developers/re-n810_rip/?org_openpsa_qbpager_net_nemein_discussion_posts_page=1#19f89e38f11e11dd84e4951ddcd5c7fdc7fd

Mark
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