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Venomrush 2009-11-14 04:00
Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Just found a few videos thought you guys might be interested to watch.

Pushing the limits of the N900
Part 1 - http://tr.im/EVtm
Part 2 - http://tr.im/EVtr

Credits to archebyte

Guffaw 2009-11-14 04:02
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
I like part 2 :D Cheers archebyte.

Venomrush 2009-11-14 04:10
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
I noticed the music playing went jerky for a along second in Part 1 @ 2:51 right when you see the Youtube video starts loading (with the spinning circle)

Venomrush 2009-11-14 04:18
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
In Part 2 @ 4:34 you can see the CPU is only running @ around 25-35% despite having 12 applications running in the background.

Impressive!

Bratag 2009-11-14 05:29
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Lets see the iPhone do that - great example of why maemo is the superior OS and the n900 the superior phone. Thanks for reminding me why I am waiting.

cenwesi 2009-11-14 06:41
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
i love the 2nd video...All i got to say is wooaahhh

spinnukur 2009-11-14 08:55
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
This phone gives me a massive hard on...

Speaking of which, do we have any posts yet on iNES emulator setup guides?

livefreeordie 2009-11-14 09:37
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venomrush (Post 375741)
In Part 2 @ 4:34 you can see the CPU is only running @ around 25-35% despite having 12 applications running in the background.

Impressive!
Most of the apps are waiting for user input. The impressive part is how little anything lags due to swapping.

Larza 2009-11-14 10:14
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
I'm impressed. 12 apps running at the same time is more than enough, atleast for me. Eagerly waiting to get my own :)

First post wohoo!

Jack6428 2009-11-14 11:11
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
You see... that's what I'm talking about! Anyone saying that an iPhone, Xperia or HTC is better...is utterly stupid...long live the N900!

dammsaint 2009-11-15 03:23
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Yeah!!! long live the n900, theres nothing like have a real open source phone, 3g, full web browsing, 32gb and micro sd slot, and a tv out... for me its the killer combination, its a dream come true! LONG LIVE THE N900!

marclais 2009-11-15 03:51
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Anyone else reading these forums ever feel like they are being witness to a circle jerk?

Nexus7 2009-11-15 04:23
Nope, just you
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by marclais (Post 376720)
Anyone else reading these forums ever feel like they are being witness to a circle jerk?
Note the name of the site... talk.MAEMO.org.

solpete 2009-11-15 11:42
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venomrush (Post 375736)
I noticed the music playing went jerky for a along second in Part 1 @ 2:51 right when you see the Youtube video starts loading (with the spinning circle)

N900 doesnt seem to be able to play youtube fluidly at all.

solpete 2009-11-15 11:47
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Venomrush (Post 375741)
In Part 2 @ 4:34 you can see the CPU is only running @ around 25-35% despite having 12 applications running in the background.

Impressive!
This is because it doesnt multitask at all, in contrary to what everyone seems to believe. Play quake on it, tab to youtube and quake will stop. Same thing with web browsing. Tab to other app and the webbrowser will pause and stop playing flash content.

Its NOT multitasking, its just app-pausing. Some apps are, however, allowing real multitasking such as mp3 playback.

you can put 100 windows up, the only thing that will happen is that you will run out of swap-space.

Same thing goes to all current phones btw, so its not just this one.

chrisp7 2009-11-15 12:42
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by solpete (Post 376866)
This is because it doesnt multitask at all, in contrary to what everyone seems to believe. Play quake on it, tab to youtube and quake will stop. Same thing with web browsing. Tab to other app and the webbrowser will pause and stop playing flash content.

Its NOT multitasking, its just app-pausing. Some apps are, however, allowing real multitasking such as mp3 playback.

you can put 100 windows up, the only thing that will happen is that you will run out of swap-space.

Same thing goes to all current phones btw, so its not just this one.
errr no. Throughout the 2nd video the music was playing from bounce running in the background. Same for youtube, you can see it running whilst in 'multi window' mode.


Quote:
Originally Posted by solpete (Post 376859)
N900 doesnt seem to be able to play youtube fluidly at all.
It seems that it takes a couple of seconds of jitter, then plays the video perfectly.

Why are you posting this rubbish!?

solpete 2009-11-15 13:23
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisp7 (Post 376897)
errr no. Throughout the 2nd video the music was playing from bounce running in the background. Same for youtube, you can see it running whilst in 'multi window' mode.?
You are right! I saw youtube running in the background on that second clip when watching closely... ok It does multitask :D hehe sorry !




Quote:
Why are you posting this rubbish!?
Massive hangover I guess...

Rushmore 2009-11-15 15:33
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by solpete (Post 376866)
This is because it doesnt multitask at all, in contrary to what everyone seems to believe. Play quake on it, tab to youtube and quake will stop. Same thing with web browsing. Tab to other app and the webbrowser will pause and stop playing flash content.

Its NOT multitasking, its just app-pausing. Some apps are, however, allowing real multitasking such as mp3 playback.

you can put 100 windows up, the only thing that will happen is that you will run out of swap-space.

Same thing goes to all current phones btw, so its not just this one.
This is correct (kind of)- for some programs and operations. Just like a desktop, "everything" is not actually running full speed in the background. Some are placed into a register stack or wait state and prioritized based on application. They are consuming memory and some clock due to wait state, but are not actually running full in parallel with other programs, but some operate in full when selected as primary or application.

Still, the N900 demos I have seen had several browser sessions running and they were actually active in the icons at the same time (the videos were playing in them). This is AMAZING for a device like this.

Another I saw was a guy running programs and using a resource hungry P2P session. That is IMPRESSIVE for a device this size.

In summary, the N900 appears to multi-task like a PC does, but it is a misnomer that everything is always running full speed at the same time. PC's do not do this either- all the time for all programs.

The N900 is a true mini PC, where as the iPhone is like an ASIC with a display ie (one task circuit).

Added:

My quad 4 desktop runs into the same problems with Flash and other things running at once. Maemo and the 3430 chipset are a perfect match and a better option than using snapdragon.

NvyUs 2009-11-16 16:29
Re: Pushing the limit of the N900
 
heres the latest video from 30 videos in 30 days series running on conversation, got to love multi-tasking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t9Qw...layer_embedded


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