Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

Not a big deal by any means, I'm just curious. What did Nokia ever plan to do with the GPU aside from a Bounce tech demo developed by Rovio?

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

Angry Birds!!!

http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepi...rds_111210.jpg

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

Zen Bound and Rollercoaster use it so I would guess it was intended for 3d games :) but since Maemo died....well you know the rest :D

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

Thank god it's there. I need my Angry Birds with a nice and smooth framerate. I've watched it run on an android phone without a GPU. It ain't pretty D:

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

I'm sure Nokia even had original intentions to MAKE MONEY off the N900 ;)

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

Yes, originally, but subsequent tests showed gold coins getting lodged between the phone and keyboard thus rendering the device useless; so they said "f**k it, we'll call it a tablet".

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

i thought this would be interesting

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

The pretty ui transitions all use the PowerVR, I imagine that a pretty UI is the main driving force, games are a secondary consideration imo.

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

Its a shame we don't have a pretty and polished UI.

I love maemo, but it's not a polished as I did expect.

Re: Nokia's original intentions of the PowerVR SGX 530
 

There will be a really cool commercial program using the graphics chip, soon.