Thread: iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is amazing... Wow.
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2008-03-07 , 09:48
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Originally Posted by Mixu View Post
I quote fanous from that thread: ...
Funny how you quoted the thread but missed the point: the internal OMAP2 SRAM is still available for video, even although it does not cover the whole screen. MPlayer makes use of it, if I understand things correctly. In other words, given the drivers, you should be perfectly capable of doing 3D in a 640x480 window and place other stuff (like stats or controls) at the sides. And no, you do not need 60fps for 3D: it will never render at this framerate anyway.

I wish it was that simple. If I buy from US, warranty isn't valid in Europe.
AFAIK, Nokia offers world-wide warranty on its devices. So, it should still be valid.

(And I wouldn't have Finnish keyboard layout, although I probably could live with this)
Won't be a problem with N800 you expressed a wish to buy. No keyboard -> no layout.

TI only lists OMAP2430, 20 & 10 on their site and maximum frequency is said to be 450MHz. N810 is quite close to limit. Of course it's possible to add more SRAM and increate the frequency but will TI do that when the new OMAPs are just around the corner?
Why do you need to increase CPU frequency in the first place? 400MHz is sufficient for purposes N8x0 are designed for. Hell, you can even do 3D gaming at this speed, given the drivers. Increasing CPU clock will drain the battery faster and, with SDRAM access being the main bottleneck in this kind of devices, you may not feel any significant performance increase.

Believe me, with these devices things are not as simple as just increasing the clock rates.