Thread: N900 compared to iPhone v3, Palm Pre, N97
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Originally Posted by Architengi View Post
If N900 will use OMAP 3 and N810 uses an OMAP 2, can anybody explain me why some applications will not work in Maemo 5, applications for Maemo OS 2008 (N810)? Where is the incompatibility? Processor, or the OS itself?
Some applications likely will. If they use new Hildon APIs (such as PannableScrollArea or AppMenu), they'll work on an N8x0 in Mer. If they stick to the current Hildon API, they'll work on both an N8x0 and Rover.

However, any apps using Clutter, OpenGL ES and so on will not work on a Maemo 4 device (lack of horsepower, no driver for accelerated 3D and APIs not present). Mer can fix one of those :-/
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