Thread: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
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2007-11-06 , 08:10
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
I certainly hope that Nokia is paying close attention to this thread! With today's announcement of the "GPhone -- Open Handset Alliance", there are going to be a SLEW of hardware manufacturers providing many different handsets all gunning for a rich internet experience; the tablets specialty. The platform apparently runs Linux (w/ java), and will be completely open.
All this along with the development of OpenMoko means the tablets will have a tough future if they don't get up to speed with the rest of the worlds hardware. By this I mean the N800 series needs more than just Wifi communications. It needs access to the Cell networks and other up and coming technologies. It also needs better video hardware an a memory system that really is modern.
Of notable interest, NVidia is part of the alliance, no doubt to offer a mobile solutions for accelerated graphics. With a standardized open platform, the industry could easily see rich 3D applications/games/user-interfaces with openGL support. Is ATI to follow?
The possibilities are there but don't discount the possibility of outfits like Qualcom delivering some really sweet chipsets. There is a very strong possibility that some of the first devices delivered could have ARM processors approaching 1GHz.

Here's a link to the article: GPhone is Official, A Software Platform for Cellphones

What do you think the N900 needs (software and hardware) to compete favourably in lieu of this upcoming onslaught of fully functional internet devices?
This is easy.

The unit needs to thing out but maintain a form factor that is pocketable. Nokia needs to get serious about RAM and Flash storage. They also need to clean up the video system. Part of that cleaned up video would lead to a HD capable screen.




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YARR!

Capt'n Corrupt