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2008-08-04 , 17:11
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
Here's an easy question. How many people would like to see a wide-area-network capable N900? This is assuming that there's plenty of affordable coverage. Why? Why not?

And no, it doesn't have to be GSM.

I for one think it would be amazing; of course I don't have a cell phone. This is kinda what the N810w promises, but as of yet is iffy if it actually will be delivered.


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Personally, I'd prefer the device DOESN'T have a wide area radio like WiMAX and I'd prefer to have that as a feature of my cell phone (so I can tether to it like a modem) or as a feature of a seperate device (the way GPS is for the N800).

I only say this because if you made it part of the unit, then you pay for extra weight and technology that marries that unit to a particular kind of wide area network that your favorite carrier may not support and will eventually become obsoleted down the road as everything eventually does.

I would prefer that Nokia and other phone makers concentrate next-gen data on phones and make it so that they can "modem" the data through that wireless phone device so that ANYTHING (770, N800, N810, N900, laptops, etc.) with Bluetooth can just hook up.. even old systems as long as they talk Bluetooth.
 

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it like it to be Atom or Nano based
 
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Originally Posted by bobloadmire View Post
it like it to be Atom or Nano based
Whatever for?
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
Whatever for?
Maybe for compatibility with x86 binaries?

Personally, I couldn't care either way but the one thing *I* would want an Atom CPU in there for is the specs (speed and cache). The ARM is fine, though.. but the CPU speed NEEDS to be increased in whatever they do with this new unit. I mean.. MUCH more speed. 400MHz is so 20th century.
 
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hz is a marketing meme...
 
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
Whatever for?
Clearly because he has tons of money burning a hole in his pocket, and has severe addiction issues with mobile devices so he wants the battery life to be as short as possible.

Any other explanation would simply be ridiculous.
 
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
The ARM is fine, though.. but the CPU speed NEEDS to be increased in whatever they do with this new unit.
The OMAP 3440--the most likely choice to power the next "step" Internet Tablet--has been discussed in this very thread numerous times and will fulfill the need you've stated.

EDIT: As GeneralAntilles kindly points out below, the OMAP 3430 is the beasty in question, not the 3440.
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Personally, I'd prefer the device DOESN'T have a wide area radio like WiMAX and I'd prefer to have that as a feature of my cell phone (so I can tether to it like a modem) or as a feature of a seperate device (the way GPS is for the N800).

I only say this because if you made it part of the unit, then you pay for extra weight and technology that marries that unit to a particular kind of wide area network that your favorite carrier may not support and will eventually become obsoleted down the road as everything eventually does.

I would prefer that Nokia and other phone makers concentrate next-gen data on phones and make it so that they can "modem" the data through that wireless phone device so that ANYTHING (770, N800, N810, N900, laptops, etc.) with Bluetooth can just hook up.. even old systems as long as they talk Bluetooth.
Yes, you pay for the extra weight & technology, but it sin't very heavy now, is it?

Following your argument lets not include WiFi either. Lets not include GPS either. Lets keep all kind of other devices in the pocket to tether with BlueTooth. Oh wait, BlueTooth was left out as well. I don't want a GSM, and a GPS, and a DAP, and a PDA. I want one device which is able to do all of that well with good hardware & user-friendly software (probably would cost 1000 EUR or so), and able to tether with a _laptop_ for the big work.

Besides, GSM sucks. VoIP is the New World, and dead to GSM telcos who sell contracts for ridiculous prices. You only need one wide area hardware interface + data plan to be 24/7, and it has to be widely available. Currently that is 3G. In the future perhaps 4G (e.g. WiMAX).
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
The OMAP 3440--the most likely choice to power the next "step" Internet Tablet--has been discussed in this very thread numerous times and will fulfill the need you've stated.
The OMAP3430, actually. The OMAP3440 is 800MHz (versus the OMAP3430's 600MHz) and is quite a bit more power-hungry than the OMAP3430, which would result in severely reduced battery life for devices in the tablet's form-factor. The OMAP3440 is really a UMPC chip.

Note: for anybody wondering, OMAP3 is significantly more powerful than OMAP2, so a direct megahertz-to-megahertz comparison (i.e., the OMAP2420's 400MHz versus the OMAP3430's 600MHz) doesn't tell the whole story.
 

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The OMAP3430, actually.
Nuts. Thanks. I never should have trusted my memory for numbers. Squirrelly little things they are.
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