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Originally Posted by Enyibinakata
Seeing as how Meego et.al. are based on a Linux kernel, support for it is virtually guaranteed. TI is already rolling OMAP4 support into the mainline kernel, for instance.
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2010-02-26
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That fluidity you speak of was at the top of Job's requirements. That is what dictated the lower resolution I believe.
The features and abilities of the N900 were there out of the box.
The UI of the iPhone was built first and additional features were built on to it as the original firmware was optimized through subsequent releases.
Now the iPhone can almost do what the N900 can do but that was after 3 years of continued development.
Much like we saw the browser improve with the N8**'s.
Last edited by YoDude; 2010-02-26 at 18:52.
The features and abilities of the N900 were there out of the box.
The UI of the iPhone was built first and additional features were built on to it as the original firmware was optimized through subsequent releases.
Now the iPhone can almost do what the N900 can do but that was after 3 years of continued development.
Originally Posted by mrojas
Mrojas said it earlier. What I don't necessarily agree with though is that we will have to wait for hardware to see some improvement. This is pro'ly the case with the iPhone because there is only so much you can do with the firm/software. With the N900 though I would suspect that they didn't get the GUI to 100% right out of the gate. I believe we will still see improvements in the N900's GUI so that it continues to do all that it does and become "almost" as fluid as the iPhone.
Out of limited resources, Apple chose to make the UI fluid, at the expense of things like multi-tasking.
Out of limited resources, Nokia chose to make features like multitasking work, at the expense of things like UI fluidness.
Eventually, the hardware will become powerful enough to support both. Then you will see the iPhone multi-tasking and the N900 successors with a very fluid UI.
If you have been following the hardware market, we are very quickly reaching that point.
Much like we saw the browser improve with the N8**'s.
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2010-02-26
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There is absolutely nothing capacitive about speed.
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Edit: There were like 50 posts while I was typing, so I'll just skip it.
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Edit: There were like 50 posts while I was typing, so I'll just skip it.
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2010-02-26
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Originally Posted by ysss
More likely negligible faster.
1. Their PowerVR GPU is faster than the one on N900
Originally Posted by ysss
Third.
2. Their screen runs at half N900's resolution
Not that it matters much.
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2010-02-26
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It's not just Apple engineers. Engineers don't design Apple interfaces. It's a team of psychologists and graphic designers supplemented with super computer simulations and lots of candid observation of user testing sessions. Lots of money too.
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2010-02-26
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Originally Posted by Bundyo
Actually it's 2x as fast in 3D.
More likely negligible faster.
Third.
320 * 480 = 153 600
vs
800 * 480 = 384 000
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2010-02-26
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Originally Posted by ysss
I do belive this is the most important point. Apple made the extra efforts to make the UI feel fast.
4. I bet 'make the UI as fluid as possible' is one of Steve Jobs' prime directive to his team.
But anyway, I don't think the N900 is slow. I really think ist is way speedy enough
. Nokia should really focus rather on other more important stuff.
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2010-02-26
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Originally Posted by YoDude
That fluidity you speak of was at the top of Job's requirements. That is what dictated the lower resolution I believe.
The features and abilities of the N900 were there out of the box.
The UI of the iPhone was built first and additional features were built on to it as the original firmware was optimized through subsequent releases.
Now the iPhone can almost do what the N900 can do but that was after 3 years of continued development.
Mrojas said it earlier. What I don't necessarily agree with though is that we will have to wait for hardware to see some improvement. This is pro'ly the case with the iPhone because there is only so much you can do with the firm/software. With the N900 though I would suspect that they didn't get the GUI to 100% right out of the gate. I believe we will still see improvements in the N900's GUI so that it continues to do all that it does and become "almost" as fluid as the iPhone.
Much like we saw the browser improve with the N8**'s.
How long has Maemo been under development? Seriously...Maemo had at least 2-3 years head start...
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2010-02-26
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Well, I remember an iPhone developer saying that the biggest hurdle for multi-tasking was the lack of RAM memory.
So, while the N900 can still be fine tuned to make the UI better; what Apple could do for the iPhone is to implement swap memory (like the 768 Mb of the N900) to enable multi-tasking and other goodies.
That, and new hardware, is exactly why I would recommend to anyone to wait for Christmas season before buying a new mobile device.
So, while the N900 can still be fine tuned to make the UI better; what Apple could do for the iPhone is to implement swap memory (like the 768 Mb of the N900) to enable multi-tasking and other goodies.
That, and new hardware, is exactly why I would recommend to anyone to wait for Christmas season before buying a new mobile device.
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2010-02-26
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Originally Posted by acano
How do you figure that?
I also think that capacitive screen have something to say
Making blanket statements like that without even attempting to back them up probably makes you eligible to write for Engadget.
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