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i still don't understand what stops them from using the powervr chip.... i hope nokia's next ITT actually has a DSP chip that works at full res and out of the box hardware openGL ES.

For now i dunno if its worth to but a NIT.... but i think i can find money to but a n800.. n810 is too much $ for the same hardware platform with most of the same flaws.

A couple reasons. As the OMAP2420's built-in LCD controller only supports 640x480, they had to use a 3rd party controller, which complicates the hardware setup, and the PowerVR chip isn't capable of driving more than 640x480, so not having drivers at all was probably more agreeable to management than paying for drivers that would have given you subpar performance.

Most of the OMAP3 chips are capable of driving 1024x768, so Nokia could even go as far as upgrading the screen resolution to 1024x600 without having to resort to hardware hacks again. This, of course, means that there are no hardware limitations to having good OpenGL performance.