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Re: Nvidia's quad-core Kal-El demos next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (w/ video)

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Post by Steko » Tue, May 31, 2011, 3:15 AM UTC

wtracy wrote: post #49

superppl wrote: post #24

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Intel is still in the mobile game? Sorry this is kind of news to me, I haven't been keeping up. I wonder if they would use Android or MeeGo...

Meego was originally a joint effort between Intel and Nokia.

And since Nokia's bailed it wouldn't really shock the world if Intel eventually gave up on Meego too.

Re: Nvidia's quad-core Kal-El demos next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (w/ video)

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Post by superppl » Tue, May 31, 2011, 6:22 AM UTC

Steko wrote: post #51

wtracy wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meego was originally a joint effort between Intel and Nokia.

And since Nokia's bailed it wouldn't really shock the world if Intel eventually gave up on Meego too.

There was a fair amount of community involvement and some other companies. Intel and Nokia were the major players here. Also Nokia is supposed to release a Meego phone; they said that they will be using Windows mobile to replace Symbian in low and middle tier devices, and they haven't really commented on upper tier. To be honest, I probably won't be buying a Meego phone from Nokia if they ship one. My N900 is fun, but I feel it doesn't get enough attention from them.

Obviously, the biggest factor for Meego's success is if it can get any real attention from the media and consumers.

Re: Nvidia's quad-core Kal-El demos next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (w/ video)

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Post by Fester » Tue, May 31, 2011, 9:20 AM UTC

dedward wrote: post #44

yhlasx wrote: post #25

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Exactly. Almost everything got better at least by factor of 2, while batteries haven't seen any major improvements.

Batteries have seen continuous improvement for ages.

As a matter of fact, they are still quite far from the progress made by portable devices in terms of power consumption.