A5 uses the PowerVR SGX543 GPU. The graphics performance is pretty decent (much improved over the PowerVR SGX535 used in iPhone 3gs and A4 SoC), and easily bests the Tegra 2. But that's because Tegra 2 is an old chip now, while 543 is a new chip. Apple don't have exclusivity on the chip, heck, a quad core 543 is used in NGP.
A5 is top of the GPU performance heap for now, but it will be bested by newer chips.
There was however one recent article suggesting Apple implemented hardware video accelerators in the A4.
The comment seemed almost too easy in light of the above discussion. If this is in fact true one might question whether this is somehow associated with Apple's stance on Flash for its iOS devices. However, such an accelerator would have been one of the digital blocks. Does this imply it was also present on the S5PC110?
Yes, Samsung do have hardware video accelerators in their hummingbird processor. It supports mpeg4, H.264, H.263, Sorenson codec, DivX HD/ XviD, VC-1 and the video formats 3GP (MPEG-4), WMV (Advanced Systems Format), AVI (divx), MKV and FLV.
Yes, psx4droid was removed, but it's freely available (with source) from his website. And it was probably removed because of the name psx4droid. FPseis still available in the android market.
samfirmware said on twatter that market wasn't working, but I digress. Market started working a bit after it was leaked. The leak is promising though. They decided to take a short cut, and just branched the Nexus S code:-)
Exactly. The sensor used in the screen is a single touch capacitive sensor. Android supports multi-touch, but the Nexus One / xperia x10 / HTC desire harware doesn't.
Depends on a whole bunch of things. G2 is running stock android, but it doesn't have gb yet. OEM customisations aren't the only reason for slow updates.
I don't even know where to start. samfirmware doesn't know what he's on about, market has been working fine from whenever it was Google flipped the switch on the buildprint. The 2.3.2 ROM is decent, but not really ready for day to day use. The memory settings aren't set out correctly. so it doesn't quit out of applications when the memory is needed, leading to your phone crawling when it hits around 30mb RAM left. Apart from that, there are other problems like random reboots, and the phone not waking from sleep. These issues will be ironed out when the update rolls out. (probably android 2.3.3)
Newer phones like Galaxy S, Desire HD etc have proper multitouch. Galaxy S multi-touch (and Nexus S) supports 10 finger detection (with some hacks to enable it in the kernel and framework)
UK uses 900 and 1800 MHz frequencies for 3G data, Tmobile use the AWS 1700/2100 MHz frequency-band. Your Vibrant worked because it can use 1700 / 1900 / 2100 bands.
Pretty much this. From the main manufacturers, you have:
HTC
- Desire S (desire HD/Z/ incred. S will get Gingerbread soon)
Samsung
- Galaxy S2 or Nexus S.
Sony Ericsson - Xperia play/neo/arc.
LG, Motorola etc don't have any 2.3 phones announced/on the market yet. If you want working 3G in the UK, you should get a *shudder* AT&T phone because they have the correct bands to work in the UK/Europe
If you want it to work for data in the UK, get a Nexus S from the UK, and use it on *shudder* AT&T in America. You'll only get edge speeds on T-mobile in America, and if you get the T-mobile one, you'll only get 2g speeds in the UK, no 3G.
Even with the cracked bootloader, the company's attitude is not good, so I won't buy a phone from them.
Speaking of which:
December 20th, 2010 — Motorola notified of keystore vulnerability. No response received from Motorola.
February 20th, 2011 — Motorola notified again of keystore vulnerability. No response received from Motorola.
February 27th, 2011 — Motorola notified that keystore vulnerability will be disclosed to public on March 20th. No response received from Motorola.
March 20th, 2011 — Keystore signature generation vulnerability publically disclosed including private key leak. Response received from Motorola legal.(C&D)
This comes at the time when HTC are also stepping up their attempts at locking down their phones . The recently released LTE flagship — ThunderBolt is their most locked-down phone to date.
The submitter should know that the HTC Thunderbolt is just a customized variant of the HTC Desire HD provided for Verizon. Locking it up is almost certainly a Verizon-demanded attribute, and not an initiative from HTC. The Desire HD is unlocked in most of the world, and I doubt if a locked version can be obtained in countries with a more enlightened phone system.
The lockdown may very well have come from Verizon, we'll have to see with their newer devices. HTC have tried to lockdown their devices before, and this is just the next step. Check up on eMMMC, s-off and root for G2, myTouch 4g, and yes, even Desire HD.
Desire HD being sim unlocked is irrelevant. The lockdown I'm talking about is with their eMMC chip, and now their bootloader/recovery
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A5 uses the PowerVR SGX543 GPU. The graphics performance is pretty decent (much improved over the PowerVR SGX535 used in iPhone 3gs and A4 SoC), and easily bests the Tegra 2. But that's because Tegra 2 is an old chip now, while 543 is a new chip. Apple don't have exclusivity on the chip, heck, a quad core 543 is used in NGP.
A5 is top of the GPU performance heap for now, but it will be bested by newer chips.
There was however one recent article suggesting Apple implemented hardware video accelerators in the A4.
The comment seemed almost too easy in light of the above discussion. If this is in fact true one might question whether this is somehow associated with Apple's stance on Flash for its iOS devices. However, such an accelerator would have been one of the digital blocks. Does this imply it was also present on the S5PC110?
Yes, Samsung do have hardware video accelerators in their hummingbird processor. It supports mpeg4, H.264, H.263, Sorenson codec, DivX HD/ XviD, VC-1 and the video formats 3GP (MPEG-4), WMV (Advanced Systems Format), AVI (divx), MKV and FLV.
Yes, psx4droid was removed, but it's freely available (with source) from his website. And it was probably removed because of the name psx4droid. FPseis still available in the android market.
With an unlockable bootloader, the device isn't looking too bad.
samfirmware said on twatter that market wasn't working, but I digress. Market started working a bit after it was leaked. The leak is promising though. They decided to take a short cut, and just branched the Nexus S code :-)
Well, whatever it is, the Nexus One isn't good at doing multitouch dual touch.
Lots of API changes in android 2.3
But sense isn't the issue. They've got sense up and running on android 2.3 - Desire S has it.
Exactly. The sensor used in the screen is a single touch capacitive sensor. Android supports multi-touch, but the Nexus One / xperia x10 / HTC desire harware doesn't.
Depends on a whole bunch of things. G2 is running stock android, but it doesn't have gb yet. OEM customisations aren't the only reason for slow updates.
I don't even know where to start. samfirmware doesn't know what he's on about, market has been working fine from whenever it was Google flipped the switch on the buildprint. The 2.3.2 ROM is decent, but not really ready for day to day use. The memory settings aren't set out correctly. so it doesn't quit out of applications when the memory is needed, leading to your phone crawling when it hits around 30mb RAM left. Apart from that, there are other problems like random reboots, and the phone not waking from sleep. These issues will be ironed out when the update rolls out. (probably android 2.3.3)
They hacked a single touch sensor to be dual touch. It works for pinch to zoom, but it's pretty shitty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MLUmJL_Px0
Newer phones like Galaxy S, Desire HD etc have proper multitouch. Galaxy S multi-touch (and Nexus S) supports 10 finger detection (with some hacks to enable it in the kernel and framework)
It's on 2.2.2, not gingerbread
UK uses 900 and 1800 MHz frequencies for 3G data, Tmobile use the AWS 1700/2100 MHz frequency-band. Your Vibrant worked because it can use 1700 / 1900 / 2100 bands.
Urgh, slashdot really fucked up my formatting ._.
Pretty much this. From the main manufacturers, you have:
HTC
- Desire S (desire HD/Z/ incred. S will get Gingerbread soon)
Samsung
- Galaxy S2 or Nexus S.
Sony Ericsson - Xperia play/neo/arc.
LG, Motorola etc don't have any 2.3 phones announced/on the market yet. If you want working 3G in the UK, you should get a *shudder* AT&T phone because they have the correct bands to work in the UK/Europe
If you want it to work for data in the UK, get a Nexus S from the UK, and use it on *shudder* AT&T in America. You'll only get edge speeds on T-mobile in America, and if you get the T-mobile one, you'll only get 2g speeds in the UK, no 3G.
And quite a lot crapper. shitty touch sensor and GPU on Nexus One really let it down.
The submitter would like to point out that the Incredible S (UK GSM phone) has signed images as well , so stop blaming Verizon for it. It is htc.
http://nenolod.net/~nenolod/sholes-keyleak-explained.html
Even with the cracked bootloader, the company's attitude is not good, so I won't buy a phone from them.
Speaking of which:
December 20th, 2010 — Motorola notified of keystore vulnerability. No response received from Motorola.
February 20th, 2011 — Motorola notified again of keystore vulnerability. No response received from Motorola.
February 27th, 2011 — Motorola notified that keystore vulnerability will be disclosed to public on March 20th. No response received from Motorola.
March 20th, 2011 — Keystore signature generation vulnerability publically disclosed including private key leak. Response received from Motorola legal.(C&D)
Exactly. Just because they're supported by cyanogenmod doesn't magically make them dev friendly.
From TFS:
This comes at the time when HTC are also stepping up their attempts at locking down their phones . The recently released LTE flagship — ThunderBolt is their most locked-down phone to date.
The submitter should know that the HTC Thunderbolt is just a customized variant of the HTC Desire HD provided for Verizon. Locking it up is almost certainly a Verizon-demanded attribute, and not an initiative from HTC. The Desire HD is unlocked in most of the world, and I doubt if a locked version can be obtained in countries with a more enlightened phone system.
The lockdown may very well have come from Verizon, we'll have to see with their newer devices. HTC have tried to lockdown their devices before, and this is just the next step. Check up on eMMMC, s-off and root for G2, myTouch 4g, and yes, even Desire HD.
Desire HD being sim unlocked is irrelevant. The lockdown I'm talking about is with their eMMC chip, and now their bootloader/recovery
Couldn't resist.
Eh, I'm pretty sure my karmeh has reached the cap, and doesn't go higher.