It shows two OpenGL-based benchmarks where iPad2 was faster than the Asus Transformer Prime running Android 3.2 Honeycomb, not A5X Vs Tegra 3. Other benchmarks show different aspects of the two systems, including many where the positions are reversed. It's also worth noting that the 3D subsystem in Android was overhauled for ICS, which is likely to perform better than Honeycomb in the same test.
It may well be that the PowerVR GPUs are faster than NVidia's conventional GPUs, but that's still only one part of a substantial equation, most of which has yet to be tested, as far as I'm aware..
Note that in the Apple infographic, they're claiming a 2X speed advanatge over the Tegra 3 with the iPad2's A5. That doesn't appear to be true, though the A5 has some advantages.
Whether the A5X has picked up enough ground to quadruple the Tegra's performance remains to be seen, and given Apple's debunked claims about the A5, seems unlikely.
Considering Apple typically doesn't play too lose with the marketing statistics
What planet are you from?
"After a legal complaint by 70-year-old William Gillis over the "twice as fast for half the price" statement found in iPhone 3G marketing, Apple responded with a 9-page, 32-point rebuttal—one paragraph of which included this overly harsh, but very telling, statement:
Plaintiff's claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff's position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple's statements as claims of fact.
In other words, if you believe what Apple says in an Apple ad, you are not a reasonable person.
In the absense of a functioning time machine, it's hard to see how else this could be done. Unless you're suggesting not supporting older releases at all?
How about you respond to the comment instead of FUD spreading.
As usual, the summary distorts TFA, but TFA clearly states that the developer's main complaint is a 50Mb limit to the download cache for Market apps. They then state that they don't want to commit resources to making game data a separate download.
Think about that for a scond.
This is not a challenging task, even for a moderately skilled coder - it's a solved problem. Now I have no doubt there's good reasons why this one developer can't support Android, despite 250,000 apps making it there, but the reason given in TFA is not the real reason.
In reality, what's happened is that Google, recognising the need for larger apps and data, has increased the size of downloads from the Market as Expansion files. They did this so they could track when large in-game downloads were completing, because unscrupulous dvelopers were using large/slow downloads to make sure the user had no opportunity to finish the download before the refund period expired. Now the Market tracks that the user has completely finished downloading large applications, then starts the refund period. Most newer devices should download expansion files automatically, but older ones download them when you first run the application.
I'm not suggesting that a developer with a poor quality port from a different platform might want to deny users the opportunity for a refund. Though, if they are really having trouble implimenting something as simple as in-game downloads, I might question the quality of their other work...
I've just bought a $150 android 7" tablet with 1080P HDMI out. With a bluetooth keyboard/touchpad or mouse combo, an external hard drive and a copy of Polaris office, it could do pretty much all of the document creation and analysis work most people use PCs for.
If 14% of your users are complaining that they want to use a Mac at work just like they do at home, they will pretty much be ignored and considered quite annoying by IT departments.
Not all users are equal.
Not all IT departments have the right or the cojones to refuse reasonable requests from senior execs.
The buyer is at no risk from GPL violations. THEY are the people the GPL was designed to protect.
Even the resellers are mostly using generic AOSP distros on the phones, while chipset vendors like Allwinner and MediaTek are genereally LESS precious than more established vendors when it comes to sharing code.
Or you could also say that well trained and educated people are valuable employees and are well protected, while miners are to this day still treated as disposable.
Not everywhere.
"The Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 include specific provisions for
the operation of diesel engined units in underground mines. Included in these provisions is a
requirement to have turbo charged units, and all units rated at 125KW or more, fitted with
exhaust treatment devices.
The most widely used treatment devices, are catalytic converters in conjunction with ceramic
particulate filters."
J M Torlach
STATE MINING ENGINEER
Meddling in the affairs of the competition in the web services and advertising industry has shown that they are really serious about their "screw Google" campaign.
Who was it who said
"I'm going to f---ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again, I'm going to f---ing kill Google."?
The point in this instance is some orientations will result in a higher probability of high-yield plants breeding true. If that is absent, the opportunity to establish agriculture will be missing.
Slashdot Mirror
"Bill Gates is an evil profiteer!"
1. He is.
2. Profiteering is not the same as making a (fair) profit.
It may well be that the PowerVR GPUs are faster than NVidia's conventional GPUs, but that's still only one part of a substantial equation, most of which has yet to be tested, as far as I'm aware..
I always liked the RPG in Duke Nukem best, though that was more '90s.
Although, honestly, chickens are the stupidest birds in the world,
You have clearly never watched The Kardashians.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/01/1518244/nvidias-tegra-3-outruns-apples-a5-in-first-benchmarks.
Note that in the Apple infographic, they're claiming a 2X speed advanatge over the Tegra 3 with the iPad2's A5. That doesn't appear to be true, though the A5 has some advantages.
Whether the A5X has picked up enough ground to quadruple the Tegra's performance remains to be seen, and given Apple's debunked claims about the A5, seems unlikely.
Considering Apple typically doesn't play too lose with the marketing statistics
What planet are you from?
"After a legal complaint by 70-year-old William Gillis over the "twice as fast for half the price" statement found in iPhone 3G marketing, Apple responded with a 9-page, 32-point rebuttal—one paragraph of which included this overly harsh, but very telling, statement:
Plaintiff's claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff's position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple's statements as claims of fact.
In other words, if you believe what Apple says in an Apple ad, you are not a reasonable person.
http://gizmodo.com/5101110/apple-no-reasonable-person-should-trust-their-marketing
In the absense of a functioning time machine, it's hard to see how else this could be done. Unless you're suggesting not supporting older releases at all?
Coincidentally, it's all the devs that needs 3D Rendering.
I somehow doubt that.
The native Renderscript API is clean, device-independant and performs well. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/index.html. The people having difficulty are only the ones coming from iOS to other platforms.
Say what [android.com]?
Legacy device support. It's pretty clear in the dev guide.
As usual, the summary distorts TFA, but TFA clearly states that the developer's main complaint is a 50Mb limit to the download cache for Market apps. They then state that they don't want to commit resources to making game data a separate download.
Think about that for a scond.
This is not a challenging task, even for a moderately skilled coder - it's a solved problem. Now I have no doubt there's good reasons why this one developer can't support Android, despite 250,000 apps making it there, but the reason given in TFA is not the real reason.
In reality, what's happened is that Google, recognising the need for larger apps and data, has increased the size of downloads from the Market as Expansion files. They did this so they could track when large in-game downloads were completing, because unscrupulous dvelopers were using large/slow downloads to make sure the user had no opportunity to finish the download before the refund period expired. Now the Market tracks that the user has completely finished downloading large applications, then starts the refund period. Most newer devices should download expansion files automatically, but older ones download them when you first run the application.
I'm not suggesting that a developer with a poor quality port from a different platform might want to deny users the opportunity for a refund. Though, if they are really having trouble implimenting something as simple as in-game downloads, I might question the quality of their other work...
Sad to say, Windows Mobile 6.x is the only game in town if you are interested in anything remotely related to software freedom.
What a weird thing to say, given Microsoft's history.
You can get the full source code for Android here http://source.android.com/.
There's a repository of FOSS Android apps here http://f-droid.org/, it has a market-style installer to make it easy.
The full SDK is here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html, and there's an O'Reilly Cookbook available http://androidcookbook.com/home.seam.
If Java/Davlik coding is beyound you, try MIT's very clever App Inventor RAD http://appinventoredu.mit.edu/what-is-app-inventor. It's quite cool.
Note that all of these resources are gratis, and most are free as well.
If you can't get there, try http://www.aliexpress.com/. They have a fair bit of gear, and the extra markup's probably worh it for the convenience.
That hasn't happened to my notebook or tablet.
Wassamatter?
You never heard of a screen dump before?
Sheesh, newbies!
I've just bought a $150 android 7" tablet with 1080P HDMI out. With a bluetooth keyboard/touchpad or mouse combo, an external hard drive and a copy of Polaris office, it could do pretty much all of the document creation and analysis work most people use PCs for.
If 14% of your users are complaining that they want to use a Mac at work just like they do at home, they will pretty much be ignored and considered quite annoying by IT departments.
Not all users are equal.
Not all IT departments have the right or the cojones to refuse reasonable requests from senior execs.
They just patented "a way" of using NFC.
To extract more money from everybody's wallets.
It's the Apple way.
The buyer is at no risk from GPL violations. THEY are the people the GPL was designed to protect.
Even the resellers are mostly using generic AOSP distros on the phones, while chipset vendors like Allwinner and MediaTek are genereally LESS precious than more established vendors when it comes to sharing code.
Can you link to any GPL violations?
If you like short stories try to find a copy of any of the "Best sci fi writers of" paperbacks
I grew up on those and loved them, but they needed a shake-up by the '60s. Try starting with "Shatterday"...
I love both those series and several more by him.
If you liked the World of Tiers style, give Roger Zelazny's Amber multiverse a go.
Or you could also say that well trained and educated people are valuable employees and are well protected, while miners are to this day still treated as disposable.
Not everywhere.
"The Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995 include specific provisions for the operation of diesel engined units in underground mines. Included in these provisions is a requirement to have turbo charged units, and all units rated at 125KW or more, fitted with exhaust treatment devices. The most widely used treatment devices, are catalytic converters in conjunction with ceramic particulate filters."
J M Torlach
STATE MINING ENGINEER
http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/6713.aspx
http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/Pamphlets/MSH_Poster_ControllingDieselParticulateMatterInUndergroundMines.pdf
Buy a cheap knock-off China phone. It's the only ethical choice.
Meddling in the affairs of the competition in the web services and advertising industry has shown that they are really serious about their "screw Google" campaign.
Who was it who said
"I'm going to f---ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again, I'm going to f---ing kill Google."?
I guess he was serious.
Perhaps he had a prior arrangement with Google's competitor to develop distrust, in exchange for a well-paid sinecure once he was done.
There are places in the world where this would be illegal.
The point in this instance is some orientations will result in a higher probability of high-yield plants breeding true. If that is absent, the opportunity to establish agriculture will be missing.