Yummy new CPU/GPU combo

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:40:24 +0200 Holger Freyther <zecke at openmoko.org> babbled:

> On Sunday 08 June 2008 02:28:42 Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:19:08 -0700 Dave O'Connor <doc at skynet.ie> babbled:
> > > Just out of interest, why don't other countries get access to these
> > > components sooner? Why do Japanese consumers get them first? Do they pay
> > > significantly more than the rest on phones so they're a better market
> > > for manufacturers or could openmoko steal a lead here in the rest of the
> > > world?
> > >
> > > Might it be an idea to appeal to these component manufacturers
> > > competitive sides and say "if you give us the specs to write open
> > > drivers we can give you sales in the rest of the world"?
> >
> > japanese phones are all about tech specs - and that's it. well that and
> > looking sexy (nice design/cases). usability is pretty poor. their software
> > and ui's are atrocious mostly. but that doesn't matter because they can do
> > the "i'm cooler than you. my phone has more pixels!" (irrespective if they
> > can even use more than 10% of the features of the phone, nor see the pixels
> > they have so many of...) :)
> 
> Hehe, I was surprised that they could market products because they use one 
> sort of freescale's arm cores... funny people.

it's japan. it's that part of the world where you say "i was surprised" ... a
lot when you visit and come back... :)

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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster at openmoko.org>