Posted on 2008 under Mobile Games News |
19
Mar
Phones like the N82, N95, N95 8GB or also E90 are running with the great CPU Texas Instruments OMAP 2420. This CPU has an integrated 3D accelerator which can execute highly expensive graphical operations.This topic is especially interesting considering the thing that the phones mentioned ahead are all real power phones being able to display very impressive graphics. That is actually the perfect condition for the new N-Gage platform to create games in an optical dimension never seen before on a mobile handset.But because Nokia decided to make the gaming platform also available for low-performance phones like the N81 and N73, both running with a non 3D accelerated CPU, all games that are currently available don’t use the possibility of 3D acceleration. That’s why all the games look much worse than they could do.
I found a nice video on YouTube showing the differences between a phone with 3D acceleration (N95) and a non accelerated one (N81).
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Posted on 2008 under Uncategorized |
18
Feb
Obviously there were several hundred announcements, press releases, events and so on at MWC - however I figured this one is probably worth highlighting - if only because it shows some truly awesome UI - and we all like a good UI don’t we!
nVidia (those of meaty PC graphics card pedigree) have announced their APX 2500 platform.
If you thought the iPhone UI was spectacular, this one is a whole other level - check out videos of it running, here and here.
The specs are also quite spectacular, with up to HD-720p support (yes, that would be the same HD as for TV!), and up to 12MP camera support. Truly a beast of a platform, nVidia demo’d it running a Windows Mobile device, which the CPU and UI are designed for - methinks however they would entertain reworking this for other device vendor references!
Here is a little more detail on the specifications - if you want to check out nVidia’s site you can go here:
- ARM11 MPCore
- HD AVP (High Definition Audio Video Processor) 720p H.264, MPEG-4, and VC-1/WMV9 Decode
- 720p H.264 and MPEG-4 Encode
- Supports multi-standard audio formats including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3
- JPEG encode and decode acceleration
- ULP (Ultra Low Power) GeForce GPU
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- D3D Mobile
- Programmable pixel shader
- Programmable vertex and lighting
- CSAA support
- Advanced 2D graphics
- Up to 12Mpixel camera sensor support
- Advanced imaging features
- True dual display support
- 720p (1280×720) HDMI 1.2 support
- SXGA (1280×1024) LCD and CRT support
- Composite and S-Video TV output
Next-gen Mobile devices are coming in force - within 18 months I think we can expect to see some more developments that will result in devices that have an industry impact orders of magnitude greater than Mr Jobs’ device did!
