Comments on: Hardware acceleration in HTC phones http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: JC http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5522 JC Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:58:08 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5522 I can't help where you live, and I don't exactly live in a technological mecca, but I can take a 10 minute drive to the nearby college town and drive home with a Motorola A1200 if I were so inclined. And no, you couldn't figure that out from 10 minutes in the store. But you might be able to return it if you did figure it out, or exchange it. I can’t help where you live, and I don’t exactly live in a technological mecca, but I can take a 10 minute drive to the nearby college town and drive home with a Motorola A1200 if I were so inclined.

And no, you couldn’t figure that out from 10 minutes in the store. But you might be able to return it if you did figure it out, or exchange it.

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5515 Eugenia Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:18:48 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5515 There is NONE where I live (Silicon Valley, no less). Everything I see here is contracted to the big-4 cellphone carriers. I see no "boutique" shops that sell such unlocked phones, especially HTC. And besides. Do you think that if I spend 10 minutes in the store I would have figured out that this phone doesn't have an accelerated driver? Thees phones in stores don't even have internet connection up and running, let alone h.264 videos (that push the hardware) or games that need acceleration. And the shop people have no clue about these things, not even reviewers knew originally that there was no full driver in these phones. There is NONE where I live (Silicon Valley, no less). Everything I see here is contracted to the big-4 cellphone carriers. I see no “boutique” shops that sell such unlocked phones, especially HTC.

And besides. Do you think that if I spend 10 minutes in the store I would have figured out that this phone doesn’t have an accelerated driver? Thees phones in stores don’t even have internet connection up and running, let alone h.264 videos (that push the hardware) or games that need acceleration. And the shop people have no clue about these things, not even reviewers knew originally that there was no full driver in these phones.

]]> By: JC http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5514 JC Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:00:11 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5514 >in US there are no local stores that sell unlocked phones Absolutely untrue. There are lots of little boutique shops near me that sell unlocked phones. Maybe if you're in the middle of Kansas that's true... but say that there are no such stores in the US smacks of hyperbole. >in US there are no local stores that sell unlocked phones

Absolutely untrue. There are lots of little boutique shops near me that sell unlocked phones. Maybe if you’re in the middle of Kansas that’s true… but say that there are no such stores in the US smacks of hyperbole.

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5490 Eugenia Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:50:31 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5490 >Indeed. So why did you ? Because at the time I didn't know that the driver was not there. I found out after the fact, even reviews didn't mention the problem. And there is no way I could find a store to "try it out". There are no local stores that sell these phones, because in US there are no local stores that sell unlocked phones. >Indeed. So why did you ?

Because at the time I didn’t know that the driver was not there. I found out after the fact, even reviews didn’t mention the problem. And there is no way I could find a store to “try it out”. There are no local stores that sell these phones, because in US there are no local stores that sell unlocked phones.

]]> By: com-plain http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5488 com-plain Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:41:56 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5488 <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2007/08/28/to-partner-or-not-to-partner.aspx" rel="nofollow">Partnerships</a> Partnerships

]]> By: l3v1 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5483 l3v1 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:20:58 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/25/hardware-acceleration-in-htc-phones/#comment-5483 "spending $800 for a phone that has a driver speed equivalent to 1990 with Windows 3.0 is unacceptable" Indeed. So why did you ? I'd never throw out that much or more money for anything without trying it out even if for just a few minutes. “spending $800 for a phone that has a driver speed equivalent to 1990 with Windows 3.0 is unacceptable”

Indeed. So why did you ? I’d never throw out that much or more money for anything without trying it out even if for just a few minutes.

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