Friday, July 19, 2002
The Sum of Its Parts
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 08:20 AM
http://www.brighthand.com/newsite/features/stateofindustry_tuesday.html
Brighthand had a series of articles that didn't quite get finished, but this second installment is a good read. It covers the guts of the PDA, and Steve's thoughts on those various elements. There's a certain sweet spot for CPU power that I think we're close to reaching, but only if the software and hardware are both optimized to work together. For me at least, I'd love to fill my Pocket PC screen with video at 320 x 240, 30 frames per second, and high-quality audio. Anything more than that exceeds the physical limitations of the device. I'd also like to see better graphics processors on the devices - it undermines my confidence in the device when I see the screen redrawing itself very slowly, sluggish multi-tasking, etc.
I don't think the answer is more Mhz - I'm waiting for an OEM to get under the hood and say "Ok, forget what we've been doing so far - what components do we need to change in order to make this thing snappy as hell?" What do you think are the most-needed improvements to the Pocket PC hardware within the realm of current technology? (ie: no fuel cells yet guys!)
Brighthand had a series of articles that didn't quite get finished, but this second installment is a good read. It covers the guts of the PDA, and Steve's thoughts on those various elements. There's a certain sweet spot for CPU power that I think we're close to reaching, but only if the software and hardware are both optimized to work together. For me at least, I'd love to fill my Pocket PC screen with video at 320 x 240, 30 frames per second, and high-quality audio. Anything more than that exceeds the physical limitations of the device. I'd also like to see better graphics processors on the devices - it undermines my confidence in the device when I see the screen redrawing itself very slowly, sluggish multi-tasking, etc.
I don't think the answer is more Mhz - I'm waiting for an OEM to get under the hood and say "Ok, forget what we've been doing so far - what components do we need to change in order to make this thing snappy as hell?" What do you think are the most-needed improvements to the Pocket PC hardware within the realm of current technology? (ie: no fuel cells yet guys!)
