[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Digitaltigre:
Very excited! I just learned about my next phone!

A lot of people have been clamoring about the Sony Xperia X1. I personally don't get it - I mean it adds VGA right and looks better than the TyTNII. But it's really just a baby step above the TyTNII and the press says it will be the best winmo phone ever. Honestly I'm upset enough about my Kaiser that I've been thinking about getting an X1 myself. I will not be fooled again though and I ABSOLUTELY NEED to know if it has hardware acceleration before I get it. I've been looking into it and searching for a definitive answer to no avail. The worry here stems from the fact that it uses the same damn chipset as the TyTNII and is also being built by HTC. Apparently when pressed on the 3d hardware question, Sony-Ericsson is not exactly boosting anyones confidence...

"When I’ve asked them about the 3D acceleration, they have stated they try to implement it, but nothing is for sure. (Read: it’s in no way guaranteed the device will have hardware 3D acceleration – that is, the official spec may not become fully implemented.)"

Bottom line is if this thing doesn't fully use the chips architecture, forget about it. They are setting themselves up for a fall because the software vs hardware issue is already well known.

Now, why am I so excited? Because I found in my searches that NVIDIA is producing chips for moble phones. I read about it earlier and didn't really think about it all that much - but I just saw a video of a concept UI on a prototype device that gave me chills. You've heard of NVIDIA right? They are set to forever change the mobile device market! Our GD little cat and mouse game with this BS company HTC is going to be a big joke when NVIDIA chipped phones come out. Just take a quick glance at these specs:

* 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

source w/video links

Official NVIDIA site w/chip info

Also, this chip is supposedly so optimized that it will do 10 hours of HD video playback or 100 hours of audio on a normal cellphone battery.

I'm telling you HTC is not going to nickel and dime me to death while I continue hoping they will come through as expected. No more baby steps for me. I'm waiting for an APX 2500 chip phone. Then I'm going to smash my TyTNNII into little pieces with a big hammer.

And then HTC can officially stick this right up their ass...

""HTC believes the overall value of its devices based on their combination of functionality and connectivity exceeds their ability to play or render high-resolution video. These devices do still provide a rich multimedia experience comparable to that of most smartphones and enable a variety of audio and video file formats," reads the official response, in part. Furthermore, the company has officially confirmed that Imageon drivers are not in use on the affected devices, but that it "plans to include video acceleration hardware in future video-centric devices that will enable high-resolution video support.""