Comments on: Symbian Pokes at the iPhone During SXSW http://thenokiablog.com/2010/03/12/symbian-pokes-iphone-sxsw/ News, Guides, Reviews, Videos for the Nokia Fanatics Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stryqx http://thenokiablog.com/2010/03/12/symbian-pokes-iphone-sxsw/comment-page-1/#comment-32074 stryqx Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:54:23 +0000 http://thenokiablog.com/?p=4768#comment-32074 Layar will only appear on a Symbian platform once the underlying hardware provides graphics acceleration. Like Nokia did 3-4 years ago with devices like the N95, N82 and friends. The only current device with a GPU is the N900 and it's not running Symbian.<br>This is the main reason why most AR development involving a Nokia handset uses an N95 - graphics HW acceleration + TV out.<br>Maybe they should have replaced Symbian with Meego? Layar will only appear on a Symbian platform once the underlying hardware provides graphics acceleration. Like Nokia did 3-4 years ago with devices like the N95, N82 and friends. The only current device with a GPU is the N900 and it's not running Symbian.
This is the main reason why most AR development involving a Nokia handset uses an N95 – graphics HW acceleration + TV out.
Maybe they should have replaced Symbian with Meego?

]]> By: stryqx http://thenokiablog.com/2010/03/12/symbian-pokes-iphone-sxsw/comment-page-1/#comment-29348 stryqx Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:54:23 +0000 http://thenokiablog.com/?p=4768#comment-29348 Layar will only appear on a Symbian platform once the underlying hardware provides graphics acceleration. Like Nokia did 3-4 years ago with devices like the N95, N82 and friends. The only current device with a GPU is the N900 and it's not running Symbian.<br>This is the main reason why most AR development involving a Nokia handset uses an N95 - graphics HW acceleration + TV out.<br>Maybe they should have replaced Symbian with Meego? Layar will only appear on a Symbian platform once the underlying hardware provides graphics acceleration. Like Nokia did 3-4 years ago with devices like the N95, N82 and friends. The only current device with a GPU is the N900 and it's not running Symbian.
This is the main reason why most AR development involving a Nokia handset uses an N95 – graphics HW acceleration + TV out.
Maybe they should have replaced Symbian with Meego?

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