http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/ Engadget Comments for HTC Kaiser fans cough up over $5,000 for homebrew video drivers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
The class action lawsuit is now being looked into. Lawyers are being contacted and so on.]]>Jan 28th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
*votes up*]]>Jan 28th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
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I tried it on my mogul for grins...blah.]]>Jan 28th 2008 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://quake.pocketmatrix.com/download.php]]>Jan 28th 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
Why don't these unhappy customers just return their product and buy something else? That would make a bigger impact than just offering up a driver bounty.]]>Jan 28th 2008 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
The closest competitor would be Eten, and while they use nice VGA screens they still use 64 MB DRAM, which is pretty useless in this day and age. They also have a reputation for pretty buggy products (at least initially)]]>Jan 28th 2008 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
I would have returned it however, during the grace period if I knew the lag was because of missing drivers as oppose to say, a crappy launch ROM (which could easily be updated either by HTC or third parties).]]>Jan 28th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/the company isn't going to support something to its potential. it seems we for get
the dreamcast to quickly. ]]>Feb 4th 2008 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/if OEM refuses to support it, community has all the proper resources to support it themselves...instead of trying it hack something that 'kinda works']]>Jan 28th 2008 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Open source software is one thing, but low-level hardware drivers is another.. especially since these are sitting behind an expensive SDK licensing agreement. I don't think it would ever happen with the business model they pursue with these things, where the chip functionality is there with all the products, but if the integrator/manufacturer wants to use it, they have to pay to get the SDK.

Although, nothing is impossible. We are finally seeing some progress in discrete GPU drivers for linux.]]>Jan 28th 2008 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
Long story short, RIM is 10 times more protective with their platform than WinMo , even for device drivers, so it shouldn't be long. Just gotta be patient for now, I suppose... ]]>Jan 28th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
I spoke with some at HTC recently and they even admitted the BT on their phones suck. I won't say the persons name for the sake of their job but they said they also experienced the crappy BT issues described in many forums on their own HTC phone.

What the hell is wrong with HTC?

While I would certainly appreciate better video drivers, the BT is the most important feature of my phone next to e-mail, and voice command. If I had full exchange integration on another phone with touch screen functionality, a slim form factor and a large screen I'd be happy to jump ship.

I can understand if you have issues with the alarm clock, and other issues that the HTC phones have but I don't understand how bluetooth isn't one of the most well tested feature coming from any phone manufacturer.]]>Jan 28th 2008 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
I don't even have an HTC device but I can still count on XDA to make my life 100 times easier. If it weren't for them, I'd probably be using the native WM6 theme (**cringes in fear**) or something close to it. I'm running TouchFLO, or as close to TochFLO is possible, on my Samsung i760 and I can more or less guarantee that at least 20 children have been saved from certain physical trauma and mental anguish.

XDA Forums For Global WinMo Domination!!! ]]>Jan 28th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Please oh please, let the gods of driver development smile upon us :)
This affects pretty much all of the MSM7xxx based phones, so I hope a fix for the Kaiser would be applicable for the other devices such as the CDMA Vouge/Touch, and the CDMA Titan/Mogul]]>Jan 28th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
WM is as open an environment as Windows desktop - you can write any code you want, and most is well documented.]]>Jan 28th 2008 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
That'd be the nail in the coffin for a suit, if anything - an HTC developer has the capability to make it, they just chose not to. I'm not sure what legal grounds if any a lawsuit would have, but HTC users can take advantage of the legal system like everyone else. And I hope the users win :).]]>Jan 28th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/Jan 28th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351986]]>Jan 28th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/
--James]]>Feb 3rd 2008 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/htc-kaiser-fans-cough-up-over-5-000-for-homebrew-video-drivers/]]>Mar 29th 2008 6:28PM