http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/ Engadget Comments for Core Values: The silicon behind Android 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/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
(For the record, I'm not anti-Android in general, but it needs quite a bit of work still, in my opinion, and a nice UI like SenseUI that's integrated into the OS for all to use would be a great start. It does finally seem to be maturing some though.)]]>Oct 14th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
Must be a Linux thing. :P

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You must be talking about the PS3]]>Oct 14th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
ENOUGH with the Tegra HYPE! It uses two ARM11 cores @600mhz, and the graphics are not much better than the latest PowerVR SGX series. Hardly revolutionary.
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I agree entirely. CPU is way more important on a smartphone, since it's 99% of what you generally use the phone for, and that's where Tegra just plain fails.

Tegra helps for video and gaming, sure, but I'd rather have worse games and faster webpage rendering like with Snapdragon or the Cortex A8 instead of having an Nvidia video chip in a smartphone.]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
It's cool that manufacturers can customize Android all they like, but I think the default Android UI is pretty fantastic as-is, and it really isn't in need of being replaced. It has the best notification system in the business, it's totally extensible through third party widgets, and completely customizable by the user to put shortcuts anywhere they want. I guess it's not nearly as flashy looking as Sense, but it isn't bad looking by any means and it's extremely functional in all the right ways.]]>Oct 15th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
Well, I'd personally say Android has the second best notification system now, I'd put the Pre's notifications just a tiny bit ahead of it. While the default Android interface is okay, it's got a severe lack of polish like everything Google does. It's like it goes most of the way to the finish line and then just stops, in my opinion.

As for widgets, they're a personal preference, but I can't stand them. They make the interface look cluttered and you have to remember what page everything is on.]]>Oct 15th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/But I'm confused by Anand at the same time... does this mean the HTC Hero I so desperately want will suck in a matter of, oh, 4 months?]]>Oct 14th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
It's also annoying the G1/Dream was still advertised as a 528mhz device, without actually being clocked at 528mhz for full performance, even if the benefit gained was meager. ]]>Oct 14th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Slow, I just played with the Hero and Mytouch when I was out shopping today. They aren`t slow. They aren`t bad at all. The (Sprint) Hero had 5 pages full of widgets running and it responded well. It wasn`t boom as soon as you hit it it pops up instantly maybe a 1.5 second delay to launch an app, no big deal. A 528mhz cpu is still pretty good, as long as the software isn`t a bloated mess. It`s not blazingly fast, but it certainly not dog slow, if the software is good. I have a Touch Pro using a 528 mhz qualcom chip. I have run a miriad of custom roms on it, optimized software is the key. Some roms were dog slow and others are super fast, while at the same time increasing in features.

The ARM 11 is last gen I`ll admit it. And since I cant wait for the HD2, and want Android I am going with the Hero, I tried it out today and the speed was fine. And I know that it wasn`t running alot of background processes, but I won`t either.

Not to try to be an Apple hater, but now that the 3gs has come out with a faster chip, these, for the most part, Apple loving blogs are dogging the Qualcomn 7 series as unbearably slow when it is not the case at all. The 3g was in the same level as they are, but no one every thought it was slow. Why all the basing now, because a new generation is just starting to arrive now within the last 6 months]]>Oct 14th 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
Definitely need to read up on his stuff more.]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Also, why would you not include memory in the comparison?

Sigh, if only I ran a tech blog. I would do things right.]]>Oct 14th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
Engadget doesn't do shit. They aggregate news and go to conferences. Looking up specs for devices and putting them in a chart and releasing it as a PNG is trivial shit. I could do, but I'm lazy as sin. Adding memory to that table is obvious and anyone with a brain would think to include it in a comparison of phones.]]>Oct 14th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
Seriously, We are physically bigger than you. Time to stop ignoring canadas existence on your site ;)]]>Oct 14th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
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I think the bottom line with WinMo and Android is that the UI is easier to customize on one vs the other. (Android)]]>Oct 14th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2009/01/dalvik-vs-mono.html]]>Oct 14th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/core-values-the-silicon-behind-android/Oct 14th 2009 3:50PM