http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/ Engadget Comments for Archos 5 Internet Tablet gets game-changing OpenGL support in 2.0.15 update (video) 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/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/I assume this works through some kind of native development kit then, like the third-party Android NDK that was in a topic here a while ago.

Problem with Android and OpenGL is that all Android apps run in a VM, which isn't exactly ideal for high-performance graphics. You really want to write native code for that, especially on a low-powered mobile device. I would be surprised if this update is anything but a modified NDK that works with the Archos 5. Which is nice if you only target this specific device, but it won't mean every Android game in existence automatically runs much better, it likely has to be compiled specifically for the Archos 5 and its NDK.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/If it is OpenGL ES 2.0 (which it probably is), it's actually virtually as powerful as full-blown OpenGL, except that as a developer you have to do almost everything yourself, where full OpenGL provides much richer API's. In terms of features and options, with OpenGL ES 2.0, it's actually the hardware capabilities and the time and skills of the developer that determines what you can do with it, the API's might be extremely small, but they're not limiting you to use everything the hardware supports. Just making your life harder.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/they need to work a little bit on the latency tho..]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/
Many of you probably already know that. But reading this article in the morning, bushy-eyed/bushy-tailed, and pre-coffee made me jump to get an update I thought was for Android 2.x. So just a warning if you are the same.]]>Jun 4th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/archos-5-internet-tablet-gets-game-changing-opengl-support-in-2/Jun 4th 2010 7:47PM