If you own a
Pre, you like to tempt fate, and you don't faint at the mere thought of your phone melting into a nondescript heap of plastic and silicon, have we got some exciting news for you: some crazy dude with a death wish has somehow eked an honest gigahertz out of the Pre's OMAP3430 processor that normally plods along at 600MHz. Of course, this
isn't the first time the phone's been overclocked, but traditionally, those overclocks have topped out around 800MHz -- so if you need serious speed and don't mind nuking your battery at a record pace, this so-called "F105 Thunderchief" kernel project is one that you're going to want to keep an eye on. The project's owner says "do not install this if you like your phone," so... you know, proceed with extreme caution, especially considering that your
warranty's probably going to dry up as fast as your battery. Follow the break for the blood-curdling action on video.
posted June 28th 2010 4:57PM
Come on HP, start releasing some great new Mobile webOS devices. It's an INCREDIBLE operating system that needs more awareness and better hardware.
@Prevacator I would rather have it on a tablet than on a phone
@Prevacator
Wow, that's bloody fast for a 1 year old phone. The Pre's got some life in it yet! :-)
@Prevacator +100
The next HPalm device will determine whether I stay with the best OS out there. Has to be a homerun guys. Form factor aside - the specs DO matter. Needs to be within range of EVO/Incredible/iP4 hardware to compete. Lag is no longer acceptable in the mobile market :)
In other news - Govnah and UberKernel are updated today, enjoying the new compcache feature :)
@Prevacator
WebOS should be a compulsory subject of discussion in marketing 101 classes for the next century. It is infinitesimally superior to both iOS and Android but nobody even knows about it, all thanks to crappy marketing.
Wow....i really want a Webos device. I wish HP can just make an annoucemrnt or forget a prototype in a bar otherwise i make just upgrade d 3GS to iphone 4 and i cant afford to carry two smartphones(it makes no sense) unless an employer is ready to foot the bill for the other fone.
@ssguy
this x 1000. weird scary blonde pictures in textbooks everywhere.
@Bjay repost much?
@ssguy
Don't you mean infinitely superior?
@Prevacator
yeah sorry brain fart. lol
@Phenom The evo/incredible have lag once in a while, iPhone 3GS has barely any, 1 year old
@Prevacator
As much as I love my EVO and wouldn't trade it for anything that out now (or even rumored), I can't help but reminisce about my WebOS days. WebOS is an outstanding platform.
@Prevacator : ello govnah!
Looks awesome. I bet it runs hot. Better not put it in your pocket or it'll burn your 'bag.
WebOS is what keeps me on the Pre, even though Evo is tempting, but I realize HTC makes Sense and Motorola makes Motoblur as Android "overlays" for one reason: Android is ugly.
iPhone iOS? Still just a flat array of tiles. No imagination, no personality to it. Fucking dull as all get out. Just so very uninspiring. App. Homebutton. App. Homebutton. Yaaaaay, Jerry!
@ssguy Noone knows what phone os's are either. Do you think that the majority of people who buy smartphones know that it has ios4 or android? People just say oh I have a droid or i have an iphone. I've seen a lot of those palm commercials with the girl walking around.
@Prevacator
WHAT THE FIRST GUY SAID. IT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE. THERE.
This phone was "the one", don't know what happened… Nokia or HTC should have bought palm instead of HP. Let's hope for a pre 2.
@Mister Warmth
iOS is a lot more than what you make it out to be but hey whatever.
webOS is nice and I hope HP/Palm creates something awesome for it but until then I'm sitting pretty and very comfortable with my iPhone 4.
@Mister Warmth I haven't tried this kernel, but I believe what they do to prevent it from getting too hot while in your pocket is default it to a "screenstate" governor.
Aka, when the screen is on, it's at the full 1GHz. When the screen is off, it goes back to the stock 500MHz.
@Mister Warmth haha lol, that was before iOS 4, now it's app home button x 2, sweep, app home button x 2, sweep, app… with pandora playing on background; way less boring I tell ya. U should try it. :)
@Prevacator
Yes, it needs better hardware but I'd argue that the OS needs much more refinement. There are too many performance issues (and bugs) relative to the competition (iPhone and Android).
@supraped69 I know a few people who thought every phone after the G1 was a... ripoff of the G1. Lol. I tried to educate them, but they were'nt hearing it.
@Prevacator Absolutely, WebOS is a revolutionary OS that has changed the meaning of the word convenience. I am sad that HP bought Palm because lately HP has been producing machines with inferior hardware and build quality. Nevertheless,I am sticking to webOS till HP+ Palm come out with a game changing device. webOS with the build quality of an Iphone or a Evo is THE future device to which everything else will be compared.
@Prevacator
I am bought, why can't palm/hp ship this version for real, some minor hardware fixes maybe needed. But I am totally impressed. This WebOS truly rocks, unbelievable number of apps running in the background and even during this overloaded video the battery really only dropped 3-4% and considering most people wouldn't run it as hard in reality - I want one now.
@ssguy WebOS lost because it was "infinitesimally superior", where "infinitesimally" negates the superior part. Ironic isn't it?
lol 1ghz
@mbg19 Still loaded engadget 2 seconds slower than the iPhone, apple really outdid themselves with the browser, can't wait for 1 ghz iPod touch 4 with retina and camera
@That guy 2
Omg!!!!! 2 whole seconds.
@That guy 2
you'll be waiting a while, I hear the antennae has problems with it...and the screen....
@That guy 2 Lol obvious troll is painfully obvious.
@mbg19
same dude working on this 1ghz kernel posted that he's got 1.2 in the works as well. snapdragon..shmapdragon. heheh.
@himynameisnathan Not one issue whatsoever with antanae etc...
@That guy 2
essentially thats all the iPhone4 is, an iPod Touch 4. But, this iPod Touch 4 comes with a steep montly premium.
@tigercranestyle
Doesn't surprise me. The Droid could handle 1.2-1.3, so why can't the Pre?
@tigercranestyle
the reason i wrote lol 1ghz is because its funny how peoples view of a good phone is based on if it has a 1ghz processor.Im sure there's no full use for such a powerful processor
nice finally utilizing WebOS
"nondescript heap of plastic and silicon"? You mean it's going to turn into an Android phone????
@kirsch
Zzzz, troll more troll. WebOS is awesome, I don't think anyone differs on that point.
@kirsch better be ready, this will attract fandroids.
I think this Palm Pre was given LSD....
Btw... isn't 1Ghz 1024Mhz or does it not work that way?
@Plazmic Flame
I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way
@Plazmic Flame
1000 Mhz = 1 GHZ. Just add 0's...
@Plazmic Flame
Only data size is generally given in binary notation. Everything else, including clocks, use standard decimal.
Thanks for the info guys and thank you Rick Astley for not giving up...
@Exodite
thats not true anything in this field is not by 10's
half a gig is 512MB, havent you wondered why RAM/GPU memory is such strange numbers, 256, 512, 1024..... there is a pattern
@Michael JD
You do realize that everything you listed has to do with data sizes?
Clock speeds, of RAM (NOT MEMORY SIZE), etc. are given in regular decimal notation.
So does Engadget just refresh Precentral every other hour? That's where ALL of their Palm articles come from.
@Spaceshipped Ever heard of RSS feeds? It's a brand new thing - coming to a computer near you soon!!!
(or maybe they just utilize the best forum/blog out there for this particular OS/device? Do you complain about TiPb - sourced articles?)
@Spaceshipped
Dude, nobody else cares about the Pre.
Maybe that's why.
@Phenom
These articles are coming WAY too late to be from an RSS feed.