[16.02.08]Next-gen Mobile devices are coming in force/Meet nVidia's device

**nauriceprivat** · #1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 10:32 PM

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Obviously there were several hundred announcements, press releases, events and so on at MWC - however I figured this one is probably worth highlighting - if only because it shows some truly awesome UI - and we all like a good UI don't we!

nVidia (those of meaty PC graphics card pedigree) have announced their APX 2500 platform.

If you thought the iPhone UI was spectacular, this one is a whole other level - check out videos of it running, [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...] and [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...].

The specs are also quite spectacular, with up to HD-720p support (yes, that would be the same HD as for TV!), and up to 12MP camera support. Truly a beast of a platform, nVidia demo'd it running a Windows Mobile device, which the CPU and UI are designed for - methinks however they would entertain reworking this for other device vendor references!

Here is a little more detail on the specifications - if you want to check out nVidia's site you can go [Only Registered and Activated Users Can See Links. Click Here To Register...]:

ARM11 MPCore

HD AVP (High Definition Audio Video Processor) 720p H.264, MPEG-4, and VC-1/WMV9 Decode

720p H.264 and MPEG-4 Encode

Supports multi-standard audio formats including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3

JPEG encode and decode acceleration

ULP (Ultra Low Power) GeForce GPU

OpenGL ES 2.0

D3D Mobile

Programmable pixel shader

Programmable vertex and lighting

CSAA support

Advanced 2D graphics

Up to 12Mpixel camera sensor support

Advanced imaging features

True dual display support

720p (1280×720) HDMI 1.2 support

SXGA (1280×1024) LCD and CRT support

Composite and S-Video TV output

Next-gen Mobile devices are coming in force - within 18 months I think we can expect to see some more developments that will result in devices that have an industry impact orders of magnitude greater than Mr Jobs' device did!