[linux-pm] nokia 770 [was Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was: Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]]

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On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 14:11 +0200, ext Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2006-09-18 15:01:15, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 12:53 +0200, ext Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > On Mon 2006-09-18 13:46:04, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 14:34 +0200, ext Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > > > > (And IIRC zaurus lasts longer on batteries than 770 does... or at
> > > > > least comparable. Maybe OMAP is more complex, but is it actually good
> > > > > thing?)
> > > > 
> > > > Wifi + Significantly higher resolution display tend to play a 'small'
> > > > role in this.
> > > 
> > > 640x480 display vs. 800x480 display does not sound like _that_ big
> > > deal to me. You are right with wifi, that beasts eat 1W-or-so. (and it
> > > would be great if someone implemented wifi power saving...)
> > 
> > wifi power saving does exist and you have it already in 770
> > and also color depth probably affects performance: do they have the same
> > number of bits per pixel?
> 
> Not sure, but I believe it has 65000 colors.
> 
> What wireless chip is included in 770? Are you using devicespace
> stack? Is wifi driver opensource?
> 								Pavel

It is similar to other 'open-sourced' drivers - binary firmware, open
source driver.

Anyways... this is getting off-topic. Sharp Zaurus was great hardware,
but its not shipped in USA/Europe anymore.

And if the only criteria for hardware-that-matters is hackability, then
Nokia 770 can be flashed with your own kernel and rootfs. Check
www.maemo.org

Regards,
Amit

-- 
Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria at nokia.com>
Nokia


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