News - Huang argues case for the ‘superphone’

[HEXUS]

NVIDIA CEO sees a place for large-screen dual-core smartphones.

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[Hicks12]

Bit late isnt it? HTC have had 4.3" display phones for ages, windows mobile and even android.... i fail to see whats actually going to be "first"?.

edit: oh dear... fail moment, it was from Nvidia about tegra 2 so i assume the droid X is the first phone for that? Seriously like the chip from nvidia as the original proved itself on a few devices like the zune HD so the second gen surely showed promise. If they manage to get HTC onboard and launch the true successor to the HD2 in a years time (with tegra 3? if not 2) cause then ill get one .

[BullDogg]

Bit late isnt it? HTC have had 4.3" display phones for ages, windows mobile and even android.... i fail to see whats actually going to be "first"?.

edit: oh dear... fail moment, it was from Nvidia about tegra 2 so i assume the droid X is the first phone for that? Seriously like the chip from nvidia as the original proved itself on a few devices like the zune HD so the second gen surely showed promise. If they manage to get HTC onboard and launch the true successor to the HD2 in a years time (with tegra 3? if not 2) cause then ill get one .

No, fraid there is no first here. He's just peddling large-screen Android phones of 4.3 and up.

Funnily enough, the Droid X isn't a Tegra 2 phone. I'm almost certain that Digitimes got it wrong. All of the reviews I read said it was a TI OMAP 3630 (http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/m...roid-x-review/), and considering it was out a few months ago, it's highly, HIGHLY unlikely that it has the Tegra 2.

So no fail at all.

EDIT: Didn't notice this before, but we also said it's using an OMAP - http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=25223

[scaryjim]

Bigger mobile phones? Good lord no, please.

I don't want to put anything bigger or heavier than my HTC magic (3.2") in my pocket, and I don't want a mobile phone that has to be carried in a bag. Who, exactly, is going to buy these monstrous unpocketable phones? I'd much rather have a smaller phone with the same features, and a separate, significantly larger, tablet. I really can't see the point of anything in between in terms of ergonomics or usability...

[Hicks12]

ah ok, well i guess its just marketing talk by nvidia then haha!.

And i used to think the same way as you jim, with regards to my LG renoir it was 3" and didnt want anything bigger but then I got the HD2 and man did my regards to size change! Anything bigger than 4.3" and id probably say no because it would stretch my limits physically, 4.3 is the sweet spot between useability and size, big screen for easy web browsing and then its small enough to fit in all my pockets. I do think its only mainly HTC phones that can get away with it because the screen uses much less frame compared to say the iphone so its dimensions are a mere few MM more and its about the same thickness just the big ass screen makes it look bigger .

but yeah, add a tegra 2 to the HD2 successor and id finally be happy to choose it as an upgrade!.

[Biscuit]

the superphone... seriously

[miniyazz]

I'd be interested, if they up the resolution while they're at it. There's very few things that benefit purely from a larger screen IMO (e.g. video/large fingers) - it's higher resolutions that add functionality and make it worth while for many people.

[Biscuit]

its still just a smartphone in my books tho, definately no need to add another catagory into the marketplace which is already saturated by them. Especially considering a lot of them are essentially meaningless.

[Percy1983]

I already think the iphone and such like are too big, so count me out.

...looks at old W880 lovingly...