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Intel and Nokia aim for more Meego embarrassment
NOT CONTENT with making grandiose statements about a strategic partnership and launching an open source OS whose first device does not use an Intel chip, the Nokia and Intel alliance has reached a new public relations low.
Reading "3D" spattered throughout a press release and powerpoint presentation about a new joint innovation centre filled with a whopping 24 staff at the world famous University of Oulu, one might imagine that "new and compelling mobile user experiences" would mean the actual three dimensional eye-boggling technology that the entertainment and electronics industries have rolled out in televisions, computer displays and Blu-ray players this year. But no.
"Some 3D experiences can be created on 2D displays, [Avatar style] 3D is not a pre-requisite," Heikki Huomo, the university's center for Internet excellence director said, explaining that the 3D mentioned in the press materials was not what some might expect.
It also means that no new version of Meego will be needed and what 3D graphics acceleration will be provided, Huomo admitted, would be at a "lower level" in the device. In other words, integrated graphics processing, one would imagine, much like any computer has done for the past 20 years.
So when Nokia and Intel write, "Creating interfaces that are more similar to interactions in the real world" and "in the same way that modern games and movies are more immersive through the use of realistic 3-D graphics", one has to emphasise the words "more similar" and "modern games...use of realistic 3D".
The best any 3D fan can hope for with this research announcement is something like Second Life on a mobile device. And not the Star Wars Princess Leia 3D hologram messaging system that the press release referred to and Huomo and his Intel and Nokia colleagues made haste to distance themselves from during the teleconference.
However there is hope for gesture control. Huomo did say that the mouse point-and-click paradigm was not part of the plans.
But don't expect any neat products anytime soon. Nokia and Intel don't plan on launching their own joint product despite their vision for a joint innovation centre.
Martin Curley, Intel Labs Europe director told The INQUIRER, "It's too early to say about specific outputs. The research is to compliment existing products and [could be used] by several different manufacturers."
Sad to say, it sounds to us like any actual 3D products out of this are, as all too often, ten years away. Again. µ
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Nokia doesn't have an Android phone and it's not seen as making cool phones. Nokia makes functional clunky phones, that's the impression.
Why doesn't Nokia make a Google Andriod phone?
People have brand loyalty to Nokia, people know Google, it could be the perfect partnership.
Nokia doesn't have an Android phone and it's not seen as making cool phones. Nokia makes functional clunky phones, that's the impression.
Why doesn't Nokia make a Google Andriod phone?
People have brand loyalty to Nokia, people know Google, it could be the perfect partnership.
Two giant, lumbering hardware companies clinging to each other in desperation to stay relevant in the new world of mobile.
These are the same two companies under the illusion that they can launch and shepherd their own software platform.
Pfft.
I read both theregister and theinquirer,
much because you often have a nice way of being both nasty and sarcastic with a sense of humor.
But the space between just stupid and uggly or beeing nasty and sarcastic is very narrow.
You failed badly.
As for "the world famous University of Oulu", Oulu is ranked as number 1376 in the world (among some 10.000) and number 6 in Finland (Helsinki as number 200 in the world number 61 in Europe)
Those figures does not make Oulu world famous but far better than what I think you expected.
Also you could have a look at this on Newsweek where Finland comes out as the best country in the world.
http://www.newsweek.com/photo/2010/08/15/best-countries-in-the-world.html
And this on bbc "Why do Finland's schools get the best results?"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8601207.stm
Also you seem to think that the number of 24 persons "whopping 24 staff" is bad.
Perhaps you think that if 10 men build a house in 3 months then 100 will build it in less than 24 hours.
It does not work like that, it never has and never will. And this is especially true with programming, and innovation again has nothing to do with the number of people.
The number 24 does not worry me, instead the size of both Nokia and Intel could be the problem.
article, indeed.
Written just because mocking Nokia is fashionable on the inq.
This article must be written by a person who has forgot to have his morning cup of tea. It's amazing how much of a negative attitude comes forth in his article. Let us keep in mind that this article is written by an outsider who has not got an idea what's going on between Nokia and Intel...
This article must have been written by a person who has forgot to have his morning cup of tea. It's amazing how much of a negative attitude comes forth in his article. Let us keep in mind that this article is written by an outsider who has not got an idea what's going on between Nokia and Intel...
This article must have been written by a person who has forgot to have his morning cup of tea. It's amazing how much of a negative attitude comes forth in his article. Let us keep in mind that this article is written by an outsider who has not got an idea what's going on between Nokia and Intel...
they've set up a lab to research 3D interfaces. What's wrong with that? i think we've seen what small teams of researchers and designers are capable of - the original iPhone being one example.