From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: nokia 770 [was Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was: Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]] Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:25:23 +0200 Message-ID: <20060919182523.GE7099@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060914101704.GA17820@elf.ucw.cz> <20060914130311.GA2224@elf.ucw.cz> <20060914145645.0024B19E189@adsl-69-226-248-13.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net> <20060917123402.GC2741@elf.ucw.cz> <1158576364.28629.7.camel@localhost> <20060918105315.GO3746@elf.ucw.cz> <1158580875.5401.1.camel@Dogbert.NOE.nokia.com> <20060918121115.GB5370@elf.ucw.cz> <1158583334.28629.19.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1158583334.28629.19.camel@localhost> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org To: Amit Kucheria Cc: scott.preece@motorola.com, matthew.a.locke@comcast.net, linux-pm@lists.osdl.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > > 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 s= ame > > > 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? > = > It is similar to other 'open-sourced' drivers - binary firmware, open > source driver. Ok. > Anyways... this is getting off-topic. Sharp Zaurus was great hardware, > but its not shipped in USA/Europe anymore. Agreed, this is getting off-topic. > 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 I agree that Nokia is doing the right thing (tm) here (and THANKS!). (Excluding charging circuity, but someone is going to fix that). Unfortunately Motorola is not doing the right thing... Could you perhaps provide list of operating points for 770? It would help understanding a bit, I'd say. Pavel -- = (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html