[themuffinman]

Originally Posted by SweetBearCub

While what you say is true, there is a big reason why such a thing isn't nearly as easy on a device like our phones - The chip-level hardware specifications are (usually) widely known for gaming consoles, and those consoles usually have optimized drivers for all hardware as soon as they're released, since they are intended to serve as multimedia machines. HTC (and Qualcomm) are not all all forthcoming with the needed level of technical detail to allow programmers to write software to directly address the hardware to bypass the lack of drivers. For example, just finding the datasheet for most MSM-series processors (such as the one in the Mogul/VX6800, since it's fresh in my mind) isn't possible - Qualcomm intentionally removed them from public access, to prevent people from being able to write their software to account for the lack of a 2D or 3D driver. In essence, since HTC (and probably other manufacturers) didn't want to pay to play with their toys, Qualcomm got huffy and hoarded their toys.

For this reason, I will be far more likely to make my next-generation handset a Tegra-based (Nvidia) system, before I would consider a Snapdragon (Qualcomm) system.

Maybe my example should have been better but all I was saying is given enough experience these developers have learned a few tricks here or there to optimize things so it can run smoother regardless of the lack of support from qualcomm. Of course every operation wont be perfect but its atleast a little better compared to the previous model(tp1)