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Originally Posted by Musicman247
Alright, so the article in the link has HTC saying that they did not have the ATI chip installed with the current devices, but will have it installed in future multimedia devices. I understand that.
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No, this carefully worded statement says "...does not USE the ATI Imageon acceleration hardware...". This is quite crafty on their part to say it like this, as the hardware acceleration is part of this Qualcomm chip, however HTC is not USING it. This is deliberate on their part, so they can get longer life out of this chipset by releasing "new" and "exciting!" multimedia phones in the future...on the same old hardware...that could have had the same capability if they hadn't intentionally crippled it.
Remember the MacBook Pro, when it was revealed that it was capable of 802.11n, but Apple had intentionally crippled it. Then it was revealed that they intended to charge for a patch that would enable 802.11n...but it was going to cost you $20.00. Public outcry grew so loud over this that they dropped the price to $5.00, then $1.99 and came up with some lame-assed excuse that they "HAD" to charge "something" to comply with an accounting rule.
Unfortunately, this is the kind of shit that companies do everyday, trying to monetize their userbase with the same old technology, rewrapped and repackaged as something better than it's predecessor. It is clear to me that this is what HTC is planning with this particular Qualcomm chipset.