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Originally Posted by bsepub
The above quote got me thinking, so I went to the hardware tab under settings>system>devicemanager. The attached screenshot shows you that the hardware indeed does have 192 MB of RAM, with 78.71 dedicated to the OS. This then leaves 113.29 available for the program memory.
It just blows me away that on this stock rom, that on top of the 78 MB the OS is using, that, upon an initial boot, another 64 MB is being utilized out of the 113 that is left. AND... the OS is also taking up 182 MB in the storage memory, reducing its availablility to 329 MB... what is going on?
I hope we can get this unlocked soon and on to cooking...
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The numbers reported in device info are hard coded numbers that HTC decided on. Yes, there is 192MB of RAM in the device, but Windows Mobile only has access to ~128MB of it. 64MB are dedicated to the second processor core running the radio and other hardware controls in a Linux derived environment. Some shared memory is required for communication between the two OS's as well.
The 78.71MB of OS program memory reported in Device Info represents memory that you're not going to have access to. Windows Mobile, TouchFlo3D, and everything else is running on the remaining 113.29MB. In practical terms, the Verizon Touch Pro has the same amount of memory as the Vogue (CDMA Touch). When the Vogue was launched, HTC just wasn't including the shared memory in their total figures. Otherwise, they would advertise it as having 160MB (128+32) of RAM.
For the time being, 128MB is plenty to run WM6 though. If you're running a lot of programs at once, you'll run out of processor speed long before you run out of memory. It would be nice for Verizon users if their Pro had as much memory as the Sprint version, but it really isn't going to affect anything. It certainly isn't going to cause TF3D or any other programs to slow to a crawl as some have reported. People are just overreacting because they feel like they got the short end of the stick. Relax, the device isn't ruined.
Also, aside from the direction arrows and colored phone buttons (which I don't prefer, but are certainly not hideous), I don't see why some are saying the device is uglier than the Sprint version. It just has the squared off features of the original GSM Diamond/Pro, which are the two devices that started this whole craze to begin with. I don't get it...
