Pro 2 is Also missing 3d accelaration. Confirmed!

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Originally Posted by gTen

Exil3d..I think they are right..when they go to restaurants..they don't expect knives, forks and plates...since they aren't on the menu..and if your food is placed on the floor, you can still eat it so it no way hinders, right?

I get where you're coming from... but does anyone know the prices associated with the licensing fees? Sure, I'd like the improvement to my phone... but I'm as close to perfectly happy with my phone as I've ever been with the touch pro 2. I welcome improvement, would I be willing to pay 20+ bucks for enhanced graphics drivers... can't say that I would.

Comparing this to forks and knives isn't exactly the same thing. Would people eat at a restaurant with no forks and knives? Yea... like 0.01% of the people would... effectively ignoring a huge percentage of people, unless you're purposely catering to that niche market. Will people buy an HTC touch pro 2 (or any other model) phone even though it doesn't have built-in graphics drivers? Yes, large majority of people that the phone appeals to will buy it with or without drivers. The business decision comes into play is how many MORE customers will be gained/lost versus the cost of licensing.

I, like jessiethe3rd and I assume many others purchased the phone for its practical applications... I don't care how well it renders divx videos or plays games. Yes, I'm well aware that there are many practical applications for good 2D/3D drivers outside of those and think it would be a good idea to include drivers as it does nothing but enhance the device. But without knowing the licensing fees it's hard to call them greedy and/or make other blanket statements.