All About Symbian unboxes the Nokia 6290
By Stefan Constantinescu on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 at 12:31 AM PST In Devices
Can’t wait for the review Krisse!
This is the fastest S60 device out there. The TI OMAP 2420 inside the N95, E90 and N800 only runs at 330 MHz, but the Freescale solution inside this bad boy is rocking the boat at 369 MHz!
I’m pretty sure this is using the MXC300 platform, but I would need some technical white papers to confirm this.
Thanks for the link!
“(The 6290) is the fastest S60 device out there. The TI OMAP 2420 inside the N95, E90 and N800 only runs at 330 MHz, but the Freescale solution inside this bad boy is rocking the boat at 369 MHz!”
This is where things get complicated.
The 6290 does have the highest processor clock speed of any Nokia phone, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the fastest phone.
The N95 and E90 have dual processors, one for phone tasks and one for computing tasks, but the 6290 has just one processor which has to deal with both computing and phone tasks. Under normal use you would have your phone connected to the phone network, and in that situation the N95 and E90 would probably be faster than the 6290.
Added into this murky picture are 3D graphics, as the N95 and E90 both have 3D acceleration hardware but the 6290 doesn’t. The 6290 would have to do all its 3D work through the main processor, whereas the N95 and E90 could divert some of that work to their 3D hardware. (This is why the N-Gage had jerkier graphics than the Nintendo DS despite having a much faster main processor, because the DS had graphics acceleration hardware and the N-Gage didn’t.)
Just because it’s a single core processor doesn’t mean it can’t rival the OMAP 2420.
Yes the N95 has video acceleration, but most Nokia’s do not.
The OMAP 2420 is the old way of doing things. Companies always try to use chips that have more and more capabilities on them. The modem aspect of the Freescale chip is embedded on the single core processor instead of being a seperate component. In the low end segment the goal is to have a complete SoC (system on a chip) solution. In both markets the goal is cost reduction and less complicated (to build) devices.
I’m sure when you’ll post your review of the 6290 you’ll mention the snappiness of the device. I know I had that reaction when using it for the first time. That is thanks to 369 MHz of madness!
Wrote about the 6290 last week on Howard Forums with first impressions.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1143427