| Burned By Your Kaiser's Video Driver? |
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"Taiwaneese PDA giant HTC released their latest flagship PDA phone called HTC TyTN II (also known as Kaiser, Tilt and MDA Vario III) but recent discoveries show that maybe it's not so much a powerhouse after all. Due to lack of proper driver support for the video part of the Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset users are left with a seriously handicapped unit with very poor support for gaming, video and photo.Granted, the phone is mostly intended for business users who will rarely see the effects of these issues but it's still leaving thousands of customers who want to fully utilize the phone with a slightly bitter taste in their mouths." For those who aren't familiar with the debate on Kaiser/Tilt/TyTNII/Vario/Whateveryoucallit video drivers, the original thread at XDA-Developers may help shed some light on what the above paragraph mentions. In a nutshell, some Kaiser owners have noticed that the display drivers provided with the device are not fully optimized to take advantage of the hardware. Videos, games, and other high-graphics intensive applications seem to be choppy or fail to run. While the concerned netizen that sent us the above admits that business users (the device's target audience) will rarely notice the problems, the debate still seems to have enough steam to cause 3660 people to sign an online petition asking HTC to provide better drivers for the device. I'm not signing. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see HTC appease the power users and the business users alike. My thoughts on this may go against power users (of which I'd classify myself), so at the risk of being flamed, here's my take: The Kaiser was never designed to be a gaming device or multimedia powerhouse. Sure it can do those things, but when HTC set out to create it, it was never an intended goal. I've watched videos on my device, and I've played games and have not noticed any unacceptable lags. And I have a hard time holding HTC accountable for something they never advertised. So what should be done? Well, 3660 is a large number, and efforts are already underway at XDA-Developers to hack together better drivers. This seems to be a much more productive way of fixing the situation, rather than signing a online petition. What do you think? Should HTC be compelled to release better drivers to appease a relatively small segment of their user base, or should the responsibility rest at the hands of the "hackers" who, to date, rarely let the power-user community down? Read More at Original Site             |
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