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Intel shows World of Warcraft and Flash 10 running on pocketable device
Intel shows the flexibility and power of the Atom processor, just not very well
Today at IDF Fall 2008: Intel is pushing its tiny, low-power Atom processor into more
devices than just small low-cost laptops. ‘Atom is the coolest processor Intel
has ever made. Pun intended’ said Anand Chandrasekher, Intel Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Intel Corporation's Ultra Mobility Group.
Chandrasekher was keen to push how versatile Atom-based devices were, and how
powerful an Atom-based Mobile Internet Device (MID) can be.
We saw a demo of an Atom-based MID
which was roughly 50 per cent larger than an iPhone running World of Warcraft. Even
in a simple room with only two players and low resolution and detail settings,
the game looked jerky. Intel didn’t let us see exactly what settings were used,
and FRAPs wasn’t installed so we couldn’t gauge the frame rate precisely. We should point out that an iPhone can't run WoW at all.
Intel also showed us a demo of Adobe’s Flash
10 BETA on another Atom-based MID, editing a photo using a Flash 10-based
editing suite. The point here is that because Atom, and it’s AI instruction
set, can run full-blown operating systems, it’s more compatible than other
devices.
‘IA matters because compatibility matters’, as Chandrasekher pointed out. He went on to say that Atom-based devices are less likely to have compatibility issues with web pages and applications than any other devices Intel had tested.
Apple’s iPhone, and its lack of Flash
support, wasn’t mentioned explicitly, but the hints were clear. However, even
the smallest MID we’ve seen here at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) can’t match
the iPhone for size and beauty, and the World of Warcraft demo was laughable.
MIDs have a long way to go before they’re small enough and powerful enough to
do everything that Intel wants.
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not particularly impressive. WoW is hardly cutting edge when it launched nearly 4 years ago. i could easily imagine new hardware of something like a sony psp2 being able to produce miles better than those kind of visuals. if a new psp was only maybe three or four times more powerful than the existing one, atom for 3D games in a mobile device wouldnt stand a chance without better 3D acceleration
Comment by vulcanproject at 12:34am 24th August 2008
not particularly impressive. WoW is hardly cutting edge when it launched nearly 4 years ago. i could easily imagine new hardware of something like a sony psp2 being able to produce that kind of visuals. if a new psp was only maybe three or four times more powerful than the existing one, atom for 3D games in a mobile device wouldnt stand a chance without better 3D acceleration
Comment by vulcanproject at 12:34am 24th August 2008
FRAPS wasn't installed huh! Try pressing Ctrl+R next time. Noobs...
Comment by maxmartin2 at 11:10pm 22nd August 2008
FRAPS wasn't installed huh! Try pressing Ctrl+R next time. Noobs...
Comment by maxmartin2 at 11:10pm 22nd August 2008
what really ruins the look of the ideapad (and every other product with intel cpu's)is the stupid intel inside stickers... i mean, I haven't plastered stickers all over my posessions since i was 12 why does intel insist on this?
Comment by NewParadigm at 10:38am 21st August 2008
I hear you crazyceo. I would love to have a simple way of syncing contacts/appointments etc, but it isn't going to happen in this gen unless an app comes out ... which is actually v likely considering the speed they are being made.I'm defending the iPhone because it is just that, a phone, with some extra functionality. I've spent more time glued to the iPhone than playing CSS and that is saying something. And I have a laptop and desktop for computing as well, so the value of one of these is negligble at the moment. Blackberry works very well at most things already. We've seen so many of these gimmicks come and go it's really nothing new to us anymore. But ... as always, bring on the new tech - I'm not knocking that, never would. I just want my socks to be blown off and this certainly doesn't do it!
Comment by CSQuake at 10:13am 21st August 2008
And if in only 2 years you have mooretown which will potentially be dual core and four times smaller, it's only going to get better. The positives to take from this is mobile devices will improve dramatically as long as these companies continue to push the developement. On the point of the iPhone, yes it does look great but compatibility is a problem. These mobile sets need to be fully compatible with your desktop. To buy an iPhone, I shouldn't be forced to change my desktop or software to make it work. It should just sync and then walk away. At this moment in time the iPhone just doesn't do that.
Comment by crazyceo at 10:08am 21st August 2008
Shouldn't the news heading read "Intel FAILS TO show World of Warcraft, and JUST ABOUT SHOWS Flash 10 running on pocketable device (woo! +sarcasm)"
Comment by CSQuake at 9:29am 21st August 2008
Speaking as someone who actually has an iPhone I can say it looks a million times better than the pic above. Imagine holding the Atom comp to your ear. The iPhone comfortably fits in your pocket and still allows you to crouch or sit without busting it in half. Stick that beast in your pocket and you won't be able to sit anywhere. The 2 things are entirely different and have totally different functionality, to compare the two is ridiculous and yet another desperate attempt to get us to buy yet another gagdet that is over-sized and no doubt over-priced.
Comment by CSQuake at 9:28am 21st August 2008
there is nothing special about the looks of the iphone. Same as the ipod before it... its just a well made plain case, the best you can say about it is that it's well made (which is a good thing dont get me wrong)... its good, but I'd never label it a thing of beauty. I actually prefer the look of the ideapad in the pictures above to the iphone, not everyone will agree, but thats the point of a good design, it should actually create a reaction instead of just be so plain no-one can think of anything to say about it (it's, err, got a nice personality?)
Comment by NewParadigm at 8:14am 21st August 2008
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