Yet Another "realistic Idea" Of Ideal Zaurus

[Ferret-Simpson]

Well, we know they're not likely to get back out of Japan again, but 3G seems to be the popular Wicomm of choice, so I guess my interpretation of an "ideal" next Z that is actually PLAUSIBLE |Glares at those muttering about 13 different wireless formats and a Blue-ray drive|

One: A better Multimedia chip - Onboard video is more popular in Japan even than here, and with alot of TV-ready Mobile phones coming out, which, entertainingly, sharp seem to be manufacturing, it doesn't seem unreasonable to expect a "futureproofing" of the mainboard design: Why leave it to the last second, when you can sell it now and get brownie points from the punters?

Two: A natively faster CPU - Intel have been running the 416 270's for a long while now, there are 800mhz versions on the market, and with only 520's and 624's being put into the modern PocketPC systems (Which are, to be fair, the main sellers globally) It's reasonable to expect they'll get shelved in the next couple of years, so a mandatory boost from Sharp. It'll also make the Zaurus LOOK more appealing, many people go by clock alone so a sudden speed boost will be a big selling point for the Z.

Three: Possible inbuilt WCDMA. . . This is the least likely of my 3 concepts, but I still think it's possible. If they put any wireless communication in, then this is likely to be it.

TADA!!!!

Opinions anyone?

[Da_Blitz]

Trust me you dont want the 800 Mhz chips

i have yet to come across a pxa270 series chip that i cant overclock to 624Mhz' my zaurus even touches 700 mhz but power consumtion goes throgh the roof

"futureproofing" is bad for manufacturers, then you dont buy thier wares

[Da_Blitz]

btw for video see my sig and/or hang out in the hardware hacking section, i wanted a telaphone in my pda so i am taking it into my own hands and soldering a phone in   , the accelerometer arrived today  

[Ferret-Simpson]

Future Proofing, as in making it possible for them to upgrade without cost to them, like they did with the Microdrive.

E.G. Putting a faster CPU in and underclocking it, so when the old chips stop selling, etc etc etc

[Da_Blitz]

E.G. Putting a faster CPU in and underclocking it, so when the old chips stop selling, etc etc etc

the problem is that the chips ARE the top end ones as the xscales are so easy to prduce, they then have an exsess and sell them at a lower speed than they are capable of.

but a faster cpu from a manufacterers point of view as it is more expensive in the long run and when the slower chips stop being sold the top end are no longer sold as they are the same chips

the 800mhz and 1.2Ghz multicore Xscales (i have links if you are intrested, for the cpu's and computers that use those chips) are diffrent as they are not low power chips, they also dont have alot of the nice stuff like cpu freq scaling, they consume 8x the power of the of the pxa range

[bluedevils]

what you want is what a umpc will probably be in a generation or two (another 2 years?).  There was even a post (or was it the register.co.uk?) that showed one of the prototypes running linux *before* they got a hold of oragami.

The prediction I've read is that xscales will see end of life as new "regular" cpus become more energy efficient.  The only way I see xscales and the zaurus to survive together is to get smaller and possibly integrate with a "world" phone.  It must become a pocketable device.  A combination of the w zero sharp phone and the zaurus would be ideal.

[Da_Blitz]

i see the xscales moiving more into the networking space judging by intels lineup

however dont expect arm processors to ga away, in terms of power consumption they are hard to beat, nearly every wifi card has an arm processor in it and most phones have at least 2 (one for the radio and the other as the applications processor)

all intel is doing is making sure they have the top spot when it comes to performance, not to montion more and more phones are now going xscale as there is a sharp rise in cpu intensive apps (video)