News to me... I've been programming D3DM and the rendering for sure is being done in software, I assumed the same for GLES. If the GL benchmark results pointed to above are accurate, this isn't hardware-accelerated.
The results are pretty bad, because (amazingly) the OS doesn't have the drivers to leverage the 3D capability in the device. This seems to have happened for several handsets that GoForce 3D chipsets have been installed in. Quite incredible.
I'd be interested to learn whether it ships with a GLES hardware driver - there are now several phones available with high end graphics capability that don't (e.g. O2 Flame, etc.).
Register as a developer on the blackberry site (free), and you'll find a bunch of developer docs there about MIDP/CLDC. Hunt through Amazon.com and you find Java ME (formerly J2ME) development books.
What a strange video - I was surprised that it blended so quickly. I hope that dude didn't inhale the black smoke from the iPhone debris - I can't but believe that there must be some pretty toxic compounds given off.
Unbelievable. The device is out in the market place, people have hacked them apart yet neither Apple nor Imagination will confirm anything - this could only happen in the handset sector.
Your logic sounds reasonable to me, but even if you were wrong, don't be so hard on yourself :)
Does anyone besides me find the cell phone industry somewhat loony, in the sense that even now, no one has released specs on this device?
Nope, I know the google maps isn't 3D, but depending on the speed of the zoom, it would indicate 2D and possibly 3D acceleration. The keynote isn't online yet, so I'll have to wait to check - at the moment, all I'm going on is commentary from Gizmodo.
I don't see how they could have demo'd a Google Maps zoom without hardware 3D acceleration - anyone have an inside scoop on what the GPU component inside the iPhone might be?
Just got back from the Symbian Smart Phone show in London, and got to play with an N95. It seems to be a "home run" of a device: very small and remarkably light, as others have commented. Really looking forward to programming on one of these devices when they become available.