HTC Kaiser fans cough up over $5,000 for homebrew video drivers
[Thanks, Jaime]
[Thanks, Jaime]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pquistgard @ Jan 28th 2008 12:52AM
This issue has essentially stopped me from upgrading from the TyTN.
storino03 @ Jan 28th 2008 2:16AM
What do they are offering cash JUST for the Kaiser and none of the other affected HTC models? What gives?
--James
Ayle @ Jan 28th 2008 7:33AM
It's a driver for the msm7xxx chipset so it "should" work for other devices using those chips.
Juice @ Jan 28th 2008 9:09AM
Kudos to Engadgetmobile for caring about this issue!
It does seem HTC is not interested in customer retention with the statements it has made.
Randy @ Jan 28th 2008 9:41AM
I doubt anyone will claim the bounty for the simple reason that in order to write the driver you would need the register information for the chip(s). That info likely isn't published anywhere and to get it you would need sign an NDA which would preclude you from discussing the inner-workings of the chip (that would include releasing the source code to your driver).
Kunikos @ Jan 28th 2008 5:40PM
The information wouldn't necessarily have to come from HTC though, since they use off the shelf components from ATI and Qualcomm. Both companies have a certain amount of publically available information.