Quad-Core Mobile Chips Wasted On Mobiles? 336
An anonymous reader writes "Dual-core smartphones have only just hit the market, but mobile chipmakers Nvidia and Qualcomm are already turning their attention to quad-core chips. While it looks certain that tablets will be the first quad-core mobile devices in the market, chipmakers reckon they'll land in smartphones too. But do smartphones need quad-core chips? There's surely only so much multitasking a smartphone user can do. I'm interested to hear what smartphone apps/features/functions — if any — Slashdot readers reckon quad-core chips would enable"
I guess... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Now. (Score:5, Funny)
But provide that amount of power in an open system and there'll be people who'll find beautiful ways of suing it.
Yup. They're called lawyers.
how much multitasking? (Score:5, Funny)
You need one core for each finger, so if you want four-finger gesturing you need four cores. If you only have one core, you get the finger.
That is why my 8-core imac is soo cool, I have two magic mice - one per hand, and a magic trackpad for each foot; I can type with my nose, and still have 3 cores to spare in case one breaks down.
somebody slap the OP.
Re:Convergence (Score:4, Funny)