Sorry if this has already been discussed and I just couldn't find it here....but I saw this in another forum and thought would post here since I primarily follow this forum...anyone else heard anything about 2 different processors being shipped out in the TB's?...and that a "later" build of the TB will have yet ANOTHER processor chip? Now after all this long waiting for the TB to be released....I'm tempted to wait a while until "newer" units come out later with the "improved" chip...thoughts?
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- Posted by robrecht on 16 Feb 2011 8:01 AM
Hi, HTC.
There has been a lot of excitement over a announcment by Qualcom that their next generation Snapdragon processors having built in DRM security keys built in at the hardware level so that Netflix streaming software will be able to work on Android phones with these chips. This software has been demoed on an LG Revolution Android phone using a snapdragon processor.
Can you clarify please if the Snapdragon processor in your Verizon Thunderbolt has these same DRM security keys?
Thanks, Robrecht
Netflix "DRM Security Keys"
- Posted by robrecht on 16 Feb 2011 9:21 AM
So, I just spoke with HTC customer support (866-449-8358, 8am to 8pm ET 7 days a week) and they said that the current Thunderbolts being shipped have either the MSM8260 or MSM8660 chip and that neither of these chips have the necessary DRM security keys built in. Sorry guys. He did say that a later build of the Thunderbolt will have a newer ship that will natively support Netflix.
Thanks, Robrecht
- Posted by robrecht on 16 Feb 2011 10:05 AM
I didn't think if he was right bout the chips so I called back and spoke with another person there and she looked into which processor the Thunderbolt has and was fun to talk to (sounds cute). Anyway, after being on hold a few times she said the current processors being used are either Qualcomm MSM8655 or MDM9600. Regarding the DRM security keys on these chips, her boss told her to say that they have not received enough training yet but to check back sometime between the 24th and the end of the month.
Thanks, Robrecht
- Posted by robrecht on 16 Feb 2011 10:39 AM
Qualcomm MSM8655, 1 Ghz, MDM9600: Looking into this a little more, I think maybe this is not two different processors but a combination processor and modem, right?
I think the person on the phone may have been kind of guessing again, like the first guy, that HTC was building two different versions of the Thunderbolt to try out two different processors to see which one worked better.
- Posted by robrecht on 8 Mar 2011 8:15 AM
Called again today; support staff still not trained on the Thunderbolt becuase it has not been released, but they did agree to escalate my question to Corporate and to call me back with an answer.
DRM Security Keys installed on Thunderbolt to run Netflix software in development?