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T-Mobile G1 Faster Than iPhone 3G
An anonymous reader writes "CNET UK have run some very simple in-house tests comparing the T-Mobile G1's 3G connection against the iPhone 3G's. Result? The G1 loaded Web pages almost twice as fast as the iPhone's. Of course, the test only applies to the CNET UK offices if you're being scientific about it, as stated, but it's still impressive nevertheless."
and tell me if it's because of:
1. Faster Network access of the device
2. Faster network the device is connected to
3. Faster processor
4. faster browser.
Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.
Marketing gets the product noticed, it doesn't ensure that people will come back and buy the 2nd generation of a product.
You speak London? I speak London very best.
Apps written expressly for the iphone run faster than the java apps on the G1.
Where's your benchmark to prove it? The truth is Java runs "on hardware" in most mobile devices. There's a chip which translates the Java opcodes to native ARM intructions without any delay or slowdown whatsoever. Naturally nothing less could be expected on a device so strained for power and speed.
I remember when the iPod first came out its competition was (IMO) pretty worthless.
Apple seems to be a good innovator, but they are (again, IMO) not able to compete with the products that imitate them. A lot of Apple's competitors release decent products inspired by Apple's products, but in a (much) lower price range.
Actually, the Dalvik VM doesn't JIT (yet).
I've had a G1 for about a week and I don't think your comments make much sense.
The trackball is very convenient, it gives you mouse-like control over the screen. On the G1 and the iPhone, the touchscreen is good but it's no replacement for a mouse. The iPhone would be better with a trackball. The moving screen is handy, because there are so many good apps for Android already, you'll run out of room. The titled bottom piece causes absolutely no issues whatsoever. The only complaint I'd give credit to is the audio jack thing. They should have included a regular 3.5mm jack.
I've used both the G1 and the iPhone and I like the G1 a lot more so far.
It has a nice smooth interface, in the same ballpark as the iPhone. It has an easy to use app store, which is nicer than Apple's because it already has apps that you'd have to jailbreak the iPhone for. It uses standard mechanisms for thinks like uploading music, etc. Instead of locking you into their stupid iTunes product. As a developer, you get to develop on any platform you want and the dev kit is free.
So, honestly, the iPhone is a decent product, but it's been bested by Android already IMO. It will be interesting to see just how awesome Android becomes on future products.
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Perhaps because AT&T has chosen to throttle down 3G access for iPhones to only 1.4Mbps?
It's really nothing special, just more idiot-proof and much less flexible.
Flexibility in a mobile device is a two edged sword. It might give you capabilities but the designer isn't careful the cost is usually a degradation in usability. I have an S60 based phone and my wife has the iPhone 3G. I'm a geek with plenty of technical skill and if given the choice today I'd take the iPhone over my Nokia without a second thought. It's just easier to use for the stuff I actually use a smartphone for. All that "flexibility" bites Nokia in the ass when it comes time to actually use the device since they paid (IMO) so little attention to how people actually use these things.
Sure is. I have it on my iphone and have identified a couple of new (to me) bands that I'm very fond of that would have taken me forever to identify any other way. It's definitely one of the apps I don't want to be without, ever again.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. - Albert Einstein
I've tested the same web-site on wired & 3G tmobile connection, & tmobile reduces the (byte) size of all image files on the fly in their transparent proxy. Might improve performance a tad! A proper test would use https as this cannot be interfered with in this way.
In the UK you can call 2580 for Shazam on any mobile phone. I've only ever called in nightclubs, so all I've ever done is wait until the call ends -- I don't know if they give instructions or something. The call ends after 30 seconds or so, and a few seconds after that you receive a text with the name of the song.
I've been enjoying Sprint's EVDO-A on my HTC Titan WM for a while now. The network speeds seem to be a low multiple of AT&T's "3g" service, maybe 1 Mbps down and 500 up (but the upstream seems to vary wildly between 100 Kbps and 700 Kbps). It's fast enough to put the phone into router mode, share out the connection as WiFi, and then download high-availability torrents through it *while* doing VOIP. If I do that, and bypass the phone's weak CPU, the bandwidth actually rises to occasionally approach 2 Mbps. This is probably a sad reflection of the unpopularity of Sprint's network relative to the investment Sprint put into it.