Re: Any technical reason why the UI is not as smooth / fluid as, say, Android or iOS?
 

Yes, some things are quite odd, like Opera everyone mentions. It is buttery, nothing else in Maemo is this smooth, not lists, not test, not animations and I don't understand why. Not even scrolling images.

And while smoothness is indeed a personal metric, we all agree iPhone is way smoother at a lower spec.

I have sync enabled with no ill effects, but no benefits I can see. Frankly, if any, it's marginal.

Titan kernel, OC 500-900, Swappolube, MaeModder. It's only smooth is pegged CPU at at least 500 min and fresh boot. After about a day it starts to sag.