i suspect that the impression of speed comes from webkit/tear actually being done when the load bar disappears. microb is like a jobs keynote taken to extreme, there is always 1 more thing that needs to be done with the page before the user can start scrolling around and look at the page content.
They're maemo and MeeGo... "Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...