No both the 3GS owner and myself were well aware of this, and intentionally avoided sites with flash for these tests.

The 3GS legitimately seemed to render faster, there are many reasons for this.

Webkit is faster in general than Gecko in my experience (but less compatible)

Nothing can run in the background really on the iPhone, when you're using the browser, you're using the browser, and thats it. (I wasn't running any background apps at the time, but may have had some daemons/processes in the background)

JIT compilation of javascript is not yet enabled in microB (it can be, but I didn't for this test), but I think it may be for iPhone Safari.

That said, this was not a comprehensive test in anyway, just two geeks comparing the utility of their phones.

Another attempt at a positive thread gone to iPhone hell...

Suggest that you read all posts in sequence again and try understanding them before start commenting in the middle of a sub-thread. If you still don't get it, I will give you the 101.

the ipnohe 3gs may be faster , but not in terms that is going to effect the usability of the two devices..

i believe the 3gs is faster- not neccesirally to do with multitasking etc, but more to do with the safari browser being more effecient.. no reason wny future browsers wont add speed, even though its an almost immaterial test..

i am just stating facts- i am also a massive iphone fan- i dont buy into the love or the hate(based on branding like so many do)- i am happy to mention each others pluses and flaws.

I am honestly sick and tired of people sucking Nokia's weenie. xyz loves the N900. abc is blown away by the N900. def was saved by the N900.

People the N900 is a great phone but it's not the best. There's no need to elevate it to mythical heights. Get over the joy. You'll only use it for common daily tasks. It will become just another TOOL.

orange you seem to believe that the 3gs is a completly different machine to the 3g when it isnt- just tell me how- because the extra bit of speed is hardly any diffenet to the user experience at all.

God forbid anyone just love their damn device because they love it.

It has to be a competition and comparison war between everyone and their dog.

Thanks to the OP for trying to start something positive. As for the rest of the thread....

Ugh.

Love my N900 two, aside from the rather big and heavy case, and batterylife it is the IMHO the best mobile device to date .

hahaha Orange your posts always make me lulz

Yes I too Love my N900. And its the best DEVICE to date ( I have to call it a device since you love comparing my mobile computer to mobile phones )

I think you'll find that those that love the n900 are just too busy having fun tinkering with it to post threads evangelizing the device.

It's not for everyone, I only recommend it to my friends if they have any familiarity of linux. It's truly a computer first and phone second.

That said, I do enjoy showing iPhone users my phone running more than one app at a time, or playing some random flash video. But that's due more a hatred for the iPhone/Closed Platforms than any Nokia-specific fanboyism on my part.

The iPhone is a decent piece of hardware with a solid OS, and great UI that's been crippled by suits.

The n900 is a good piece of hardware with a solid OS and decent UI that's yet to realize it's full potential, crippled (for beginner/intermediate users) by it's relatively recent release date and small install base.