Monday, June 22, 2009
S is the new bar
While traveling, I have been playing with the devices in my bag: an iPhone 3G, a BlackBerry Curve, a Palm Pre, a Palm Windows Mobile and a G1 Android (I know, my bag is heavy and the guy at the security looking at the X-ray always smiles...).What I was paying attention to was speed. Not really speed in the network (not always dependent on the device, but mostly up to the carrier), just speed in launching an app, moving from one app to another, going through a long list of emails and the like.
Speed as in making-my-life-easier-while-on-the-move speed.
I always felt my Windows Mobile was slow, and it is. In particular, when you open a bunch of apps. But at least you can kill them (it requires geek skills).
The Curve is ok, although it stops once in a while for no reason. Pretty good on email, I have to say, but beyond it... it starts coughing. And I am never sure if I actually closed an app or not.
I have to say I forgot that Android was fast. It is, faster than anything else I tried. Much faster than the iPhone 3G I have, even if the iPhone does not support multitasking (mono-tasking should make it a lot faster than anything multitasking).
Lastly, the Pre is not up to par. The apps start slowly, the email client has problems handling my vast IMAP server content. It works, the GUI is beautiful, but it is not fast. It is like the first iPhone, but now with multitasking (big difference). I would say the Palm Pre is a very good start on speed, but it is just a start.
Introducing the iPhone 3G S... where S stands for speed. Apple is trailing Palm on the UI now, so they switched the focus on something else. They built a device that is super snappy. Not supporting multitasking makes it much easier, but the user might not notice it. You will sit close to your friend, he will take a picture in a second, you will be still waiting for your camera to show up. Same for calendar, email and so on.
It is very smart marketing. The iPhone 3.0 is a catch-up operating system (yes, I have seen cut and paste and MMS in other phones before...). The iPhone 3G S is a catch-up phone (yes, I have seen 3 megapixel camera on phones before...) but it is fast. Faster than anything else. Faster than the Pre.
It is the new bar set by Apple. You can catch us on features (and maybe pass us) but look at our speed. We are faster. Now catch up with us on that, while we innovate on something else ;-)
Posted by Fabrizio at 10:07
4 Comments:
Gabriele Barni said...
Concordo in pieno.
Son tornato poche ore fa da Tokyo e sulla strada del rientro da Malpensa mi sono fermato subito a prendere un 32gb .
Arrivato a casa non ho disfatto ne valigia ne nulla.. ho subito fatto il rito dell'unboxing e.. Wow.. che velocità... che sensazione...
Prima di partire per l'Asia avevo messo sul 3g la GM 3.0 , quindi le novità del firmware avevo avuto modo di esplorarle tutte... ma....
Fin da subito son rimasto sorpreso del Speed , E' veramente veloce. Mail è l'applicazione che più di tutti mi ha stupido (letteralmente istantanea) .
Purtroppo l'unica cosa che non mi sembra sia migliorata è l'autonomia mentre si naviga in 3G , insomma la batteria sarà anche più grande, ma questo nuovo chip ad altissima velocità mi sa che ciuccia anche di più.. annullando quindi i benefici della batteria maggiorata (solo se si naviga in 3g).
NB: speziamo subito anche una lancia a favore della fotocamera, Fabrizio d'accordo che abbiamo già visto telefonini con una 3megapixel, ma il sistema di autofocus-touch è qualcosa che rivoluziona il settore, ho sentito dire che perfino Canon e Nikon stanno pensando di introdurlo sulle compatte.
Comment Posted at 09:19
Hi there,
I feel obliged to say that it is not possible to register with the forge forums. I tried numerous browsers and all it does is reload the page with my credentials over and over again.
How could I vote for the best commercial open source project, if I can't register to get help in the first place ?
Best,
Sebastian K
Comment Posted at 05:14
Maffu said...
Hi Sebastian
I apologize for the broken registration form on Funambol Forge. We are aware of the issue and we're working on fixing it. I've emailed you on your personal email account for a temporary fix. Let me know if you need more help.
/stef
Comment Posted at 11:44
Yeah but it's slow and I don't know, all this IT people (I am an it guy too) that fall in love with apple...I don't like Apple style, they behave like fascist...you have to do what they want, the way Apple wants (everything surrounded by this super cool atmosfere)...I think Apple will start to slow in the near future: their devices have problems, but people buying them are actually fan..so WHEN the customers coming from other vendors (and I mean the HUGE amount still not buying Apple) will start buying the white things, well they won't say "Oh the battery is off in less then a day, but the phone is so cool" probably they will think "Damn! I've payed this s*°t lots of money! Why the hell I've to recharge it once a day? Are we in the '90s?"
