Browser Experience

[RichboyJhae]

Couldn't find any decent videos on the E3D in action doing some web browsing, but what I did find is the Sensation.

YouTube - HTC Sensation internet

The pinch-to-zoom, and scrolling is ridiculously slick, especially compared to the Evo4G. Anyone who says dual cores don't matter, have to be retracting some statements after this. I'd say it includes all the smoothness people love about iPhone Browsing, while still mainting it's text fitting to screen/rendering that the iPhone doesn't do.

 

[novox77]

not only were there no lag spikes, the frame rate looked very nice. huge improvement over Evo 4G.

 

[Emmexx]

Add to this that the E3D has 1GB of Ram compared to the 768MB in the Sensation and I would definately agree the browser functionality will be incredible.

 

[lordofthereef]

Looks nice, but I will leave the judgement to me actually using it. There are certainly times when my browsing experience is smooth, especially using cyanogen. In fact, when not loading flash content, I am more than happy with the browser smoothness.

 

[viber]

Anyone who says dual cores don't matter, have to be retracting some statements after this.

You're missing the point.

Windows Phone 7 has blazing fast browser and pinch to zoom and it does it on hardware featured in the Nexus One. That's a problem for android

If you stuck Evo3D hardware on a WP7 phone it would perform like a super computer because it is coded very efficiently to ensure a silky smooth user experience. Android on the other hand has ridiculous hardware requirements to run in similar fashion.

 

[EarlyMon]

Respectfully, how is that missing the point?

If the hardware requirements are just too high, then either reduce them - or increase the hardware capability.

For long-term efforts - I'd go with the latter.

Better to develop apps that can ultimately be screen-agnostic and require more horsepower, in my opinion. One day, it will be hard to not buy hardware of this class.

In my opinion.

 

[redninja]

I think the point is just that android isn't as efficient or polished as other os's. I agree, i've had palms, windows, webos, and now an evo. It seems like android is the rawest of all of them,imo. Strange for being several years old. If webos had this hardware, i would of never left them. I do enjoy android though.

 

[partridge]

And yet Android is fast becoming the major OS for smartphones. So clearly techie stuff like that isn't a concern to the consumers, who are lapping up Android handsets all over the world.

The day MS codes something efficiently, it will be a cold day in hell. Or do you think Windows 8 won't need even more resources? Even more memory? An even faster chipset? MS don't know the meaning of the phrase efficient coding. If their browser runs smoothly, it's by accident, not design

Actually, I didn't think their phones had many of the basic features iOS and Android already have?

 

[viber]

And yet Android is fast becoming the major OS for smartphones. So clearly techie stuff like that isn't a concern to the consumers, who are lapping up Android handsets all over the world.

That is a serious flaw in this type of reasoning. Apple controls 25% of the market. One company, one product, without falling back to crummy devices and consuming 25% of all smartphone sales is nothing short of a massive success.

In contrast, Android relies heavily on utterly crap devices to bolster its user base. In addition, Android is getting pushed by a dozen companies, and they are putting the OS in everything from phones to rice cookers.

It's like Nokia. They sell nearly a billion phones a year, more than anyone, but how many would anyone here actually consider without a gun against their head.

The day MS codes something efficiently, it will be a cold day in hell. Or do you think Windows 8 won't need even more resources? Even more memory? An even faster chipset? MS don't know the meaning of the phrase efficient coding. If their browser runs smoothly, it's by accident, not design

This is a strawman argument. Windows 8 is not WP7. Try WP7, the user experience is outstanding, and it runs like a dream on what would considered low end hardware by android users. This means WP7 will scale better over time as hardware gets better and cheaper.

There is no getting around that android responsiveness and user experience needs work when compared to iOS, WP7, and WebOS. This is even true of the Nexus S 4G, which I currently own, but it does seem to run better than anything else featuring android.

At the same time, in terms of raw functionality, services and ecosystem, android kills everyone for now.

On a side note, the responsiveness and user experience is exacerbated by 3rd party UI overlays so it isn't all Android's fault.

Actually, I didn't think their phones had many of the basic features iOS and Android already have?

Therein resides the biggest drawback of WP7. It's undercooked, but the foundation is very good. After Mango, I can see WP7 gaining ground, but I also see Google putting up a good fight once honeycomb features trickle down to phones.