iPhone and iOS are falling behind

[JD914]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or3wvF9ts0I&feature=player_embedded

Even with a big head start it lost

 

[AndrewR23]

wow this is sad. however, my iphone is fast enough for me.

 

[MisterDisney]

Top Comments

They used their own HTML5 test (which is optimised to work on their software). Not big surprise.

Exactly.

 

[maclaptop]

Falling Behind? Yes

Too Late? No

Get on the stick Apple. We all KNOW you can do better.

 

[Orlandu]

All it takes is an update to iOS and the speed for HTML5 can be increased. I don't see a problem here.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Exactly.

That's EXACTLY what I was going to post.

Independent tests are really the only ones you can trust.

 

[wordoflife]

I think the test was rigged because when I tried some microsoft benchmarking test on my 3GS for HTML5, I was getting a mere 11-13FPS.

 

[vincenz]

Typical Windows users, relying on numbers and specs as usual.

 

[Krevnik]

Typical Windows users, relying on numbers and specs as usual.

Well, regardless of the situation, if this is rigged or not, this still shows a very good thing: Microsoft stepping up, pushing for standards support in their browser, and pushing that engine into anything they produce with a real effort.

WP7 shipped with a weird hybrid IE7/8 engine that put bluntly, is one of the worst parts of the phone. This update includes the IE9 engine, which has been a huge step in the right direction on the desktop.

At the end of the day, the fact that this engine is now in the same class as WebKit/Gecko is a boon for the web and web developers. HTML5 apps that I can develop and target iOS/Android/WP(IE9) with? Yes please.