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Gadget fans can fight endlessly about which device is faster than which, without resolution or relief. Fortunately for the weary, Medialets has found common ground between a few of the most popular smart phones to use as a racetrack.

According to Medialets, there is a common benchmarkable technology — JavaScript execution in a WebKit-based browser — that runs across four of the most popular phones: the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the T-Mobile G1 with Android, and the Palm Pre. By running a benchmark test called SunSpider it is possible to obtain a rough speed comparison between all four devices.

The test was run on six different configurations: Safari on the 3G with iPhone OS v2.2.1, the 3G with OS v3.0, and the 3G S with OS v3.0; “Browser” on the T-Mobile G1 with Android OS v1.5; and “Web” on the Palm Pre with Web OS v.10.2, with a run of Safari 4.0.1 on a MacBook used as a baseline. Read on for the graph of the results.

Continue reading Speed test comparing iPhone 3G, 3GS, and Palm Pre has surprising results

TUAWSpeed test comparing iPhone 3G, 3GS, and Palm Pre has surprising results originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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