http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6914
Another reason this was a poor decision is that since the phone has to use the main CPU to render the scrolling effect, the battery drains very quickly while scrolling through a webpage. Scrolling around on webpages for around 20 minutes usually drains my battery 25% or more on my HTC EVO.
Rumor is that android will use the GPU for its UI in honeycomb, and looking at the tablet they were showing off, the effects and scrolling looked very fluid.
On my HTC Incredible, I can scroll through webpages / browse the web for many hours, provided I'm connected to wifi. On 3G, definitely a little less.
Another thing that bothers me is that many (expensive) phones feel like being made from cheap plastic.
So I'm inclined to believe that many phone makers are just clueless imitators.
That's because they are made from cheap plastic.
I'd really love to know why on earth they don't use better materials on all of their high-end phones.
I mean, sometimes they get it right and use a nice rubberized material. And then they blow it again, like on the Galaxy S where the plastic back-over is a harsh insult to the otherwise excellent hardware.
Is that rubberized plastic really so much more expensive?
You don't need to reach to the expensive glass or metal to make a phone feel less like a kids toy!
Probably because 'proper scrolling' isn't something you can log a job ticket in trac to get addressed by a developer at some point.
It's likely so tied into OS performance that it has to exist at very nearly the top of the hierarchy of goals/needs.
I'm sure it does at Apple... it's a reflection of their DNA.
I'm convinced that the overriding factor in there not being Flash on iOS is because when they were making the first gen iPhone, they would not have been able to get the browser to scroll 'snappily' if they entertained the notion of including the plugin.
* no slowdowns
* consistent UI
* simplicity/flexibilityJobs' autocratic leadership has many flaws, but it also makes this kind of gatekeeping possible. I can't think of another major corporation in the mobile space that has a single decision maker who is both involved in development decisions as well as go-to-market timing.
It was clearly developed with an eye for detail, not the list with features. I often think that Android is exactly the other way around. (I can’t blame Google, though. I’m not even sure whether what Google is doing is wrong in any way. I happen to prefer small details to a huge list of features but that’s just me. I don’t know what the majority of people want.)
Microsoft deserves to be lauded for its mobile OS efforts. The sad news for Microsoft is that even though I like Windows Phone 7 a lot I probably won’t buy one any time soon. The ecosystem just doesn’t feel right (yet?).