> especially when you consider the fact that much of the software is native code, not hampered by the resource overhead of a managed code runtime.

Really Ars? Really? Sure, they're probably right there is a difference, but have they actually measured it and shown it's significant enough to warrant statements like this?

Is Android, with JIT-enabled Dalvik, significantly more "resource intensive" than comparable functionality on MeeGo? Perhaps I missed that article.