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I think it's more accurate to say that the iPhone and iPad are game platforms that happen to have very good web browsers and email clients. Games utterly domina

I think it's more accurate to say that the iPhone and iPad are game platforms that happen to have very good web browsers and email clients. Games utterly dominate the top 25 app lists on both sides.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago
By what measure are they "very good" web browsers? Certainly not rendering speed, javascript benchmarks, or standards compliance.
- zygen 15y ago
  If you're trying to make a serious argument that Mobile Safari is slow and incompatible, I suggest you actually use an iPad first.
  - MatthewPhillips 15y ago
    I own one. I'm surprised you haven't noticed the lag when trying javascript intense sites (like games). Here are the iPad Nitro Sunspider results: 2121ms vs. Chrome 11: 248ms. That would make Mobile Safari javascript 8x slower than desktop Chrome (other desktop browsers have similar speeds). [1] http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/03/ipad.2.4x.faster.in.sunspider.web.tests/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/03/ipad.2.4x.fast... [2] http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/sunspider/Table.html http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/sunspider/Table...
- cageface 15y ago
  Very good only in comparison to earlier mobile/game devices. Given the choice I still prefer to browse the web on my laptop.
AllenKids 15y ago
If you put aside anti-virus stuff and Microsoft Adobe's flagship products (namely Office and PS), you'll see all games on paid PC software chart too, if there was a chart. * In consumer space.