[dave1619]

I tried a Nexus S demo phone the other day, and was disappointed (comparing it with an iPhone 4). The Nexus (and most all Android) phones are jerky compared with iOS. It's also not as responsive. An example, when I zoom in to a webpage it takes a second to respond and then it zooms with a jerky motion. Android doesn't seem to respond as fast to swipes as well. I've had the G1, Nexus One, Evo 4g... and they've all been horrible to me. The biggest advantage Android has over the iPhone is price and a wide selection of handsets. I'm hoping Android 3.0 will bring a big design overhaul.

[51Cards]

I believe 3.0 will be the big UI overhaul. In looking at the change list in 2.3 it seems to me they really focused on cleaning up core issues with the OS. You'll see most of these listed under categories like "for game developers" but I expect they are also in the process of rewriting the UI to use all the new low-level functionality as well.

[dave1619]

I'm looking forward to the 3.0 overhaul. If Android can look and function more naturally/elegantly than it can build on it's momentum. Also 3.0 should also be a universal build for phones and tablets. Its going to be interesting to see Android 3.0 tablets.

[zmmmmm]

>An example, when I zoom in to a webpage it takes a second to respond and then it zooms with a jerky motion.

I just sat here trying to reproduce that on any normal web page and couldn't, on my Nexus One. No matter where I go I get perfectly smooth zooming synchronous while I'm pinching, no kind of lag or delay whatsoever. The only place I got anything remotely like lag was by turning Flash on and going to a flash heavy web site. I can't imagine that the Nexus S is worse than the Nexus One.

Are you sure you were really using a Nexus S?

[jsz0]

Try loading up a dozen home screen widgets and running some memory/CPU intensive things in the background. It really depends on exactly what you're running. On my HTC Eris, which is of course a much slower phone, the phone is basically unusable if Google Navigation is running. Every screen tap takes at least twice as long to register so I have to mentally shift into a lower gear to accommodate it.

[dave1619]

Yeah, it was a Nexus S for sure. It was cnn.com I was browsing so maybe it was slow loading.

I also noticed on the Galaxy Tab that the response to swiping is noticeable slower than the iPad. It's very frustrating if you're used to iOS.

[sandipc]

I think most people attribute the jerkiness to the lack of GPU/hardware acceleration in the Android UI. Really hope that's implemented in 3.0