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What I notice is that my iPad1 is often just as slow or slower than my Nexus One but the experience is much "smoother" - that is, when you scroll it scrolls smoothly - always. If the rest of the browser can't keep up, too bad, you get some blank areas showing, but at no time is that allowed to compromise the speed of the scrolling, zooming or whatever else you're doing. This must be reflected quite deeply in the code and even the OS I imagine to always prioritise user interactions over anything else. It definitely makes using the devices more "pleasant" even while sometimes it at the same time makes them technically slower or less functional.