[darby_eight]

I'm not sure what you're comparing this to or how you're making this comparison—can you enlighten us?

(Somehow I doubt whatever caldav software the above poster references takes more than a second to process multiple emails.)

[throwaway11460]

I don't think it's a comparison - they're just saying that it's fast enough even on old mobile hardware, so it can be used on new hardware even faster.

I don't have a problem with a background task taking a minute or something...

[refulgentis]

Cost isnt a relevant factor for this