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by joezydeco 6091 days ago
I work with both the G1 and iPhone at my job and carry both around with me, and the browser on Android just kills the whole deal.

I don't know if it's the lower DPI screen on the G1, the lack of multitouch, or just the rendering speed. I know they're both Webkit under the hood, but man Apple spent a lot more time optimizing Safari and it shows.

The new Android SDK supports variable DPI, so maybe that's a hint that newer phones with iPhone-like screens are on the way.

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I can't argue there, I can only hope as the platform matures this changes. They did such a good job with Chrome that I'm left wanting and curious with their mobile browser, at least compared to the iP(hone|odtouch).

Luckily there is also multi touch support on the android SDK I believe as well, so at least we know they have plans to implement it.