30.5.10

JavaScript benchmarking on N900 PR1.2

Two months earlier, I did my JavaScript benchmarking on N900 PR1.1, and compare it with other platforms. Now, as N900 PR1.2 got released, Opera has released a preview for Maemo, and Chrome is ported to N900 by Jacekowski, I did another round of benchmarking.

V8SunSpiderPeacekeeper
MicroB (default browser)21.235.12128
FireFox21.415.84141
Opera49.524.41119
Qt 4.6.210512.04238
QtWebKit 2.01049.36286
Chrome1138.84344
For V8 and Peacemaker, the higher the score, the better performance it has. For Sunspider, it's the lower the better.

Chrome is really fast as a result of its excellent V8 JavaScript engine and frequent release cycle.

Qt 4.6.2 is still quite good, especially considering the fact that the WebKit integrated is quite old. Note that QtWebKit will be released separately from Qt, meaning we could enjoy more about the latest WebKit technology then.

However, both Opera and FireFox (MicroB uses FireFox's Gecko JavaScript engine) have quite a long way to go. Moreover, when running V8 and Peacekeeper, both MicroB and FireFox complained about unresponsive JavaScript.

15.5.10

这位评论真的用过N900吗?!

刚看了一篇谈论手机杯具的文章,说的是N900。不过很怀疑这位老兄是否真的用过N900......

文章说:N900最大的尴尬在于它那被消极淡化的通话功能。
话说Nokia对Maemo/MeeGo系列的定义是“移动电脑”(mobile computer)吧!打开N900的官方首页,上面就写得非常清楚:Nokia N900 mobile computer。本来定位就不是智能手机,所以通话功能被“淡化”不正常吗?或者说你见过哪部PDA会“强化”电话功能的?好吧,你会说我这样强词夺理了,那我们接着看......

然后文章对N900的“消极淡化通话功能”列出了几个“铁证”:
1,机身正面没有任何拨号快捷键,哪怕是触控按键都没有。
2,默认桌面菜单也没有任何与通话相关的快捷方式。
3,QWERTY全键盘采用了三排式的布局,因此并没有单独的数字键。也就是说,打开侧滑盖还是没法直接拨号。
4,没有竖屏模式,也就是说诺基亚设计它的初衷就是让你始终横着拿它。横着打电话?有难度吧。。。

好吧,我们看图说话:
这是我N900上四个桌面之一,上面可以任意摆设各种Widget、快捷方式和联系人,也可以自行调整其放置的位置。标号为1的红圈就是联系人的快捷方式,标号为2的红圈是最近通话和拨号功能的快捷方式,标号为3的红圈则是放在单个联系人的快捷方式。当然单个联系人也是可以自定义头像的,只不过考虑到隐私我暂时删除罢了。

当然了,默认情况下,桌面也是有联系人和最近通话的快捷方式的,好像也有邮件或者短信息的快捷方式......我就不刷机证明了啊;)

当然了,既然有如此方便的软键盘拨号,为何还要打开侧滑盖呢?

然后我们再看看“没有竖屏模式”的笑话!你点开最近通话和拨号功能,然后看下图:
我觉得这个应该叫做“竖屏模式”了吧?!而且通话功能的竖屏模式是默认开启的......

我想,我只能说这位搞评论的朋友没有用过N900吧!

PS 这三张照片都是用另一部N900的相机在晚上10点左右拍摄的,外界光线不好,室内也没开灯:)