She’s definitely your girl; Â fantastic conversationalist, compatible life goals, always makes you smile even through the worst of times. Â Every day though, you can’t help but notice one flaw. Â Maybe others can ignore it, but you can do nothing but notice it. Â You think back to previous girlfriends, maybe even your high school sweetheart. Â She never exhibited this flaw, you just can’t stop thinking about it.
Android is our girl here. The flaw? Â Scrolling. Â It seems so simple, such a small aspect to the huge world that is a mobile OS. Â When your old flame, the iPhone, can scroll with such dramatic fluidity, you cannot help but notice. Â I pulled out the fastest available Android device, the myTouch 3G, and the slowest available iPhone, the original, and did a comparison. Â Android herk and jerks like a bunch of chronic masturbators predisposed to seizures. Â The iPhone scrolls any and all content with immaculate smoothness, as if the content is floating on a frictionless surface. Â Once you’ve experienced this smoothness, it’s hard to go back. Â All of the jerkiness to the Android scrolling is extremely distracting.
Since over 90% of my phone usage is with the browser, I’m going to stick with my iPhone. Â I’d love to have Android’s open market policy, notification system and reasonable number of buttons but I just can’t take her jerkiness.