Since I still have two iPhones (a 3G and a 3GS) with almost identical content, I decided to compare the speed of some common operations: the boot time, and the launch time of some applications.
I have chosen some applications that I use very often: OmniFocus and Twittellator Pro, and some that are quite heavy. The [...]

I am using an iPhone 3G since the day it was launched, in July 2008, and I am still completely satisfied with the device. So, why update? Not for the new gadgets, which are secondary for my use (camera, video, voice control, etc.), but simply for the speed and the memory increase. The iPhone 3G [...]

After posting the previous article, I have done some tests on a disk encrypted with PGP WDE, and benchmarks show that the performance hit is quite big. Strangely, there is no visible difference during the normal use.