Even on EDGE, Mobile Safari 2.0 Is Much Faster  The iPhone 2.0
software might be shakier than a true believer's legs in the
presence of Steve himself, but there's at least one benefit
(besides the app goodness): Mobile Safari 2.0 is much zoomier.
John Gruber ran the benchmarks, comparing them against
historical ones, and found that it runs at least 1.7 times
faster than before, if not faster (depending on the test). Check
out all the numbers over there, if you care about the details,
and not just the zip zip away. [Daring Fireball via Ars]