After reading

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817...069TX1K0001121

thought i'd benchmark microb on my n800, an hour later (!) I had the results.

microb : 645227.0ms yes that's 645 seconds per itteration
microb with webkit : 47213.8ms
tear : 50944.6ms

from the above review :
iphone 3GS : 27272ms
iphone 3GS with safari : 3606ms
ie7 on hp mini 110 : 411,168ms

yes the n800/n810 designs are probably 3-4 years old but the standard microb performance is embarrising.

Wonder where all the iphone performance is coming from ? As the n800/810 are primarily for web browsing i'm amazed that web-kit is not part of one of the upgrades we have had.

hope nokia does better with its next offering.