Windows Phone Thoughts: First Loox performance benchmark results

Today is the day I wish I were Alex Kac. Why? Because he has a Loox Pocket PC for testing purposes, and I haven't laid my hands on one since CeBit. Alex ran VOBenchmark on his Loox and his iPaq 3800 series. The results? Very interesting indeed:

• "The Loox was twice as fast in Integer and 25% faster in FP.
• The Loox was 4x faster in BitBlt graphic operations and 50% in StretchBlt operations.
• The Loox was twice as fast in Ellipse, Rectangle, and RoundedRect operations.
• The Loox was faster by about 20% in Memory allocation and fill.
• HOWEVER, the Loox was very slow on Memory Move operations - .36 in Memory Move compared to .86 for my iPaq....
• It was 30% faster in text operation."

Another message from Alex on the Loox:

"Well, I just installed the final release of the Loox ROM. As promised, things are noticeable faster – I think. Its hard to tell if it just my imagination or what, but things feel a lot faster than the previous rom (10 builds ago). Little things like the ink keeping up with me perfectly at 100% zoom in notes (my iPaq doesn’t keep up with my writing – the Loox didn’t before, but now it does). IE working faster."