Speed is King...

Ok so now we’ve covered Form and Install, basic but not the most important features of Mobile Net.

Here is what TOPS the list in terms of importance. We are constantly increasing our demands from our devices, be it

• mobiles / handhelds
• laptops / notebooks
• And all other gadgets we use

Everything today has to DO MORE. The phone went from just calling, to having a camera, storage, music player and mobile net. Hence, more and more emphasis on speeds – of processing and download / data transfer.

Same is the case with our computers – MORE RAM, MORE Processors, More Storage, More Speed, More Data and MORE MORE MORE!

With MORE Power comes More responsibility! - As one puts more load on the browser – multiple tabs and windows, the bottlenecks appear.

We find increasingly users are downloading more and accessing richer content online. I do it and so do my friends and colleagues – More Youtube, More Facebook, More Flickr – means:

1. More time on the net (waiting for it to load)
2. More data costs

But here is the thing – finally we seem to have some movement with the Telecom guys. There seems to be progress. So here is the analysis of the speed test.

We ran 3 tests:

• Test1: Check Gmail, Watch a Youtube video, Access 3 pages on Facebook
• Test2: Download content (files from yousendit and download.com)
• Test3: On Speedtest.net

Here are the results Test1:

1. Gmail: Includes loading the inbox page, post entering the password.
2. Youtube: Watched a 2:18 video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88P4iqu9G6Y
3. Facebook – Checked News, Checked Albums, Uploaded An Image, Deleted it.