Unscientific But Interesting Speed Test: Moto Droid w/Froyo vs. Nexus One w/Gingerbread Displaying App Management List (video)

My Nexus One seems much more responsive after its weekend update to Android OS 2.3.3 (Gingerbread). In fact, while the Nexus One always seemed more responsive than the slightly older Motorola Droid (running Froyo, Android OS 2.2.3), the difference between the two devices is not markedly different. You would expect the Nexus One to be faster since it has a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor compared to the Motorola Droid’s Arm Cortex A8 processor clocked at 550MHz.

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