Jeff Campbell
06-22-2010, 06:52 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://9to5mac.com/wither_wallpaper?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+(9+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence)' target='_blank'>http://9to5mac.com/wither_wallpaper...e+Intelligence)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple kept background wallpapers off of the iPhone 3G because it just didn't work well enough. No, this isn't just some incredible fantasy that a small JPEG or GIF could impact animation and performance, but a claim all the way from the top of Cupertino' smartphone empire itself, Apple CEO, Steve Jobs."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1277228817.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>When asked by a customer why she couldn't get the wallpaper option on her 3G, Steve Jobs emailed her and said: <em>"The icon animation with backgrounds didn't perform well enough." </em>But according to the 9to5mac, jailbroken iPhones run it just fine. So I guess it's clear as mud eh? All I know is the one factory 3G that we have is definitely slower than the 3GS, so I tend to believe that adding something such as this would degrade performance even more, at least on the un-jailbroken versions. Time to upgrade! </p>