Safari is gaining some notable speed increases in the newest version of Apple’s iPhone Beta Firmware 3.0, so much so that performance is 16 times faster than in Firmware 2.2.

The new Safari in FIrmware 3.0 utilizes the new Nitro Javascript rendering engine which contributed greatly to its speed improvements. Arstechnica recently took the new mobile version of Safari for a test run and had this to say:

“According to our sources, the 3.0 beta still has some stability and speed issues, so that makes these results that much more impressive. While the overall average gives the iPhone 3.0 beta a 300 percent speed advantage, some of the individual tests show 6x, 8x, or even 11x improvements—the bitwise “AND” function even runs 16x faster than in the current version of Mobile Safari.”

Via: The iPhone Blog