What are common sources of PhoneGap with jQuery Mobile performance issues?

Question

I have an application written using PhoneGap 1.0 and jQuery Mobile 1.0b2 running on iPhone and iPad.

Ever since I started using the framework, I have been plagued by per

Answer 1

JQueryMobile is fairly slow on Phonegap, transitions are a major problem.

Improved performance for your app could be accomplished by -

1. Turning off page transitions (if you want to keep JQM)
2. Consider another framework like iWebKit (not as fancy as JQM, but fast in Phonegap)

I personally tried #1, but it did not give the desired user experience. That led to option #2 and a faster user experience.