Android browser bug: pinch/zoom kills setTimeout()

I'm working on some cross-platform/mobile touch/mouse code for a fancy html/js UI, and everything's been working great, but when I pinch/zoom the web page in an Android browser, my setTimeout() calls stop running. To be safe, I recommend using setInterval() instead.

// before:
setTimeout( function() { runTimer(); } , 1000/30 );
function runTimer() {
    // update graphics here
    setTimeout( function() { runTimer(); } , 1000/30 );
}

// after:
setInterval( function(){ runTimer(); }, 1000/30 );
function runTimer() {
    // update graphics here
}

I initially thought that my touch events (touchstart, touchmove, touchend) were randomly failing after zooming, because my custom motion code would completely break after running at a solid 30+ fps. It appears that this is a known bug in pre-2.2 (Froyo) Android web browsers: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8566