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Mobile Computer Pits BlackBerry Bold Against iPhone 2G (with video)

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 3:55 PM - by

Mobile Computer has a video comparing the performance of the Web browser in the BlackBerry Bold to Safari on an iPhone 2G. It was a poor showing for the Bold.

The article discusses the cosmetic changes RIm made to the Bold's interface and finished with a video that shows how much faster Safari is on the iPhone 2G.

The demonstration pointed out that it was impossible to utilize Wi-Fi on the Bold with the 3G network turned off, and that's why the 3G network icon showed up as active on the Bold. In comparing the Wi-Fi browsing speeds, a fixed standard for comparison, Julian Prokaza wrote: "Either Apple is doing something right or RIM is doing something wrong with their respective web browsers, but whatever the case, it's a pretty poor show for the Bold."

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Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:22 pm

The video makes clear: both devices are on wifi, not 3G vs Edge. So it isn't a network difference.

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Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:16 pm

The video also shows how useless and inconvenient it is to have a keyboard on your mobile device while surfing the net. It reduces the screen size to the point where you feel like you're reading a newspaper through a keyhole.

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Dave said:

member since 11 Jun 2001 with 227 posts, TMO Staff, send him a message or view his profile

Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:37 am

The Bold seemed to speed up pretty quickly once the iPhone finished. By using the same WiFi network for both simultaneously perhaps the test is invalid since the devices had to share bandwidth.

Better would have been to run independent speed tests so that they had more accurate data. Still would expect the iPhone to be faster, but perhaps not quite as much?

-Dave

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ctopher said:

member since 25 Aug 2006 with 134 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:29 pm

Dave I agree, but think of this as the "Starbucks" test. When jockeying for bandwidth on a public network, I want the device that's gonna beat up the others!

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