Edward Kirk
August 22nd, 2008, 08:46 AM
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There's been a lot of talk about the Blackberry Bold and how it is one of the contenders some believe will be going head-to-head with the iPhone in the US and elsewhere as people chose which smartphone they're looking for. MobileComputer decided to test them head to head in a browser race, and record the results. Video after the break. <!--break-->
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The iPhone is the clear winner based on this test, but they suspect that the Blackberry may have dropped the Wi-Fi connection part way through. . Another Blackberry Bold owner sent in their results, and while it was faster than their test, it was still 28 seconds slower:
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The conclusion? Good question. It's difficult to say considering that the Blackberry has no way of turning off cellular data and using only Wi-Fi so a true test could be ensured. Personally, I think that this was mostly a fair test, because it shows what would happen if you were using either device and were trying to use them on the Wi-Fi network. Thoughts?
[via <a href="http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20080819818/rim-blackberry-bold/page-2.html" target="_blank">Mobile Computing</a>]</div>
There's been a lot of talk about the Blackberry Bold and how it is one of the contenders some believe will be going head-to-head with the iPhone in the US and elsewhere as people chose which smartphone they're looking for. MobileComputer decided to test them head to head in a browser race, and record the results. Video after the break. <!--break-->
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<center><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/_RDIwWuM0kE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </center>
The iPhone is the clear winner based on this test, but they suspect that the Blackberry may have dropped the Wi-Fi connection part way through. . Another Blackberry Bold owner sent in their results, and while it was faster than their test, it was still 28 seconds slower:
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The conclusion? Good question. It's difficult to say considering that the Blackberry has no way of turning off cellular data and using only Wi-Fi so a true test could be ensured. Personally, I think that this was mostly a fair test, because it shows what would happen if you were using either device and were trying to use them on the Wi-Fi network. Thoughts?
[via <a href="http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20080819818/rim-blackberry-bold/page-2.html" target="_blank">Mobile Computing</a>]</div>