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nWeb anyone?

kanefish

Jan 13, 2005, 2:54 PM
Has anyone tried the nWeb application and if so what do think about it? How is the network speed? Too slow for surfing? The phone I currently have is not edge-enabled so I'm thinking of getting one with edge just for this purpose.
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tequilasundae

Jan 15, 2005, 10:39 AM
i have an lg 4400 and i have nweb...
the surf speeds are not phenomenal, to say the least, about as fast as 28k dial up...also i would not go to regular websites, unless they have a PDA alternative..because that will rack up your data charges..i yahooed some mobile websites..
pdamobileweb.com-a good home page...lots of links
fark.com---humorous stories and links
Bacon2go.com-its Ilovebacon.com's pda version..jokes, trivia and funny pics...
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tj_smack

Jan 15, 2005, 4:20 PM
tequilasundae said:
..because that will rack up your data charges..


Unless you get the unlimited easy edge plan, that alows unlimited data transfer.
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TheSmrtguy

Jan 16, 2005, 2:01 PM
Nweb is OK...I was about to get annoyed when we were trained on easyedge and they had no plans for mobile web. I was glad they brought nWeb to us. It does great on WAP or XHTML pages meant for mobile browsing, but it is pretty slow on regular sites and renders the pages kind of weird. It's just as good as mobile web from other carriers...but you do want a pretty big easyedge plan if you're going to use it...either the 20MB or the unlimited...
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tequilasundae

Jan 18, 2005, 10:30 AM
TheSmrtguy said:
Nweb is OK...I was about to get annoyed when we were trained on easyedge and they had no plans for mobile web. I was glad they brought nWeb to us. It does great on WAP or XHTML pages meant for mobile browsing, but it is pretty slow on regular sites and renders the pages kind of weird. It's just as good as mobile web from other carriers...but you do want a pretty big easyedge plan if you're going to use it...either the 20MB or the unlimited...


or stick to the pda sites only,,,there are some good ones
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