BlackBerry 7100 / 7105
How is the 7100 at web browsing?
I would like to know how well the 7100t renders websites while browsing the internet. What are the pros and cons compared to other high end phones? Any input is greatly appreciated.
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It's not bad at all.
Pretty quick, although it may seem sluggish until the page loads fully. You don't have an hourglass to identify "page loading", and the transfer arrows appear intermittently. If you think it's done and start to scroll, only to have it "freeze", give it a few more seconds, and be aware that your keystrokes and wheeling are qeued, and they'll execute when it's good and ready!
The primary gripe (and this is pretty big, depending on what pages you look at) is the vertical-minded nature of the 7100t. Multi-part images are broken down vertically and whatever you look at is squeezed into the 240 frame width.
I guess they really dig the scroll wheel. You'll use it often! Scrolling down through the page takes an ete...
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Pretty quick, although it may seem sluggish until the page loads fully. You don't have an hourglass to identify "page loading", and the transfer arrows appear intermittently. If you think it's done and start to scroll, only to have it "freeze", give it a few more seconds, and be aware that your keystrokes and wheeling are qeued, and they'll execute when it's good and ready!
The primary gripe (and this is pretty big, depending on what pages you look at) is the vertical-minded nature of the 7100t. Multi-part images are broken down vertically and whatever you look at is squeezed into the 240 frame width.
I guess they really dig the scroll wheel. You'll use it often! Scrolling down through the page takes an ete...
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