Touch web browser mega shootout: Surf's up

10 February 2010
Is surfing the web on your phone as important to you as calling and texting? So, how does it feel? That’s the question we’ll be trying to answer. Mobile browsers are becoming an essential piece of software for mobile phones. And the...

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  • Heerlidabieli
  • gLL
  • 16 Dec 2011

Haha that's rediculous. No way

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    • Great work!
    • u1t
    • 24 Sep 2011

    This was a useful post and I think it is rather easy to see from the other comments as well that this post is well written and useful. wound care I bookmarked this blog a while ago because of the useful content and I am never being disappointed. Keep up the good work.

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      • pupi
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      • 02 Oct 2010

      I think this is another biased review: iPhone is the best bla bla... Example: you should have tested Symbian with other free alternative browsers, this would have been more fair. iPhone being the standard? you guys are cell phone pros and you say this??? It is lacking features that I had in my K610i back in 2006.

      To summarize, GSMArena has to decide if it setting the trend or following it. We love you guys, make the right choice :-)

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        • 2QF
        • 23 Sep 2010

        This was a useful post and I think it is rather easy to see from the other comments as well that this post is well written and useful.

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          • Anonymous
          • uts
          • 14 Apr 2010

          you forgot blackberry!!!!!!

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            • jorjy27
            • PEq
            • 10 Apr 2010

            Fahd Chaudhry, 07 Apr 2010ok guys first of all i guess without a doubt that iPhone ta... moreSo you think iphone is the winner here? Are you blind or you don't have any simple knowledge? Go get a life dude.

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              • Fahd Chaudhry
              • uWx
              • 07 Apr 2010

              ok guys first of all i guess without a doubt that iPhone takes the championship of the web shootout.
              Secondly HTC HD2 has a web browser which is called Skyfire and it has full flash support. It opens every video sharing site and runs the vids smoothly.
              howcome the GSm Arena guys didn't even mention that there was a browser for the HTC HD2 which fully supported flash.
              Also you can install Adobe Flash Player for Windows Mobile which enables internet explorer on HTC HD2 to open flash based sites.

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                • Anonymous
                • LfR
                • 07 Apr 2010

                cool story bro !

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                  • vw6
                  • 27 Mar 2010

                  can any one tell wme which is the best browser for imate spl wm 5 please
                  i've used Opera mobile 5 but I am unable to type letters
                  sky fire is very very much slow than Opera mini
                  Pls guide me if some one uses any good browser for this phone? please..........

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                    • Anonymous
                    • kWK
                    • 20 Mar 2010

                    Skyfire is the one of the best browsers for the Omnia Hd, it plays justin.tv and other flash websites and the scrolling is great....the built in browser does indeed suck

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                      • Su8
                      • 18 Mar 2010

                      please this test again with opera mini 5 on nexus one and htc hd2. will blow all other phone away.

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                        • mrF
                        • 17 Mar 2010

                        I plan on using Opera on my Vivaz when it arrives, just love Opera Mini, has anyone looked at skyfire yet?

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                          • PEq
                          • 14 Mar 2010

                          Although they didn't announce any winner here. But to me the winner is N900. Then opera is in second position. (overall averare result)

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                            • NEXUS ONE MAN
                            • 6D9
                            • 11 Mar 2010

                            The name says it all!!!

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                              • j8L
                              • 10 Mar 2010

                              Toss3, 10 Mar 2010The n900 is great, but flash support not a great browser ma... moreThe broswer in my N900 is very smooth and quick

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                                • Toss3
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                                • 10 Mar 2010

                                The n900 is great, but flash support not a great browser make. Speed and smoothness is what's missing compared to Opera Mobile 10 and Safari. The iPhone 3GS is by far the fastest browser out there, but OM 10 beta 3 on the HD2 comes close and sometimes even beats it. The resolution of the iphone 3GS is horrible though and I hated having to zoom in every time I wanted to read something.

                                So imho it goes OM 10 beta 3 = n900 > Iphone 3GS.

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                                  • j8L
                                  • 08 Mar 2010

                                  Nike, 07 Mar 2010I think opera mini was not treated fairly. It downloads pic... moreI agree with you man I loved the opera browser on my touch pro just as much as the browser on my N900. I dont think they could have tested them on all of the phones because the browser on the N900 can only be done on the N900 lol

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                                    • Nike
                                    • Re2
                                    • 07 Mar 2010

                                    I think opera mini was not treated fairly. It downloads pictures, music files, videos and much more than just pictures like was reported back there. Another thing that should be taken into consideration there is that these should be tested on different devices to see how best they operate. Opera mobile is much better than what is reported here too.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • qJq
                                      • 05 Mar 2010

                                      I do not understand how they didn't test Skyfire. It uses a similar idea as Opera Mini, but it let's you watch any video, any flash, hear music...It works just like a full desktop browser. It should be included in these tests and get credit for most of them, since its the fastest browser available.

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                                        • wrd
                                        • 26 Feb 2010

                                        why don't u use rim blackberry user gsmarena?? i'd like to see it, also firefox mobile (.please use bot of them) in the next mea browser article