ATT constantly drops my calls, so my next stop will be Verizon for sure…

I just installed opera mini on my hero. and yes MUCH better than it used to be. just needs to sort out zooming. pinch zoom would be nice.

Yeah, go with a Droid phone. Steer clear of iPhone – locked in apps, overpriced piece o’ crap :)

I’m using the original Droid/Milestone; it’s my first smartphone I’ve used besides my friend’s iphone on occasion. I’ve used the default browser, Opera Mini, and Dolphin HD; of the three, Opera Mini seems the fastest, but Dolphin HD remains my browser of choice mostly due to the customizations (think swipe gestures) and the UI is impressively slick. And the fact that Opera mini takes about 5-8 seconds to load every time – I think it’s because it clears it’s cache if you exit out immediately.

The server side compression in Opera doesn’t seem to make a difference in load times in most websites; only the ones with quite a few images seem faster.

Maybe I have too high expectations/am spoiled, but I’ve been disappointed by the quality of android browsers (and, to be frank, most android apps) compared to the iphone’s mobile safari. Hopefully, given the larger market base through the droid incredible/shadow, and the cheaper handsets, bigger and better things will come to android. Fingers crossed the update fragmentation won’t segregate the cool apps to just the bleeding edge phones.

Mobile web browsing is best done on a mobile browser based on webkit, like Android’s and iPhone’s browsers. Makes a hell of a lot of difference between Safari Mobile and Opera Mini on the iPhone. I think the only reason Apple allowed Opera Mini to be in the App Store, is because they know its users can’t stand a non-webkit-based browser.

Google Reader Mobile is implemented quite nicely for webkit-based browsers.

I have Opera Mobile on my Nokia E63… it’s a damn sight better than the Symbian Browser, which, although based on webkit, is a bit touchy at times and regularly brings up “Low Memory” messages. Tabs in Opera are just a bonus, really.

And I envy you, being in the US with the wider range of phones available (we have very few Android-based devices on carrier plans here, and when they do show up they’re on ridiculously expensive plans that involve Telstra, who enjoy confusing customers and charging loads of money for bugger all).

If\when you get a Droid Incredible, would you be so kind as to post a review or some such for us?

Naum wrote:

Luke, no offense, but Blackberry web browsing is like running DOS in a Windows world…

Rub it in, why don’t ya?

Sigh… I must be strong and wait till January. :P

Luke, no offense, but Blackberry web browsing is like running DOS in a Windows world…

Quite happy with iPhone, though I don’t use my “phone” as a “phone” very much anymore — it’s mostly text, PDA, notepad and web browser/app usage. Google Nexus or Droid/Evo nearly the same experience except that once one is accustomed to fluidity and elegance of iPhone UI, those Android phones may frustrate…