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Is it normal that PIE is slower on smartphone than on ppc
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Posted by: bigneeker

I just switched to a qtek 8500 from an htc wizard (cingular 8125) and I am using it on T-mobile with the 8080 proxy trick on the $5.99 plan.

For some reason the qtek 8500 internet explorer is slower than the wizard. Pages load much slower than they do on my wizard and they both have edge. Is this is a hardware issue because the smartphone os is slower at redering the websites or is it because the smartphone os doesn't do the proxy trick as well as the ppc version?

did anyone who made the switch (sp to ppc or vice versa) have the same issue with internet explorer?

Posted by: LIVEFRMNYC

Yea I also noticed using GPRS or EDGE is slower using IE on my SP5. But to me it's only slower when starting up. After a go thru a couple of pages it picks up speed. I think it's the CACHE that takes forever. Opera mini is much faster tho. I just wish Opera had a full browser for smartphones.

Posted by: DereX888

I noticed PIE working slower on my smartphone when I was using old 'slow' SD card (and my cache was moved to the card).
When I changed card to faster type I didn't see any slower performance anymore.

Posted by: bigneeker

so it is a smartphone os issue or the way the smartphone os handles the proxy t-mobile connection?
im curious because maybe i need to change my t-mobile account and get the regular internet plan (more money but worth it if its going to be faster)

Posted by: ckurt25

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Originally Posted by LIVEFRMNYC

Yea I also noticed using GPRS or EDGE is slower using IE on my SP5. But to me it's only slower when starting up. After a go thru a couple of pages it picks up speed. I think it's the CACHE that takes forever. Opera mini is much faster tho. I just wish Opera had a full browser for smartphones.

use opera mini

Posted by: Ishimaru

they do have a full browser for smartphones, but it costs like $30 or so; yet the Java version is free; go fig.