Windows Phone 7 Browser Not As Bad As They Say

August 6, 2010 | By WenWP

Last night Engadget demoed how Windows Phone 7 will hold itself against Blackberry’s latest and greatest OS, and it seems Web browsing is one thing that Microsoft does better. The Engadget show took one Windows Phone 7 prototype and set it head to head versus the new Blackberry 6 device, and wow did the crackberry get its manhood taken away. The device’s panning, zooming, rendering, and even more responsive. Now this is something we should be proud of, and the worst part about this is… The Windows Phone 7 prototype is a Prototype. It is unfinished, but yet is still better than what took Blackberry quite some time.

It is nothing really big, but it is pretty cool knowing that even without being complete, Microsoft’s latest is owning anything that comes its way.

Via: Pocketnow

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Working for WMPU is awesome. Love to write personal articles, and I do it very often. I am the reviewing editor (self appointed), so you will see alot of reviews and giveaways from me. I own quite a few devices not just Windows Phone but Android and others. I live in Minnesota, USA and love traveling to other places.

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aww man i loved it there, i wished they would have talked about the taylor more…joshua did say the ui was sexy and that it felt like a next generation phone…
http://www.facebook.com/philippe.wechsler Philippe Wechsler

Maybe the blackberry is just that bad;-)
djguapo

lol, who's "they"?
Craig S

Well… can we be proud of something we had nothing to do with creating? The Microsoft people should feel really good though. Engadget were not nice to the Torch
milad

to me BB OS isn't exactly a multimedia force…nor is web browsing for BB users…

Can it compete with Froyo or iOS? thats what we need to know because if it cannot, then it continues to lose market share to those.

l3v5y

BB will always have a large share of those that want encrypted email though.

Wen(WM)

Not really considering how many countries are starting to ban them.

GP007

Isn't the browser in BB6 webkit? Or at the least I know it supports html5, so that should say something about how MIE in WP7 is at least.

milad

also take note…BB was on 3G while WP7 on wifi…which does make a huge difference.

Blacked_Out

Even on 1 bar of 3G, Engadget does not take that long to load, speaking from experience.
http://twitter.com/expectafight @expectafight

the point that engadget made was about processing the information, not downloading. when you panned around the screen, you still saw the checkerboard….

GAM3R

Wp7's browser is full of C.R.A.P.! I guaranty you that Wp7's IE CANT beat iOS4 or Andriod OS without DOUBT!

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