Speed of the browser on Storm blackBerry Smartphones

I use the default BB browser and it seems terribly slow.  Download of the web page from CNET.com, for example, just took 20 seconds.  Should I be concerned?

I am new to BB, so if anyone has any suggestions about browser use I would be very grateful to have them.

Thank you.

Don't worry, this isn't anything to worry about.  The browser on the BlackBerry is known to be slow.  Most mobile browsers are no where near as fast as their counterparts in the computer, but some are better than others.  Unfortunately, the BlackBerry browser isn't one of them.

If you however, there are a few decent browser applications that you can install on your BlackBerry.  Check out Opera Mini, or for experience even faster, take a look at the Bolt browser.  They are not as fully behaved like the stock BlackBerry browser and they take some getting used to, but they are much faster than the official browser (almost comparable to their counterparts of the laptop).

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