Update 8-22-08: MobileComputerMag pulled their video (at RIM’s request) due to concerns that the Bold was not running on Wi-Fi as the iPhone was - and therefore the browser speed comparison was not valid. The key issue appears to be that the Bold didn’t let them turn off cellular data in favor of Wi-Fi. Here’s an alternate video that still appears to show the Bold browser as only 1/2 as fast as the iPhone browser. We’ll update the video when they post further information. Our original post based on the old video: There’s a new video that compares the yet to be released Blackberry Bold’s web browser to the iPhone browser. Both phones were connected via Wi-Fi and the speed difference is an eye opener. This comparison doesn’t even take into consideration the much smaller Blackberry Bold screen which makes the browsing experience much less useful. I’ve long said that the mobile battle is going to be won or lost based on the mobile browser. As a matter of fact, here are my 10 reasons that I think RIM is doomed (written back in May when I swapped devices for an iPhone). Based on this comparison I continue to be very negative on RIM’s long term prospects and still consider Blackberry’s popularity as having peeked.

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