Site speeds are a function of the site coding. Gmail is slow because there's a lot of data base access going on -- their performance has been improving. Many sites are just poorly coded and in fact full of coding errors -- a recent study by Opera said that only 4% of sites pass HTML validation tests. Our fast desktop machines cover up some of this as does the forgiving nature of many browsers and faster download speeds. Hardware optimized for power consumption like the N810 make performance comprimizes to extend battery life. The impact of bloated poorly coded sites is more apparent on a slower machine. All the sites I develop are carefully coded with file size, number of downloaded elements, and images optimized for web use. Well coded sites designed for the desktop perform well on the N810. You want faster, go bigger and heavier.