My PDA has a 128MHz chip so part of the slowness is rendering a web page. And then the awkwardness of input. I would say it's about 2-3 times a good dialup speed. Again though for your price range I don't think there's Wifi available. The old Sony Clie SJ 33 would come close if you can find them, they were discontinued when Sony pulled out of the PDA market outside of Japan.