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engadget.com - 7/10/2009

Sprint mandating WiFi on future smartphones, WLAN-lovin' BlackBerry Tour coming next year

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By the time Sprint gets around to releasing the 9630 Tour with WiFi, due out sometime early next year, we think most everyone'll have moved on to any one of the numerous BlackBerry devices likely to hit in the interim. What's more important in this FierceWireless report is that Sprint's ...

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fiercewireless.com - 7/9/2009

Sprint's BlackBerry Tour to sprout WiFi next year

— fiercewireless.com — Sprint Nextel said it will release an updated version of the BlackBerry Tour next year that will... include WiFi, a move that reflects the carrier's recent decision to require its smartphone suppliers to add WiFi into their devices for the carrier.  ... (more) Sprint's BlackBerry Tour to sprout WiFi next year

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phonescoop.com - 7/10/2009

Verizon and Sprint to Add Wi-Fi to BlackBerries

— phonescoop.com — Sprint Nextel recently revealed that it plans to add Wi-Fi to the BlackBerry 9630 Tour starting in... 2010, and will begin to require that all its future smartphones come with Wi-Fi. Sprint didn't say exactly when this requirement will ... (follow link ... (more) Verizon and Sprint to Add Wi-Fi to BlackBerries

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precentral.net - 7/10/2009

NFL Mobile Live Coming to Palm Pre August 1st

— precentral.net — A Sprint support page indicates that NFL Mobile Live will be coming to the Palm Pre on... August 1st . We just heard that we should be able to expect webOS 1.1 within a month, but we didn't know if it would come with more apps. We can't say for sure ... (more) NFL Mobile Live Coming to Palm Pre August 1st

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Sprint to Require WiFi on All Future Phones We Care About [Sprint]
Gizmodo — ... going forward." Big win! We're still annoyed with current-gen or even last-gen smartphones that are lacking WiFi (which leads to a general annoyance with Verizon), so we're glad to hear a major player is embracing it for the foreseeable future. Said the spokesman, "It is now a requirement for all our PDA equipment suppliers to include WiFi," which is a pretty firm commitment. What do you think, readers? Is WiFi a dealbreaker in a smartphone purchase? [Fierce Wireless via Engadget] ...