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Verizon and Sprint to Add Wi-Fi to BlackBerries
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... 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 be reflected across its entire line-up of devices, but Wi-Fi is definitely on the way. Verizon Wireless also admitted that it will begin adding Wi-Fi to its BlackBerry line-up in the future, but it didn't reveal a timeframe. Wi-Fi is absent on devices such as the current 9630 Tour and 9530 Storm. more info at Fierce Wireless ...
Sprint mandating WiFi on future smartphones, WLAN-lovin' BlackBerry Tour coming next year
Engadget —
... 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 ...
Sprint to Require WiFi on All Future Phones We Care About [Sprint]
Gizmodo —
... 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 ...
Sprint Nextel BlackBerry Tour: Updated Wi-Fi version coming soon
Phones Review —
... Many BlackBerry Tour reviewers have complained about his handset not having support for Wi-Fi connections, now this could be good news or bad news because it means it could indeed hamper Sprint’s Tour sales this year if you decide to wait to 2010 for the Wi-Fi version. For more in-depth information please visit Fierce Wireless, but please do come back and post your comments. ...
Sprint to smartphone manufacturers: Wi-Fi will be required on all smartphones
Gadgetell —
... going forward,”
“Several quarters ago we made a conscious decision to require all of our PDA suppliers to support WiFi.”
Unfortunately, a specific date of when we can expect to see only Wi-Fi equipped smartphones in their lineup is unknown. Which ultimately means that this decision is not help the fact that they are getting ready to launch the BlackBerry Tour sans Wi-Fi on July 12.
Read [Fierce Wireless] Via [PhoneScoop]
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Sprint, Verizon to Include Wi-Fi in all Future Phones
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Sprint will “embrace” Wi-Fi in all its “major devices”, Jeff Clemow, director of business product marketing for Sprint told Fierce Wireless. The feature is a requirement for all of Sprint’s equipment suppliers now, says Clemow. ...
Sprint Confirms Wi-Fi BlackBerry Tour, Required Wi-Fi from All PDAs
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre, which sports WiFi, as evidence of the carrier’s new position. “Several quarters ago we made a conscious decision to require all of our PDA suppliers to support WiFi.”
Personally, Wi-Fi is a clincher when it comes to the Tour, as it surely is for many other discriminating smartphone shoppers - if you’re holding out for the Atlas, though, you’ll have to wait until 2010 before Sprint offers it.
[via FierceWireless]
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Sprint Requires Wi-Fi on Future Handsets
jkOnTheRun —
... , and while some of you disagree, Sprint’s on board. Fierce Wireless is reporting that the carrier will require Wi-Fi in their “PDA equipment”, which sounds like smartphones to me. Sprint is introducing RIM’s BlackBerry Tour this weekend, and like Verizon’s edition, it isn’t equipped with Wi-Fi. That will change next year as Sprint is reportedly planning a version of the Tour that includes a Wi-Fi radio. ...
