Sprint to Require Wi-Fi in Smartphones, New BlackBerry Tour

By Allen Tsai | Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:49 pm

Sprint said it will now require its smartphone have Wi-Fi -- including an updated version of the BlackBerry Tour to be released next year -- to keep up with rivals AT&T and T-Mobile, who have embraced the wireless technology.

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"Sprint is embracing Wi-Fi in all its major devices going forward," said Jeff Clemow, Sprint's director of business product marketing. "It is now a requirement for all our PDA equipment suppliers."

The Overland Park, Kan.-based company declined to provide a launch date for its new Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry Tour, other than saying "sometime after the first of the year."

The Wi-Fi-less BlackBerry Tour will still be launched Sunday for $200. Verizon Wireless will also release the Tour on the same day for the same price.

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