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Sprint to Require Wi-Fi in Smartphones, New BlackBerry Tour
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:49 am
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.
"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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| 1. Posted by aero_man_nh |
Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:51 am |
Honestly, it's about time. In addition to my Sprint phones, I have a T-Mobile Curve and another GSM smartphone that work beautifully with my Linksys router. My Sprint Curve, on the other hand, doesn't even offer wi-fi. You can say that EVDO is just as fast, but that's baloney.
I hope they 'put the pedal to the metal' on this initiative.
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