Sprint mandating WiFi on future smartphones, WLAN-lovin' BlackBerry Tour coming next
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Sprint mandating WiFi on future smartphones, WLAN-lovin' BlackBerry Tour coming next year
Wonder if Verizon is going to follow suit?????07-09-09 07:34 PMLike 0 -
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- So what ever happened the the talk about it? Is it going to happen or not? I guess the most important things we need to find out is when it may be released and will it be on verizon or just sprint. Those are the 2 things I need to know because as much as I would love to get the tour now, my contract isn't up until December so if it is released before then everything would work out.07-09-09 11:29 PMLike 0
- Here's another link to the stroy...
Sprint Nextel BlackBerry Tour: Updated Wi-Fi version coming soon � Phone Reviews07-10-09 07:37 AMLike 0 - Sprint is quoted as "after the first of the year".. for the wifi version..
Now, take you antacid pills and follow my 3 cup of coffee logic..
IF its still the Tour
and
VZ has stated "All BB after the Tour will have Wifi"..
then
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lol, just messing with every1 brain this morning07-10-09 07:45 AMLike 0 - 07-10-09 08:26 AMLike 0
- Well that seals the deal for me. I am waiting for the wifi version. This totally sucks.
It's great to finally get confirmation of a Tour with wifi (assuming this PR rep knows what he is talking about), and great that sprint is mandating wifi in the future, but it sucks that the tour is here now and I have to wait for the wifi version perhaps another 6 months to a year...
I am not comfortable with taking the risk of buying the current tour, wasting my upgrade, and not being able to get the version with wifi when it comes out.07-10-09 08:47 AMLike 0 - Well that seals the deal for me. I am waiting for the wifi version. This totally sucks.
It's great to finally get confirmation of a Tour with wifi (assuming this PR rep knows what he is talking about), and great that sprint is mandating wifi in the future, but it sucks that the tour is here now and I have to wait for the wifi version perhaps another 6 months to a year...
I am not comfortable with taking the risk of buying the current tour, wasting my upgrade, and not being able to get the version with wifi when it comes out.07-10-09 08:49 AMLike 0 - Where are your sources for this? Sprint's marketing guy just said "Tour with WiFi". He could be mistaken and he could just be referring to a qwerty BB with wifi. Either way, as long as it is a device like the tour/onyx and it has wifi, i'm good to go.07-10-09 08:59 AMLike 0
- yeah i doubt it will be the Tour with wifi, that would be like verizon sending out first gen storms with wifi right now.. its just not going to happen. Blackberry atlas is suppose to be the blackberry that comes close to the tour, and that will have wifi sometime next year when it comes out07-10-09 09:03 AMLike 0
- Unless RIM gives it a different name, another Tour is coming with wifi. When I first tested the phone, it had wifi included. Final released Tour didn't. Anyway, this statement verifies what couple of people been saying from the get go that Sprint and Verizon will release BlackBerries with wifi. Great news.07-10-09 09:07 AMLike 0
- Well, we already know that the early versions of the phone had wifi on them already. Maybe they are releasing the Tour with wifi built in, but no software support and the software support will come at the beginning of next year.
It would be a stupid move to re-release the phone with wifi at a separate time. That would do nothing but **** a lot of customers off (although that is something Sprint has had great skill at in the past).07-10-09 09:11 AMLike 0 - Well, we already know that the early versions of the phone had wifi on them already. Maybe they are releasing the Tour with wifi built in, but no software support and the software support will come at the beginning of next year.
It would be a stupid move to re-release the phone with wifi at a separate time. That would do nothing but **** a lot of customers off (although that is something Sprint has had great skill at in the past).07-10-09 09:14 AMLike 0 - Isn't the "20" suffix in the series number meant to represent a GSM model? I doubt a new Tour model would be called the 9620.07-10-09 09:17 AMLike 0
- Correct as I'm not saying it's going to come out on CDMA as "20". Same way two different Curves comes out, no wifi and wifi enabled, two different Tours isn't a big deal. One will justify the means, like camera version or no camera version. This shouldn't hinder people decisions because 9630 is still a great phone regardless.07-10-09 09:22 AMLike 0
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If you remember The 8320 was created for T-Mobile specifically. They wanted it because of their hotspot@home program that allows customers to basically use voip. None of the other carriers adopted the 8320 until much later when At&t added it (I'm talking about the US here).07-10-09 09:26 AMLike 0 - You're right it does happen. It usually doesn't happen on the same carrier and the same device though.
If you remember The 8320 was created for T-Mobile specifically. They wanted it because of their hotspot@home program that allows customers to basically use voip. None of the other carriers adopted the 8320 until much later when At&t added it (I'm talking about the US here).
Different codename (not saying what it is) and some upgraded specs. Not too much to make you second guess your purchase. People knew by now that CDMA BB's after the Tour will included wifi, with Storm 2 being the first. Personally, don't be shocked if you see another Tour with wifi in the wild. People will be mad at first, but knowing Crackberry owners, that wouldn't stop them from upgrading regardless.Last edited by Sinternet Jr.; 07-10-09 at 09:34 AM.
07-10-09 09:31 AMLike 0 - Well, we already know that the early versions of the phone had wifi on them already. Maybe they are releasing the Tour with wifi built in, but no software support and the software support will come at the beginning of next year.
It would be a stupid move to re-release the phone with wifi at a separate time. That would do nothing but **** a lot of customers off (although that is something Sprint has had great skill at in the past).
I'd almost be inclined to believe that the wifi chip may still be there (dormant). Apple did that with the bluetooth, on the ipod touch, activating it on their last software update.
Doubt VZW would be so kind, but you never know...07-10-09 10:03 AMLike 0
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